Apple vs. Adobe – Hero’s Perspective

After reading Steve Job’s dismissive stance on Adobe’s Flash technology, I felt compelled to add my two cents on the subject by penning my own letter to Steve.

Dear Steve,

After reviewing your recent comments regarding Flash and the recent amendments to the Apple Developer TOS,READ MORE

Cannot load 32-bit SWT libraries on 64-bit JVM

If you get this error running Flash Builder or Eclipse on OSX Snow Leopard, it’s because there’s a mismatch between the libraries bundled with the plugin involved and the JVM of the OS. To fix, do one of the following:

1. For Eclipse, go to EclipseREAD MORE

Squeeze the Most Out of Your Mac with Automator Workflows

One of the cool things I enjoy about developing on a Mac is the amount of usefulness I can eek out of my machine. And, with Automator, I can do just that. The name alone indicates its purpose so all one has to do isREAD MORE

Upgrading Flash Builder

Whether you’re upgrading because you’re using BETA versions that change rather frequently or upgrading to the next major release, you don’t want to lose all your hard work invested in configuring your setup. Here’s how I handle it and hopefully it’s useful to you. IfREAD MORE

FITC Amsterdam 2010 Recap

First, this will be a rather lengthy pictorial of the last few days here in Amsterdam. For those that have never been, I’ll also share my insights and tips on visiting the city since I’m a seasoned pro now, LOL (4th time).

The City

Amsterdam is aREAD MORE

Using a Custom AdvancedDataGridHeaderRenderer to Display a Custom Image

You decide to use an AdvancedDataGrid to display your data and for one of the columns you would prefer to use an icon instead of a text label to indicate the kind of data this column represents.

First step is building the renderer. You canREAD MORE

Joining the Adobe Community Professionals for 2010

Formerly the Adobe Community Experts program, this is a collective of awesome individuals who exhibit expertise in various Adobe product areas from Acrobat to Photoshop, Flash, Cold Fusion, Flex, AIR and many, many more. Comprised of community leaders, this group has a worldwide presence andREAD MORE

GitX Tweaks: Commit View

So, after thinking about my most recent updates, I decided I wanted to change the way that the commit view looks but just slightly. This is my 1st pass on some things I’d like to have available via the toolbar.

Would also like to tweak theREAD MORE

GitX Update: Remote Selector

Previously, I implemented toolbar buttons where each button was tied to a specific remote repository. This was/is fine if you’ll only be working with one or two hosts but becomes cumbersome when dealing with multiple hosts.

Enter the NSPopUpButton. By switching to this UI element I’mREAD MORE

Introducing Opticon Runtime Debugger

Opticon is a runtime debugging console useful for Flash/Flex developers. It’s simple to start using in your projects. To use, follow these steps after installing the application:

1. Launch the application 2. Click the Settings button 3. Click on the SWC icon to add the OpticonConnectorREAD MORE