Posted by brandonthedeveloper at July 30th, 2007

Sean over at actionscriptcheatsheet.com has released his PDF AIR Cheatsheet.

“This is a seven page PDF that outlines all of the new packages and classes specific to Adobe AIR Beta 1.”

Get it here.

Posted by brandonthedeveloper at July 29th, 2007

Just a quick shout to say Hi and thanks for adding me to the RVA Blogs list. I’m going to be getting a new and improved Adobe user group going here since the current one is dead. Anyone interested in getting involved just shoot me an email.

I’d also like to say that anyone in the RVA area who has not attended a Refresh Richmond meeting, its a great way to meet other local tech folks. The last one on July 17 was a lot of fun. I met a lot of designers and developers, drank some beer and had a great time.

Posted by brandonthedeveloper at July 16th, 2007

I was having lunch the other day the other developer (my buddy Janos) and the company owner. We were talking about the current work load and what we have coming up this fall. We are in the process of trying to hire another designer ( http://www.brandonellis.org/?p=56 ) and thinking about whether (for Janos’ and my sanity) we need to hire another developer.

That was our queue to role our eyes because the thought of hiring another dev always seems like a pain in the ass and he and I are pretty picky about what type of experience we would want this dev to have. Janos and I have always been very passionate about our work. Whether it’s writing code for the frontend, the backend, SQL or Flash, we love what we do but our experiences working at other places has shown us that there are a majority of folks out there where coding is nothing but a job. They don’t get excited about it, do it at home or read up on it any other time.

My boss couldn’t believe it. “Why would people do a job they didn’t love?”, he asked. I didn’t have an answer other than that they need to pay the bills, but I feel exactly the same way. How can you expect to do a good job if you don’t really care about what you do?

How do you all feel? If you didn’t/don’t feel passionate about your work, why would you continue to do it?

Posted by brandonthedeveloper at July 12th, 2007

We’re looking for a Flash designer to help with the interface and layout on current and future AIR projects. Freelance or full time. Who are we? A small, six-person strategic marketing and software development company based in Richmond, Va. Not in Richmond? That’s okay ‚– telecommuting is fine. So long as you’ve got the skills: experience designing RIA UIs in Flash or Flex with a detailed knowledge of AS 3 components and their implementations. And you’ve got to be innovative, fun and a good team member, even if working remotely. Gotta sign an NDA. Interested? Send contact information and links to viewable work examples to: brandonthedeveloper AT gmail DOT com.

Posted by brandonthedeveloper at July 5th, 2007

brandon&cliff6.9.83001, originally uploaded by propiratzi.

My old friend Cindy found some old pics from back-in-the-day. Here’s me and my buddy Cliff twenty-four years ago at Bennys.