http://bradywhite.net Adobe Flex and Answers to Life's Questions Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:43:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Adobe just produced Tour De Flex an AIR app that allows you to tour all of Flex's features.  Great for those who are curious about what flex can do.  For developers, this tool is great because it allows you to actually see the code to produce the feature that ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/11/20/tour-de-flex/ For those of you who want HTML signatures using Gmail's web interface, there is a Firefox add-on that supports HTML signatures for multiple email accounts. Download Blank Canvas Gmail SIgnatures You must get an account with mozilla in order to download the add-on because it is an experimental plug-in. I haven't ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/10/14/html-signatures-in-firefox/ Google G1 cell phone will be available on October 22, 2008.  The first true iPhone competitor.  I am sold on it once my contract with AT&T is up next February. Features that I will love: GoogleTalk Google Maps with Accelerometer Gmail Google Calendar Google DocsSeamless Wi-Fi Connection Physical Keyboard Touchscreen Open Development Environment - I can make my ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/10/10/why-im-getting-a-google-g1-and-not-an-apple-iphone/ In doing some research on filters in SVG I came across some new information regarding SVG. The reason that they have upgraded/changed focus for the SVG format to FXG was triggered when developing Thermo. They started using SVG and then they realized how difficult (and eventually deemed impossible) ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/10/09/adobe-replaces-svg-with-fxg/ Yesterday I was welcomed as an Adobe Student Rep for Rich Internet Applications. I am excited to get the Flex community going at BYU and educating other students about what Adobe Flex is and what an RIA is. Since I do this for work, I find it ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/10/03/i-am-an-adobe-student-rep-for-rich-internet-applications/ Photoshop.com is the solution for online photo storage, photo back ups, and basic image editing in one location.  Photoshop.com hooks into all my facebook and flickr photos and allows me to make touch ups like remove red-eye.  Within minutes I had uploaded an album of pictures and had edited them.  ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/09/21/photoshopcom-the-new-flickr-with-tools/ [caption id="attachment_103" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Search of Craigslist for Passats in Provo"][/caption] Craigslist Desktop Application was released by Cobalt Fire Software.  This application solves all the unusable elements about Craigslist.  CLDesktop improves the design of Craigslist and utilizes its search features better.  You can save your searches and refer back to them. Download ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/09/19/craigslist-desktop-air-application-try-it/ Grant Skinner created an amazing regular expressions tester which is available as a web application or as a desktop air application. This application allows you to create regular expressions and then test them on the fly. I highly recommend downloading this application for testing your regular expressions. I used ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/09/11/regexr-regular-expressions-tester/ Google Insights reveals that Utah searches the most for "adobe flex," "flex 3," "flex 2," and "flex builder." Adobe Flex Flex 3 Flex 2 Flex Builder My buddy Bryce Barrand found that Orem is the Flex Capitol of Utah My buddy John Anderson discovered that Utah is also #1 in search for web technologies such as ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/08/13/utah-is-the-flex-capitol/ Today I paid the $150 and took the Flex 2 certification test. I passed and am now an ACP - Adobe Certified Professional (add that to my Flash MX 2004 Certified Developer, MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) and MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) certifications). Overall I found the test to ... http://bradywhite.net/2008/08/08/flex-2-adobe-certified-professional-study-tips/