Flashmech

The Flash Forward Conference always happens too far away from where I live, and since I don’t have the luxury of deep pockets, I’m really glad the community always posts up information to keep the rest of us updated.

After reading Lee Brimelow’s coverage, especially on the part where “Natzke Always Inspires”, I do feel I missed something great. I still remember back in Singapore MAX 2006 when I first saw Erik’s works, they were truly awe inspiring.

Though I missed Erik’s talk, kudos to him for releasing the full source of what he showed at the Flash Forward Conference! After viewing his works, I got inspired all over again, and I can’t wait to play around with the source files!

I guess that’s what you call, _the Erik Natzke Effect_. *loL~*

Planning to start a thread of useful posts gathered from the community. Would probably try to do this as often as I can. Anyway, here’s some interesting stuff I found recently.

• Five3D for AS 3.0 (via Tink)
  Very interesting AS3 vector-based 3D Engine. The website’s design looks refreshing as well. Would probably spend more time to develop some examples using this.




• SQLite in Adobe AIR session video (via Peter Elst)
  • Slides available here.

  Excites me a huge lot! I’ve wanted to do something with databases in AIR and this is the perfect introduction for me.
  
  

• 3D Interactive Video on a sphere! (via Ted Patrick)
  Couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this. Showed it to my colleagues and they were swept off their feet as well. Amazing stuff with lots of possibilities.




• AIRTube Source Code Now Available (via Lee Brimelow)
  AIRTube was developed in Flash and wrapped with AIR, that lets you download youtube videos. Its source code is now made available.




• RegExr Desktop Released: Regular Expression Tool in AIR (via Grant Skinner)
  • Online version available here.

  Very useful tool to learn Regular Expressions. I’m a noob in this area, so this tool is definitely going to help. BIG TIME!




• Examples from my 360|Flex session - Using Open Source Community Projects (via Doug McCune)
  Love Doug’s examples! Really showcase the power of Flex with all the love from Open Source projects. Comes with source codes.




• Flash Player Socket Connections Now Require a Policy File (via Colin Moock)
  Some new security things to note with the new Flash Player 9.0.124.0 update.