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VisualComplexity

www.visualcomplexity.com

visualcomplexity is a space to view complex network visualization. The main goal is to understand different visualization methods across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web.

This is very inspiring and truly can be a future of visualization.

Wordpress blogger templates

I am still planning to switch over from moveabletype to wordpress. progress have been very slow on it. Trying and testing different features, plugins, templates... this time I would like to make sure I have most of the items fixed and not bother about the blog engine for next couple of years.

Templates:
http://www.jackbook.com/
http://www.wordpress.org/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

Flex Styling and Skinning

Degrafa is a Declarative Graphic Framework to level things between a designer and a developer. There are many things involved in it, one of it is to eliminate the learning curve to use these. So at a production level it can be used pretty fast. The core team is a mix of Architects, Framework Developers, UX Architect and Framework Engineers.

http://www.degrafa.com/

http://www.scalenine.com/

http://www.linearticulator.com/

Time Tracker/ GTD's

Using time trackers/ GTDs on medium level projects becomes essential to track efficiency and development progress. It especially becomes important when you are not a the same location. Here are the few links to online time trackers which can be useful.

http://www.myintervals.com/

http://www.basecamphq.com/

http://www.simplegtd.com/

Statistics and Trend Links

Links that would help to learn the web search trends and traffic results, I am pretty sure there are a lot more and these results are really intriguing and helps to learn in a global perspective of where a company site stands. Wish to get more such links and append this list.

Google Trends

Alexa - Web Information

wakoopa - Software trends

Icons

This list will be for free and paid icon sites. I am in usual need of such icons most of the time.

preparing for wordpress

It has been sometime that I have planned to move my blog into wordpress, I did many tests on it and loved it, just trying to read more articles and get prepared to move the paranoid

links to read:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended
http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-plugin.html
security-
http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/wordpress-security-tips-and-hacks.html
http://sitening.com/blog/2008/04/08/wordpress-security-vulnerabilities/.

WordPress Plugin I need..
http://www.flashtexteditor.com/ftf/

AS3/Flex/Flash Coding Convention

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Coding+Conventions

A really good link on Coding Conventions and Best practices, I do not think that this should be limited to flex. It would be nice to use this conventions across OOPS concept wherever it is possible.

Deep linking for Flash and Ajax

I was reading about SWFAddress by Asual DZZD. Deep linking is one of the usual questions that I get when it comes to flash/flex metrics tagging and how the information can be read and interpreted to direct links. Maybe this is the solution, this is what they have to say about it.

SWFAddress is a small, but powerful library that provides deep linking for Flash and Ajax. It's a developer tool, allowing creation of unique virtual URLs that can point to a website section or an application state. SWFAddress enables a number of important capabilities which are missing in today's rich web technologies including:

* Bookmarking in a browser or social website
* Sending links via email or instant messenger
* Finding specific content with the major search engines
* Utilizing browser history and reload buttons

Link: http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/

Stefan Didak - Monster House

This is absolute blisss....!!! I always thought a Graphics design would be the one with the biggest ride, but this proves it wrong. Stefan is a software programmer and has this setup for his business. It is expensive, but it fits his bill without any credits and that is fair to have.

I like the faq section a lot. It explains a lot, how and why..!!! also it would be nice to read the Home Office Usage Scenarios

I am currently using a Intel Xeon 1.6 Quadro (4 Processor) machine, with 4 Gig of ram and 19" dual monitor and I suddenly feel very small. :(

adding tweener class to papervision3d

Using Tweener on Papervision 3D.

http://paranoidart.com/showcase/papervision3d/002/002.html

The Flash FX class for transitions aren't really the best choice to make good transitions, I have used a lot of custom transition api's in the past and have made some of my own. But lately, I am hooked onto 'Tweener'. It pretty much does the best for all my transition needs.

The above application is just an example of all the transitions available in tweener and using them on papervision3d can be really interesting.

A particular effect I really liked was trying to make a itunes turn effect.

here use the following combination to get that effect.
Transition Type: easeInOutBack
Transition Time: 1
Rotation Degree: 180 deg
Rotate Object on: Y axis

What is Singularity?

So finally I get a mail from Aral Balkan and I was really excited about it. Singularity is probably the first viral campaign within the flash community and that is what made me more intrigued about it.

What is Singularity?

Those of you who know me probably guessed that it was something Flash-related. Maybe an RIA? Or a new framework or library? Hmm, well, it does involve Flash but not in the way that you think!

Singularity is a conference. A web conference.

But not a traditional web conference.

Singularity is the world's first large-scale online web conference!

Here's a quick overview:

In a nutshell

Singularity is a technological tour-de-force and a beacon to signal just how far we have come and what we can archive on the web in 2008.

Singularity is over 100 of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, thought leaders, and celebrities.

Singularity is web standards, JavaScript, Rich Internet Applications, and the Flash Platform all in one snapshot.

Singularity is a 3-day, multi-track online event the likes of which has never been experienced.

In 2008, Singularity will define Web ’08.

The Pricing is not yet finalised, I would really recommend keeping an eye on the site.

Singularity - trying to be the first one to know it..

actionscript speedcoding

SpeedCoding video by Joa Ebert.

http://blog.je2050.de/2008/01/20/speedcoding-2/

There are many interesting samples and articles on image processing within his blog. His blog also includes a section on Imageprocessing Library.

The Imageprocessing Library is a set of ActionScript 3 classes designed to work simple and performant. It comes with more than 50 filters to manipulate images and synthesize textures.

These libraries are not scientifically correct and they are to achieve good results in a short span.

Objects and Materials in Papervision 3D 2.0

SourceCode

I have been trying to get the hang of Papervision3D 2.0 and the best way to do it would be through flex and making some controls on the objects that would help you see the different parameter results. This experiment shows various object, light settings and material examples in Papervision3D 2.0. I am getting more and more excited about trying new features in Papervision3D 2.0.

I would like to thank the following people

Xero – Fontvir.us: his site has been of amazing help to learn many new api’s and features. Xero, Thank you for the source code, I peek into your code whenever I get stuck.

Dreammania: for the wonderful as3 geom class exporter plugin, this has made our life so much easier. It is a complete winner against the size comparisons to .ASE and .DAE.

MrDoob.com: for the constant inspiration from his site.

Papervision3D Community