TwitterPipe
March 13, 2009 - 16:03 | 
Administrator
I have just finished putting together the first beta release of a new service I have been working on called TwitterPipe.
TwitterPipe gives you the ability to attach any type of file and add it to a Twitter update so that you can share it with your Twitter friends. It not only allows you to share photos but videos, pdf files, spreadsheets, in fact any document you have on your computer.
As well as the web interface the service has a REST API available. This allows third-party applications to access the service provided by TwitterPipe.
To demo the API I have created an Adobe AIR application that allows you to login and upload files from your desktop, this is also available on the site.
Tags: Adobe Flex Training
November 21, 2008 - 11:30 | Administrator
I got a mail from Adobe the other day with a link to a great page. The link is http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/ and it gives you details on using Adobe Media Player (AMP) to connect to an RSS feed that Adobe publish listing articles and videos on various aspects of learning Flex. If you are curious about Flex and AIR, want to learn it or just have a "how do I do that?" in Flex question then this is a great place to start.
ShoZu Desktop on Linux ?
November 7, 2008 - 11:04 | Administrator
I was asked if ShoZu Desktop would run under Linux the other day ( Ubuntu 8.04 to be more exact). So I decided to try it, and after nearly wrecking my PC trying to dual boot install Ubuntu (not the installers fault but mine) I managed to get everything set up and working. The only issue that was apparent was a slight visual issue with a scrollbar appearing in the login panel but that has now been fixed.
What I did was:
Install Ubunta 8.04
Install Adobe Flash Player v10
ShoZu Desktop
March 13, 2008 - 16:46 | Administrator
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!!
February 25, 2008 - 21:38 | Administrator
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
December 6, 2007 - 18:04 | Administrator
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
September 25, 2007 - 13:46 | Administrator
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).