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Why I’m developing with Yahoo Astra

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:18:17 +0000

Yahoo Astra is Yahoo’s answer to the components that are missing from flash, such as: tree menu, alert windows, carousel, charts, auto suggest, menu, menu bar, tab bar and layout managers.

Many of these elements can be found in ~~Flex~~ Flash Builder, but that won’t do you much good if you are developing in the flash IDE.

I’m using these components in a few projects I’m working on at ACS. By using Astra I’m getting the not insignificant benefit of standing on the shoulders of some very smart and accomplished programmers. Yahoo Astra components have numerous features which accommodate most common situtations and the components can of course be extended to fit your sites specific needs.

You can find Yahoo Astra at: http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/astra-flash/

There seems to be a lot going on with flash this past week. Adobe has posted Flash Builder 4 on labs along with Flash Catalyst aka Thermo. This is seems like a good time to check out labs.adobe.com

ACS Release 2 designs approved

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:47:42 +0000

Working with the creative professionals at the American Chemical Society has been a pleasure. Recently the ACS embarked on a new branding campaign developed by Gyro International. I am pleased to have had the opportunity to develop the web initiative. On the right I’ve posted a conceptual mock-up developed for the ACS.org home page.

Sample Websites

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:43:16 +0000

The following URL’s represent a few samples of my work. I will make more samples available as time permits. If you are prompted for a password and would like to see more please feel free to contact me and I will arrange for a private viewing.

ACS Network: http://www.acs.org/network
Solana Business Forum: http://www.solanabusinessforum.com
Sacred Spaces Inc: http://www.sacredspacesinc.com
The Virtual Smithsonian: http://2k.si.edu
US Sedan: http://www.ussedan.com

ACS Strategic Plan 2009 website launched

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:21:01 +0000

The ACS Strategic Plan 2009 Website has launched and can be viewed at strategy.acs.org

Joanna Lit from my team did a beautiful job on the design and provided proved a very
quick learner to boot as she assumed responsibility for about half of the AS3 coding.

In addition to art direction, I took a personal hand in developing the code for this site.

ACS Strategic Plan 2009 (Mobile Website) Launched

The mobile version of the Strategic Plan website also launched on Jan 15 2009. The design is mine, with BJ Ball providing the code based on my layouts (CSS/HTML).

The site can be viewed at: http://strategy.acs.org/mobile

Check it out on your WAP, Blackberry or iPhone.