Feel the need for some networking, experience sharing, nerdy tech talk and some proper snow action? Well i’ve just got the right thing for you then ;) gotoAndSki(); is holding its second installment in snowy switzerland (what better place for all things wintersport eh?) and there are still some tickets left. What is gotoAndSki(); gotoAndSki();...

Oh boy oh boy, aren’t these exciting times to be a developer? :) So, yesterday – on time for Adobe MAX 2010 – RIM released the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK Beta for Adobe® AIR. Alongside the SDK they also released the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ Simulator Beta. Both come in a Windows or Mac flavor. Why is this so exciting for us Flash Platform...

So i’ve returned from this years Flash on the Beach Conference in Brighton and what an outstanding experience it was! Not only was it great to meet up and network with all the great people in the community but for me the obvious highlight was to participate in this years elevator pitches. Day 1 The Conference was kicked off by Adobe delivering...

With Twitters Basic Authentications deprecation starting today and the latest release of the Tweetr Library, it is time to give you a heads up on how to integrate OAuth without having to use the PIN Method. First of all, make sure to download the AIR Example used in this Tutorial. The zip contains a Flash Builder 4 Project Folder as well as a Flex Project...

With Twitters Basic Authentication deprecation starting today and the latest release of the Tweetr Library, it is time to give you a heads up on how to integrate OAuth without having to use the PIN Method. First of all, make sure to download the AS3 Example used in this Tutorial. The zip contains a Flash Builder 4 Project Folder. If you don’t...

So here we are again, time for another beta release, this one comes in time for twitters start on deprecating basic authentication. What’s new Pinless OAuth for AIR (Desktop) and pure AS3 (Web) Javascript/HTML Template for Pinless OAuth for Web apps Minor bug fixes You can grab the latest files as usual from the tweetr downloads page. Notable...

I just wanted to share with you the current progress in the Tweetr Library. Since a video says more than a thousand words, here’s a quick example of the pin-less OAuth authorization process that the library allows now. Using OAuth in Tweetr from Sandro on Vimeo. The technique used is quite simple really. Tweetrs OAuth uses a ExternalInterface...

Overview Part #2 In this two-part blog post i will cover the technical, as well as overall aspects of implementing accessibility into the EventManager Project. And not just any form of accessibility – the Game has earned the AA+ Certification from Access For All (their highest certification grade conform to WCAG 2.0). Go here for the first blog...

Preamble The greater part of last year i was heads-down-busy developing the EventManager Game which i had the pleasure to build at Liip for Postfinance. EventManager is an educational but fun game, that approaches topics such as budgeting, financing and investing in a modern way (read: not boring you to death). Today i want to talk to you about the...

I just wasted 4 hours on this problem and figured i might aswell document it, so that if someone else is going to run into the same issue, they won’t have to suffer the same 4 hours that i just did. If you use AIR Applications under Windows and all of sudden those apps can’t connect to the internet anymore, make sure that your Internet Explorer...