My 667mhz Powerbook G4 being in need of an upgrade is being replaced with one of the new 1.67ghz systems with a superdrive. We ordered my system and one other for the office with some software from MacZone February 8th. Everything but my powerbook has shown up and I’m anxious to get it. It’s being shipped by FedEx and has …
VOIP
So I got my Packet 8 starter kit from FedEx today. So far setup has been a breeze. Three easy steps: 1) unpack 2) plug in ethernet, phone, and power cables — the network cable is plugged into a linksys wireless router 3) call the activiation number. I’ve made a few calls today and with the cable modem not too …
Educara SURVEY 2.1
I should have written about this last week, but just thought I’d slip in the post today. Educara has officially released version 2.1 of our SURVEY product. Downloads are available from SourceForge (there’s a link on the SURVEY product page). This release doesn’t have a lot new features, but we’ve got a good plan in place through the rest of …
Macromedia Dev Net Subscription?
I’ve been a loyal Macromedia DevNet subscriber for a while now. I’ve encouraged others to subscribe. Today I got my third notice email about my DevNet subscription expiring. This one tells me that I only have 29 days remaining in my subscription. I’m torn about whether or not to renew it. Macromedia says: “You’ve got a lot to do. That’s …
Springfield Macromedia User Group
As some of you may know I had been managing the Mid-Missouri Macromedia User Group for quite a few years now. After the relocation to Springfield I found it necessary to have a MMUG here as well. Since there wasn’t one already I’m now the manager of the recently formed Springfield Macromedia User Group (or SMMUG). I decided that I …
Ben Forta!
Today the Mid Missouri Macromedia User Group will be hosting Ben Forta. We’re hoping for a large turnout, but I’m a little concerned. We’ve done better marketing for this meeting than for any other so hopefully it will be good. If you’re anywhere near Columbia, MO and interested in Macromedia products you should come (mmug.showmeinteractive.com). On another note this is …
Building a MAME Cabinet
If you’re not familiar with MAME I encourage you to check it out. MAME is one of the coolest pieces of software available. MAME is an acronym that stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It fairly well describes what MAME does — it emulates the hardware for multiple arcade systems. The cool aspect of emulating all of these arcade systems …
Flash Cast
Flash Cast is basically a reincarnation of a Point Cast type service for use on mobile devices. It’s push to the phone over the wireless network. The app can be used to for traffic, weather, news, stocks, cartoons, games, etc. The accuweather channel looks a lot like the similar pod in Central. I’m not sure how useful this will be, …
Director
Full DVD video playback natively in Director. It will maintain aspect ratio, audio sample info, original size, and full event notification as DVD navigation occurs. The movie (.dcr) can be played in a browser and will still interact with local DVD content. This means you can display info on the web and use content from the DVD — extremely rich …
Flash
There is still a lot to do in data integration in Flash. About 80% of the Flash tool is now available via JavaScript (JSFL). Data connection wizard to make it easier to work with data sources. The wizard will look at the data and try to interpret it as the appropriate Flash data type. It also lets you convert the …
Breeze
In Breeze live a shared whiteboard space, polling application, and the ability include an index for a recorded meeting. The index is also searchable. Breeze live supports flash paper (driven by the presenter). Macromedia is going to write an API for developers to build their own pods (the little component aspects of a Breeze preso — chat, video, etc). They …
Contribute
Flash paper can be imported into Flash with various levels of control. Flash paper on the Mac. Shared assets library — a shared collection of images and other assets that can be used by all members of a contribute group. User/group settings can control publish rights to force review by an appropriate memebr of the team. The team list can …