November 2011
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Cool little open source 3D framework for Flash... →
The team working on a new Flash-based 3D game released their 3D framework as open source. Some nice sample apps on the site. Check it out.
mark[sweep]: Lean Startup: The Missing Chapter →
marksweep:
I recently finished The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. This is a seminal business book. The Lean Startup takes its name from the lean manufacturing techniques made famous by Toyota Motor Corporation. It applies some of the principles and techniques learned from lean manufacturing and…
May 2011
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January 2011
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AS3( Dev ):Blog{ //Paul Stamp }: Greensock →
paulstamp:
I first came across Greensock a few years ago when looking for an AS3 tweening engine. At the time the native flash tweening framework didn’t cut the mustard and still doesn’t. I tried Tweener and GTween along the way and liked both, but was won over by Greensocks TweenMax &…
December 2009
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Super simple Metrics in ActionScript 3
Flex Builder’s Flash Builder’s profiler is great for finding bottlenecks in your application. But when optimizating specific methods and calls, you may find the profiler is overkill…and often tedious to get rolling.
I created a simple Metrics class that let’s me output time in milli’s between designated start and end points. Nothing mind-blowingly slick or clever...
November 2009
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Facebook Share-count Tooltip Using PHP and...
For a recent project, I needed a way to show Facebook share counts on a huge number (potentially thousands) of URLs. jQuery to the rescue with help from a plugin sidekick, qTip.
qTip quickly allows you to add tooltips or popup boxes. All you do is call the qtip action on a jQuery selector, and you’re in business. It also lets you call pages dynamically to use as content for the tooptip. And...