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Let’s Answer The Question: What is Cloud Computing? Buzzwords and acronyms are a mixed blessing. On one hand, they are a very useful shorthand for those who are ‘in the know’. However, for those who have no idea what it means, a phrase like “Web 2.0″ or an acronym like “SEO” can be a barrier [...]

As was recently announced, Railo, the open source CF engine, has finally given ColdFusion to the masses. March 31st saw the release of the first 3.1 public beta, providing full feature compliance with Adobe’s ColdFusion 8 standard, and allowing developers to begin porting over existing sites to Railo. The ability to port over existing sites, [...]

A little under a year ago I was ‘oohing and ahhing’ over the official launch of Adobe AIR, and the amazing potential it opened up for blurring the lines between web and desktop applications. Lately – well, since Flashbelt 2008, I’ve been ‘oohing and ahhing’ over Processing … (I’m honored that this piece was used [...]

There’s just something about high quality photos fading in and out that always seem to take the feel of a site up a notch or two. Good examples are AMO‘s very own Arizona Medical Group Management Association (AZMGMA) and Metro Atlantic Relocation Council (MARC). Both of these sites use a custom XML-driven Flash slide show, [...]

I was catching up on one of my favorite bloggers, David Pogue of the New York Times. On his blog, Pogue’s Posts, you’ll see a lot of reviews of gadgets and commentary on tech news. Yesterday, for the first time ever, I watched a video he had up on the site that reviewed free cell [...]

I had the opportunity to attend Flashbelt again this year. And it was awesome. This year’s highlight was seeing Jared Tarbell speak again, who’s done amazing work in both Processing and Flash, and is a the co-founder of Etsy, an excellent marketplace for all things handmade! For those who have kids, or like wearing really [...]

In the past, it was pretty clear who you went to for developing and implementing a cross-media marketing campaign — the ad agency. You went to an interactive firm when you only needed web work, or you had to integrate complex web applications that traditional agencies could not effectively manage. Today, the web-based projects are [...]

In anticipation of Firefox 3′s release on a day TBD, Mozilla’s marketing team has created Download Day- Firefox 3′s 1,440-minute quest to make the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most downloaded software ever in one day. Download Day has a website, http://www.spreadfirefox.com/, created to spread the word and entice Firefox luverz across [...]

One of the key speakers this year at Flashbelt is Processing superstar Robert Hodgin. Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) that aims to serve as a ‘digital sketchbook’ – used by artists and programmers to create complex visuals, animations and image manipulations. Former Flashbelt speaker and colleague Nick Longtin [...]