December 06, 2005
Adobe Melds Macromedia Into Product Offering With New Bundles
For you creative types, Adobe has launched three new product bundles that combine Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Adobe video tools with the just-released Macromedia Flash Professional 8 and Macromedia Studio 8 software. Adobe acquired the Macromedia product line...... [MORE]
December 05, 2005
The March of Progress
I don't usually ascribe any kind of emotion to corporations, so I was surprised that visiting the Macromedia homepage this morning made me sad. "Formerly Macromedia" indeed. But, it seems like it's only 10% cloud and 90% silver lining, because a quick scan of the new bios reveals that... [MORE]
November 18, 2005
CSS Tip: Create a default with special cases
When you have one element with multiple states, you can use an ID to define the default appearance and classes for the individual cases. This makes your CSS easier to read and reduces code duplication (stay DRY). In Basecamp, a bar appears below the navigation to display green confirmation... [MORE]
November 08, 2005
Compress your SWFs.... up to 60-70%!
I just came across the handy little application today, its a tool that with advanced algorythms of vectors, shapes, morphing, Z-buffer, fonts and other optimizations can reduce the size of your SWF with up to 60-70%!You can of course set the amount of compression yourself. But this really sound like... [MORE]
Etsy is Ebay 2.0
A relatively new company called Etsy has recently captured my attention. Etsy is a P2P ecommerce company (like ebay) that currently limits sales to handmade items. It’s smart to focus on a niche to iron things out…and Etsy could easily expand into other categories as well. Etsy does lots... [MORE]
November 07, 2005
House hunting with the new Yahoo! Maps
I had a chance to put the new Yahoo! Maps through its paces this weekend as I went around to open houses on Sunday. Anyone who's been through the drill knows what a pain it is to do this! First, a quick overview of what's new and different with... [MORE]
November 06, 2005
The Flickr(s) of Video
I’ve been tracking a number of sites that offer flickr-like services for video. I’ve taken a look at as many of these services that I could find. The most well known is YouTube, which we profiled in August and which recently raised venture money from Sequoia. But there are... [MORE]
Yahoo's Ad Tank
Yahoo's Think Tank project (needs a recent version of the Flash player) runs from November 3rd to 17th and allows you to submit your advertising requests, to then webcam-watch them being worked on by "some of Australia and New Zealand's leading creative minds." [Via InsideGoogle.] (Full post)... [MORE]
