It’s Here!  For about a year I worked with a team of smart guys (Andrew Trice, Joseph Balderson, Peter Ent, Jun Heider, Tom Sugden, David Hassoun, Joe Berkovitz) to create what we think is one of the best books out there on Adobe Flex.  It’s around 1400 pages, nearly 5 pounds, of comprehensive knowledge.  It’s available [...]

To read the article, click New Book: Professional Flex 3 Available Today..

Like many, all of a sudden fraudulent credit card charges started appearing on my account.  Bank of America caught it quickly.  I don’t know for certain, but I’m fairly confident it has to do with the Heartland Security breach. However, there’s no real way for me as a consumer to know what of my information [...]

To read the article, click Heartland Security Breach and Bank of America’s mishandling of my personal information..

I’m quite excited by the idea of the new Android TMobile G1.  Mostly, because I’m an existing TMobile customer, so there’s no great pain for me to switch to try this device (if I’m willing to give up my Blackberry, which has treated me quite well).  But, I’m a big believer in the future of [...]

To read the article, click Google Android Photo Sharing Application Idea.

Warning Graphical Content Ahead.  Parents be warned.  Topless male operating a computer.
In Boston, it can get quite humid in the summer time, not Washington or Florida humid, but nonetheless….  Coupled with the fact that I live in the top floor of a brick building that heats up to incredible temperatures (its 90 in here right [...]

To read the article, click Ultimate Home Office for Less that $100.

Yesterday I came across a post over at Inside RIA (probably the best place to keep up on RIA ) about a handy new mockup Tool called Balsamiq Mockups.  In the past, I’ve used a lot of Viso and PowerPoint with various templates for doing mockups, so I’m always interested in tools that help me [...]

To read the article, click The excitement of Adobe AIR continues with Balsamiq Mockups.

Since I’m busy, busy with client work and writing a book, thought I’d at least post a colorful photo I took a few weeks ago while on a road trip to North Carolina.  Any interest of viewing more of these types of photos, visit my Picasa gallery of Saturated North Carolina.

If you care [...]

To read the article, click Sunset,North Carolina Style..

Over at Signal vs Noise, DHH just wrote about how his MacBook AIR could be his only machine, and talks about powerful enough to all his development work.  In fact, he’s using it so much, his MacBook Pro is gathering dust.
I’ve been in the camp of small, lightweight dev machines for a couple years now.  [...]

To read the article, click Small Form Factor Development Laptops Rule!.

Now that Adobe’s released the final bits to Flex 3 with Adobe AIR support, my latest article Digitally signing Adobe AIR applications has been posted over on Adobe DevNet.
Read it if you’re interested in understanding a bit about the code signing process, including certificate acquisition, and signing from all the tools Adobe supports AIR application [...]

To read the article, click Article on digitally signing Adobe AIR applications goes live at over at DevNet.

ABC.Com has been offering full episodes of shows to watch over the web, but what’s new is their offering of Lost in HD 720p.  Personally, I haven’t watched the show since Season 2, and it seems to have been getting a little long in the tooth with long drawn out plotlines traveling the road to [...]

To read the article, click ABC is streaming three seasons of Lost in HD (presumably with the new Flash Player).

Being in the market for a new laptop, I thought for sure I was going to go with a Mac Book Pro. I don’t mind paying the Apple tax for a beautiful machine and operating system. However, I don’t have any issues with Windows. Even on my cheap Dell machines, I’ve probably only seen a [...]

To read the article, click I want a new laptop: Sony FZ, Dell M1530, ASUS V2S, or MacBook Pro.