tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64771786990791740932012-01-12T03:58:21.935-08:00my bearings on my code and my botherings of it all.Shaurya Shauryahttps://profiles.google.com/109277354627571315440noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477178699079174093.post-6808493412511356302010-12-15T02:28:00.000-08:002012-01-12T03:58:22.034-08:00

Quick Response codes. I think this is a passing fad, but, right now there seems to be some interest in 1D and 2D barcode like pictorial information ciphers. Hence my two pennys.QRcode applications are one of the more popular uses of Augmented Reality systems. AR provides possibilities for really interesting use cases.(Go! Google! Explore! :) )QRcodes (and other 1D/2D barcode-like image formats) 

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To learn a new programming language when you already know another, that is the problem.I had an old approach and I have, over time and serendipity come up with a new one. This post discusses the old approach. The next one will talk about the new approach.IntroductionBy learning a new programming language, I do not mean "pure" programming stuff - semantics, grammar and syntax; rather, learning

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At least they are on their way out.Think about it, Tom Cruise, Minority Report. Given that kind of interface, how would you do a mouse over? How would you work out a hover?You can't.Now comeback to reality. Think iPad, Think iPhone, Android, Storm, Touch etc. Think more about all the haptic interfaces. Think of all the tactile gestures. Hovers? Nah!Press and hold might work for now, but really,

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Sigh! ...and just like that...FLEX 4 is here!:)1. http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/archives/2010/03/flex_4_sdk_and_flash_builder_4.html2. http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/Check it out!Go! Play!:)Shaurya.

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[update: this post has been in the limbo for way too long, I wanted a way to embed the flash videos from Adobe.tv here, but it looks like there is none. I am publishing this post today, in hopes that the reader may find it interesting enough to actually try the links... BTW this here might relate to the silverlight 4 thingy as well! ]I am yet to sift through all the Adobe MAX 2009 videos.I find

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It's not been much time since Silverlight 3 and the Silverlight 4 beta is already out!http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight-4-beta/One of the coolest aspects for me is the printing support. Today's RIA space dearly needs good printing support for its applications. As usual, microsoft has packed enough goodies in the bag, to make a non-programming drag'n'drop coder look like a champion

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About a year or so ago, I remember pestering one of the project managers with the nuances of experience design. I had shared 2 links with this guy, the first to a beautiful presentation (on SlideShare) that I promised would change how he looks at web based applications and the second to an equally cool presentation by Adaptive Path (http://www.adaptivepath.com/).The poor chap had a tough time

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Performance optimization has been a challenge I have been facing A LOT in my projects lately. The more I try to research it, the more confusing the answers get. There were a few ground rules that I had found on the actionscriptWiki (http://wiki.joa-ebert.com/index.php/Main_Page) but beyond that...nothing.It turns out that Grant Skinner was talking about these same issues at the Flash On The Beach

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Wow! This morning was very news worthy!First there was the announcements regarding Flash CS5.The big thing here was the new support for native iPhone Apps.Apparently one can, with the Flash Professional CS5, write AS3 code that compiles as native iPhone application.They announced it at MAX a few hours ago thru this entertaining video: Nice!To me there's other cool stuff in

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I have been curious about this for a long time now. I see a lot of potential of such a service.Adobe wave (beta) is out.See: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wave/It looks kinda like RSS, only better. You get alerts on your desktop when ever updates happen. (uh! I always feel weak when I have to explain the difference between email and SMS) RSS is email, this is SMS.Basically sites would carry

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Yeah!SilverLight 3 is here.Loads and loads of new features. Infact, I am sure this is going to heat up the RIA wars with the Flash Platform.Silverlight now combines the features of Flash 10, Flex, AIR and Pixel Bender all in one!Also, Expression Studio already does what Flash Catalyst is supposed to do next year (or by the end of this year, when ever).Hell I am impressed!!! Looks like with Bing,

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I do not want to close this just yet.Not till I know all the effects of this vs. thatTill that time though...I have migrated to Wordpress.visit: http://codescapeshaurya.wordpress.com/please update your favorites.cheers!:):):)

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Flash Player 10 had been giving me a lot of grief when it came to working with Firefox.I finally figured out a solution, am still unclear what the trouble was!Wonder is my solution is correct - it seems to work for now tho.Issue:I was using Flash CS3 with player 9 installed. The ActiveX and .dll files worked well on IE and Firefox. Then I upgraded to Flash CS4 and Flash Player 10. Things worked

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post #twex I got really interesting in another experiment...#tweetcoding was a kick ass code contest by Grant Skinner (@gskinner)gskinner.awsum(thx);prtcipnts hd 2 code sth. cool in ls thn 140 chrs!140's too less you say? go check out the awesome stuff people did for 140!@machine501 setup an online compiler to showcase all the #tweetcoding going on.machine501.awsum(thx);...and now the results are

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http://blog.learningmate.com/wordpress/?p=21I started a total tweet of an experiment at work.lotsa people show lotsa interest. Key is keeping it alive. I hope it all works out.big thanks to Atul for making it possible.if(makes_a_difference("it") == true){ I->love("it");}else{throw not_interested_exception(null);}:) :) :)

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It turns out that the last time I saw CS4 it was not shipping. Only buzz-buzz-ing that it is about to ship. So finally on October 15th Adobe put up prices and all... so looks like CS4 is finally shipping...Adobe CS4 Launch Broadcast: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1556v1715Creative Suite 4 : Suite Selector : http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/suiteselector/

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On September 23, Adobe released the long-awaited Creative Suite 4, this also included Flash CS4 and Photoshop CS4.Check out the wicked new features in Flash CS4 here. Although it looks like Flash CS4 uses Flash Player 9 update 3(press release). Meaning there should be a Flash CS4 update for Flash Player 10 sometime soon.Niiiice :)And they have just added more bang to 3D in Photoshop CS4!!! The

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I have been trying to start a Interaction Design/HCI blog for some time now, but time has not really been permitting... :)So till the time I get time's permission, I'll post my interaction interests here...This one is about Interaction Design Patterns.Now, even though the world is divided on the pros and cons of Design Patterns, I like them a lot cause they help me communicate complex ideas

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http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/design_process/

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Seen http://www.colr.org/Pretty wild stuff...create color schemes based on images that you upload, or those that appear at random.Download .ACO files for sharing the scheme.What I like here is the ability to select many many colors, unlike Adobe's Kuler, where you can select at most 5.Looks like this was done in Python. One of my favorite languages.:) :) :)

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picishare : a flickr search engine.flickr search on rollyo.CompFight.flickrleech : one that I frequently use.labs.ideeinc.com : Idée Inc is doing some pretty wild stuff in image search...PictureSandbox : search across multiple stock photo collections at the same time.Multi Colr Search Lab : Search Images from Flickr based on Color!!! from Idée IncVisual Search Lab : Search Images based on the

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This is what Matt Chotin wrote on one of the forum posts on Adobe:"I'm going to try to have a presentation in a few weeks that goes into a lot of our plans in more detail, but yes, it's looking like given the timeframe of Flex 4 and the timeframe of when Player 10 comes out that we will be able to target Player 10 due to it having high enough penetration. "This could be good!The post is dated Jun

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Suggested Projects

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Kevin Goldsmith's Blog

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open source Flex project list

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More for my reference than yours... :)http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:resources:apis:libraries

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Here are a bunch of code/experiment resources on Papervision3DUNITZEROONE: http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/mr. doob's blog: http://mrdoob.com/blog/Papervision 2 : http://papervision2.com/ActionScript Architect: http://www.actionscriptarchitect.com/Zupko.info : http://blog.zupko.info/posting here more for my reference than yours hehe...:) :) :)

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I think I am getting excited about it too... especially after looking at their list of speakers.http://singularity08.com/1Here is a verbatim from the Singularity home page... Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world. On October 24-26, join 100 of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, thought leaders, and celebrities for three days of talks at

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another important discussion on open source licenses.

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50 reasons why AS3 ROCKS!!!take a look at:http://gskinner.com/talks/50reasonsAS3/gskinner also posted other presentations hereneat!!!:) :) :)

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DOOD! WIP-iy POST THIS IS... NO LOOKY TIL THIS DONE.

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The press release.Flash is going to be more searchable...

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This is a little out of date, but again, it's nice to have it around.Grant Skinner gives the coolest introductory notes to AS3.Very comprehensive and 167 slides long!!!enjoy!.

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Take a look at the FWA Theater!The latest and greatest in motion graphics....very very cool stuff here!http://www.fwatheater.com/:) :) :)

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http://interactivehug.com/got it from Lee Brimelow's blogI think sometimes, if I should put up my IxD stuff on CodeScape too, and then I think It's not the right sort of place for that sort of nice.Maybe another blog for IxD/HCI ? watsay?:) :) :)

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Hey!Heard about Seam carving?It's a totally new way of resizing images, here is a SIGGRAPH 2007 video introducing this technology...It's looks really cool! to me...nah! make that sexy! looks really really sexy to me :)Here is the original paper written by Shai Avidan and Ariel Shamir, the inventors of this technology.And now, I hear some buzz that this might be a part of Adobe PhotoShop CS4!!!btw

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I think most ppl would already know this by now...While I was able to inform all my colleagues about the Flash Player 10 release on May 15th, I am bit late on putting this one up, primarily, because I am a little lazy... hehe... but anyways, here goes...On July 02, 2008, Adobe released the beta 2 of Flash player 10.It looks like they have added:Loader.unloadAndStop method: to allow for unloading

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Adobe re branded Macromedia's Breeze to Adobe Acrobat Connect.But that is not all...Adobe® Connect™ LMS Integration Solutions offer SSL and connectivity to BlackBoard and SAKAI! (Though support for WebCT is still not availabe...)hmmm...Take a look at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat_Connecthttp://www.adobe.com/resources/elearning/http://www.adobe.com/resources/elearning/

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Check out Piknik!http://www.picnik.com/Very cool image analysis done in flex.The trippy banner you see on this blog was created using piknik, from a rendering I did years ago in 3dsmax. Also look at the banner on this blog. Am very happy with the results. The interface is so much nicer compared to other photoshop clones on the web.More such sites:Lazy lazy, All I did to find these was to browse

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Finally!Adobe is making an effort to bring consistency to the "Flash Player" across PCs and Devices, including mobile devices and set-top-boxes (those cable TV thingies)Sounds really good to me!So, apparently now I do not have to worry too much about thinking how my application/content would be deployed on a mobile.Many things come to light:Apparently Adobe Flash Player was licensed to be used on

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Here is a quote on change that I really liked on Bruce Eckel's site:You do not have to spend a lot of time and effort on those who strongly resist change. You only have to help and protect those who want to change, so that they are able to succeed. Put another way, your job is not to plant the entire forest, row by row -- it is to plant clumps of seedlings in hospitable places and to nurture them

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One of my favorite authors, Bruce Eckel now writes on ActionScript!!!(He :is the reason, I feel confident on Java and C++,gives amazing insights on programming in his books, check them out!simply the coolest, because he gave out his books for free! )AS - language I spend most of my time with.Wow!Take a look at:http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/creating_components.htmlhttp://www.adobe.com

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Hey People!In doing SRM06 we faced a major hurdle about flash performance – flash kept crashingIn investigating all that we got to learn a lot of under the hood stuff about the flash player and the flash compiler.Much of it would require a lot of space to share…But, there was one very interesting resource that I dug up, rummaging thru my favs. Folder… hehe .http://oddhammer.com/

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Hey people!Today me and Sureshbabu, got around to talking about a history of flash, and turns out that several of my facts were wrong! It turned out to be quiet in interesting discussion.Here's a short history of the software to tickle your interest.FutureSplash Animator (Spring 10 April 1996) – initial version of Flash with basic editing tools and a timeline Flash 1 (November 1996) – a

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In figuring out the Big OOP Kahuna, we've all come across the ubiquitious 'Design Patterns' right?Cool, now how many times just 'knowing' about a design pattern helped us write better code, create more robust systems, create reusable, more valuable code? In my experience, not many.No matter how well engineered the application, how well written the code, we still have rarely profited by writing

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