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AIR 1.5 encrypted SQLite database — how to use it, best practices, and new projects

Posted November 18, 2008 1:30 am
Filed under: AIR, Articles by Paul, Life at Adobe, Projects, Tutorials, Writing, local SQL database

Over a year ago I described a potential area of concern for using a SQLite database with an AIR application — because all apps use the same database engine, any AIR app can read any other app’s database (as long as it can find the database file).
As you may have heard among all the news […]

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Video and other updates from 360|Flex AIR SQL Optimization

Posted October 30, 2008 1:37 pm
Filed under: Elsewhere on the web

I just learned today that the video from my 360|Flex presentation “AIR SQLite: An optimization conversation” has been added to the set of available 360|Flex videos. You can view the video on Ted Patrick’s blog or in the 360|Flex channel in Adobe Media Player.
Also, I learned that David Deraedt has released another AIR SQLite admin […]

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Flash Player 10/Flash CS4 documentation now available

Posted October 14, 2008 10:49 am
Filed under: Elsewhere on the web, Life at Adobe, Pixel Bender, Sites to remember, Vector (typed arrays), Writing

Why haven’t I written anything in a while? Well, I’ve written lots — just not on this site! The final Flash Player 10 and Flash CS4 documentation is out the door and live on the web. Here I’ve listed my favorite parts and some top-level links to help you get started with the new features in Flash Player 10.

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360|Flex slides for “AIR SQLite: An optimization conversation”

Posted August 22, 2008 5:16 pm
Filed under: AIR, Articles by Paul, Flex, Frameworks, Presentations, Projects, SQL, Tutorials, local SQL database

Updates (Oct. 30, 2008): The video of my presentation has been posted, so I added a link to it at the bottom of this post. Also, I just learned about another AIR-based SQLite admin tool which looks interesting, so I added it to the list of resources even though it’s obviously not discussed in the […]

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Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”

Posted July 28, 2008 3:32 pm
Filed under: Articles to remember, Elsewhere on the web

This has been around a lot (I even saw it mentioned in my local newspaper) so it’s probably not news to anyone, but I wanted to save this link so I can find it again.
This is definitely an amazing, thought-provoking look at leading a rich and fulfilling life, from someone who knew he didn’t have […]

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The interview I don’t remember

Posted July 7, 2008 11:30 am
Filed under: Elsewhere on the web, Presentations

Wow. I go on vacation and come back to find that I someone has been impersonating me. How did I discover this horrible fact? The 360 Flex folks posted an interview with me, but I sure don’t remember meeting up with them. What’s more, the alleged interview takes place in a Starbucks, and I don’t […]

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Slides and files for “AIR, Windows, Menus, and the System Tray”

Posted June 4, 2008 4:24 pm
Filed under: AIR, Articles by Paul, Flex, Presentations, Tutorials

As I’ve mentioned before, a couple of weeks ago at the Webmaniacs conference I presented a session titled “Adobe AIR: Windows, Menus, and the System Tray” (and I also presented the same material in a partially different form over the course of two SilvaFUG meetings. The presentation covers those three aspects of Adobe AIR, specifically […]

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Flash Player 10 documentation available on labs

Posted May 21, 2008 11:08 am
Filed under: AS3, ActionScript, Articles to remember, Elsewhere on the web, Writing

Lee Brimelow has just pointed out that the Flash Player 10 documentation is available for download on Adobe Labs. I’m excited that this is public, so I can start talking about it more — I’ve been working on the documentation for several months now =)
On a personal note, the screenshot that Lee posted for the […]

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New ActionScript unit testing framework

Posted May 1, 2008 8:58 pm
Filed under: AS3, ActionScript, Elsewhere on the web, Flex, Frameworks, Sites to remember, Unit testing

Back in November 2005 (yes, 2.5 years ago!) I wrote an article about how data types and type checking work in ActionScript. ActionScript is different than many languages, in that the ActionScript compiler can be used for compile-time type checking (or not), and at runtime it is a strongly typed language, but it also has […]

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Adobe opens door for creating alternative SWF players

Posted April 30, 2008 10:33 pm
Filed under: Articles by Paul, Flash, Opinions

Adobe just announced a new project called the Open Screen Project. There’s a lot going on with the project, so I won’t try to summarize all the different points and partners. If you read through the material, you’ll see that a lot of it talks about opening the door for improving access and presentation/experience for […]

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