AIR
ShoZu Desktop
ShoZu have now put up the first beta release of ShoZu Desktop, an Adobe AIR based application that I have been working on since AIR was in beta. It should run on any platform that Adobe have an AIR runtime for, currently PC or MAC, and allows you to upload photos and videos to all your favourite ShoZu destinations.
You can either use the ShoZu account that you created for your cellphone and Desktop will pick up the destinations you have already have, or you can create a new ShoZu account and just use ShoZu Desktop to upload your media. The Desktop app will allow upload to any of the destinations that ShoZu supports and you don't have any extra mobile data charges (which is personally why I started the project). It currently supports photo and video upload along with titles, descriptions and tags (depending on the feature set supported by the destination you are uploading to).
The app is the first beta release and you can find out more on the ShoZu Desktop Information Page
It would also be great to get some feedback on the app, so that it can be developed and enhanced from the ideas of the people that use it.
If you do have any comments, constructive one of course :-), you can leave then on the ShoZu User forum.
ADOBE AIR RELEASED!!
Cool news - Adobe have released version 1.00 of AIR along with version 3 of Flex - www.adobe.com/products/air - I've already put my order in (standard version only - bit expensive otherwise, at least for me).
Suppose I'd better start using it to do some more development now - I have some ideas to update MagONE and a new project MagTWO which will be an AIR based application.
I've also been developing an AIR based application for ShoZu - but more of that in the very near future.....
Flash movie player
I have created a very simple flash movie player using Flex 3. It can be re-sized and it will play single flash movies(flv) by setting up a flashvar call vf.
There is an article in my Adobe AIR Diary ( see the Books menu) or go straight to the article here. I have made the player free to download and use if anyone is interested.
Adobe AIR and more
I have been looking at Adobe AIR for a project that I have been working on as it fits into the main requirements (like running on both PC and MAC), and also because I already know Flex quite well. While looking at some of the requirements of the project, it can be quite frustrating to "trawl" the net for examples and docs on how to do specific things, so I have started a book on some of the small side apps that I have created to test out my "how to" questions. So now I have 2 online books on the go I have grouped them together under a single menu (mainly so its easy for me).
