Category Archives: UXD

Capital Flash Camp 2010 : A brief recap

I attended Flash Camp in DC today and though I would share my initial impressions, given that we were at 360 Flex not too long ago and a lot of attention is being given to the upcoming Flash & the … Continue reading

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takeaway from MAX: iPhone & Mobile development from Flex and Flash

There were lots of news and sneaks at the Adobe MAX conference this week, and fortunately a lot of it is available in a couple places: a) Adobe MAX Online Site b) most of the sessions are now available on … Continue reading

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review: Balsamiq Mockups

It took me, as a ‘first time ever’ user of Balsamiq, about two hours to complete a wireframe I had sketched up on paper in a few minutes. That’s a plus – I doubt anyone besides myself can read the wireframe I sketched by hand, much less make heads or tails of it, while the one I made with Balsamiq is quite legible, while still lo-res such that it should impress upon the client that this is indeed a mockup not meant to communicate any sense of the look & feel of the application. My other thoughts for this particular wireframe were to do it either in FIreworks or in Flash Catalyst. Continue reading

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review: Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 by Juan Sanchez & Andy McIntosh

The short version: Juan & Andy rock, Addison Wesley SUCKS. Continue reading

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