Aden Forshaw – AI, Data, and API enthusiast.
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Horrendous #Bing marketing
Shame on the lazy Creative Director who signed off this terrible idea. I can imagine the meeting, “Interns, this charity is getting a lot of press, how can we get in on this..” Intern 1: “How about something lazy we could do in a banner ad but in a shopping centre instead” Intern 2:” And…
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Standing Wave 2 – Open source AS3 sound engine
I’ve been messing around with recently released Standing wave 2 engine over at JoeberKovitz.com. He used the initial version for his online musical composition app NoteFlight which is very polished, if a little hard to get into for a non muso like me. I’m planning on using it in a child orientated music composition game,…
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BristolFUG Talk
Been a while since i’ve had a chance to post i know, now i’m back fulltime freelance i can add some more tutorials, free code and tips and tricks and reply to comments a little bit more often. Tomorrow i’m giving a talk to the Bristol Flash user group on 3d in flash. We’ll be…
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Problem with Flash Player 9.0.28 or below?
Try adding this little line in your document class constructor to create the ADDED_TO_STAGE constant as this was not present in players 9.0.28 or below.review smartphone android Bit of a hair puller this one. if (Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE == null) { Event[“ADDED_TO_STAGE”] = “addedToStage”; }
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Google spreadsheet and flash part 2 – A Read/Write example
I’ve iterated up the previous example showing how to save data from a Google Spreadsheet, to add in the ability to load the data from the spreadsheet as well. Googles service in impressively fast, and works well with concurrent users. This is however no substitute for a proper database, and shouldn’t be used as such.…
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BFUG – Bristol Flash User Group
I’ve been looking around for a local flash user group for a while now, but to now avail. So i’ve decided to start one instead, it’s a nice way to see and show interesting flash projects from creatives in the Bristol area. Anything flash or design related would be a winner. You can join or…
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AS3 Youtube player 0.2
I’ve had a little time to iterate upon my previous demo using Youtube player in AS3. It’s still not as clean as i’d like, and i haven’t done the Documentation yet, but it’s pretty solid and provides a good example of the methodology invloved. I’ve only added Play/Pause btn, a clickable Progress bar, and mute…
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Gavin Strange – Apple store talk
Gavin Strange at Apple Store Bristol Managed to catch Gavin Strange Aka JamFactory giving a talk last night at my local Apple Store in Bristol, He’s a talented guy who’s done a bit of everything in design, web, iilustration, art, and even his own line of toys. I was especially impressed with the attention to…
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AS3 TextField buttonMode or useHandCursor?
Unfortunatly, no method exits on the TextField class in AS3 as it does not extend the Sprite class, which contains the buttonMode property. This is most apparent with the annoying problem of having a TextField inside your Sprite/MovieClip you;re trying to use as a button, where even after setting buttonMode = true on the button,…
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What do i do for a dayjob? Projects like this…
I’ve had a few emails asking what sort of things i do for a day job. Well here’s an example, i’m currently head of flash over at Coull.com, a great bunch of people. With all the advertising this year having to be more engaging to provide the clients with a good reason to spend their…
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