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Presenting @ the IECFUG on Thursday

Kalen Gibbons — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:34:41 +0000

I’ll be presenting at the IECFUG this Thursday the 9th. The session will be a hands-on tutorial on connecting ColdFusion and Flex. It should be a good time, so come on down if you’re in the area.

~~I’ll post the sample files here sometime after the meeting.~~
It’s a little late, but here are the links to the files and the presentation, enjoy
Presentation Files
Presentation on Adobe Connect

Flex vs Silverlight: Debate at Cal Poly Pomona

Kalen Gibbons — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:15:24 +0000

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the debate between Adobe’s Kevin Hoyt and Microsoft’s Sam Stokes, which was presented last week at Cal Poly Pomona. Although my perspective is admittedly a bit skewed, seeing as I love Flex and hate Microsoft, I think the victor is fairly obvious.

The Microsoft presentation was very weak, relying heavily on the strength of one image manipulation library and a couple “non-Silverlight” services. Even I expected more from Microsoft. Give the video a watch and see if you agree.

http://video.csupomona.edu/streaming/Events/FutureOfComputing.html

Tour de Flex: An amazing learning tool

Kalen Gibbons — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:24:36 +0000

If you haven’t checked out Tour de Flex I suggest you do. It is an Air app that contains over 200 working applications, all with source code. Everything from simple Flex components to advanced filters and working with Air is covered, so there’s something for everyone, beginners to advanced developers alike.

Best Optical Illusion… EVER!

Kalen Gibbons — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:27:56 +0000

I’m a big fan of optical illusions. I love how your eyes and your mind don’t always agree on things, and this is a great illustration of that.

In the picture below, square A and square B are the exact same color. You may find this hard to believe; I still do when I look at it, but it’s true. To prove it, take any image program or a colorpicker, like ColorZilla, and compare the colors. ColorZilla shows that both cells are the color #787878. Furthermore, I took this image into PhotoShop, cut out square B and overlapped it over square A… guess what? They match. Click here to see the results.

Can you get your eyes to see the truth?