Dynamic New Media Associates Group
This, to me, is inspiration. A piece I have constantly come back to just to relax, get focused, remember what really matters. And just when it gets serious, the music becomes playful.
Ignore the techno art in the video I pulled the version with the best audio quality for ease of listening.
I read that Tchaikovsky said that this piece was at its best when there were more strings. I’ve heard a few variations on it and I would have to agree. You can really hear the depth in this recording.
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Have you ever noticed that annoying page shift that some websites have when navigating from one page to another when you’re browsing with Firefox? This occurs because of the length of the pages some have the vertical scrollbar and others do not. The solution I prefer is to add this line of code to your CSS:
html { overflow: -moz-scrollbars-vertical; }
You can also force a vertical scrollbar to show up regardless of the height of the page by adding this code:
html { min-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 1px; }
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For anyone wondering whether it’s worth using Flash on a web site, here are some interesting numbers:
I truly think that Flash used for good (that does not include pointless intro animations) can enhance a web site. For the most part, we’re past the infant stage of hard to use navigation designs, loud techno music and silly intros. Flash has become a robust, value added tool for web sites and web based applications. The stats above support that.
At this point I could also casually mention a few sites like appletonrum.ca, youtube.com and webkinz.com that are very good examples of Flash done right.
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So the news is out that the Nintendo Wii can play Flash applications. Anyone who can code in Flash, can upload games to their server and access them through the Wii browser.
Wow! Cool, eh?
But nothing cool is ever pain free. Here are the caveats:
But caveats aside, it’s finally a good enough excuse for all of us Flash nerds to get a Wii. Sorry kids, I didn’t buy it for you, Mom needs it for work *evil laugh*.
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Turn off your lights on Saturday March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm to support Earth Hour.
www.EarthHourCanada.org
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Trillium Power Wind
Looking for a better, cleaner energy solution while being both environmental and economically sustainable?
One of our projects last year involved creating the Wind 1 Video for the Trillium Power Wind web site using Flash and 3D animation.
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As a regular attender of Flash in the Can – Canada’s Flash festival conference, I can attest to the lack of women there. I know there are some great, emerging and/or fantastic women in our industry, so where are they?
FiTC is running a competition for all women who’d like to attend. You can read the details here: http://www.fitc.ca/female/
There are 100 free tickets up for grabs. Let’s change the demographics ladies, and celebrate all things Flash together.
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As far as I’m concerned, the coolest Flash device out there right now is a Chumby. (www.chumby.com) It’s a neat gadget that uses wifi to connect to channels and widgets made strictly in Flash. No su
bscription, just total coolness.
From their site:
Chumby takes your favorite parts of the Internet and delivers them to you in a friendly, always-on, always-fresh format. It’s a window into your Internet life that lives outside your desktop, so content like weather, news, celebrity gossip, podcasts, music, and more has a place to play away from your world of documents and spreadsheets. Just plug in your chumby, connect to your wireless network, and use your computer to create a lineup of favorites from over 1,000 widgets in more than 30 categories, with new ones arriving all the time. Then let your chumby do its thing—streaming everything you like, from sports scores to stock tips, from video clips to interactive games, from photos to trivia.
Right now, they aren’t available in Canada but I’m hoping that will change in the near future. Of course there’s always E-bay…
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Is that where you find the code monkeys?
I went to Flash in the Can last April and saw some very cool things. But the one thing that stuck with me were Flash coded trees. You can see an example here:
http://www.teethgrinder.co.uk/flash/frac-tree.swf
I’m not sure this is the original coder that was at FiTC but either way, it’s interesting. Of course, now I can’t look at a real tree without thinking about Actionscript.
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Inspiration is a funny thing, the way it comes and goes. And yes as a designer, there are days when I do feel completely uninspired. So what does one do to get that energy back? Here are some suggestions that work for me. Get away from the computer, go for a walk, meet a friend for a cup of tea, do something out of your normal routine, practice yoga, mess around in the garden or tend your house plants, look at nature, knit something, look at some children’s art…
by Jonathan age 4
by Jonathan age 4
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