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Aaagh! Hacked!

Posted by James - 09/09/07 at 06:09:04 pm

Sorry for the downtime - it would appear that everyones’ favorate arch-villains did a do-over and knocked us out.

I guess it’s time for more protection…

Missapplication of Terminology

Posted by James - 30/08/07 at 11:08:40 pm

or, When is your CMS not a CMS?

Computer-orientated terminology tends to get thrown around like buzzwords, it seems. Not only by people who don’t really know what they’re talking about - but also by those that should. And, like buzzwords, they convey an idea - not a technical specification. If you haven’t heard of a CMS or a CDP however, you might be left in the dark.

but Buzzwords are cool - they’re easy and indeterminate.

Sure, saying ‘CMS’ or ‘Content Management System’ is easier than describing what you mean all the time - but suppose both parties have completely different ideas of what to expect from a ‘Content Management System’. After all, what does your ‘Content Management System’ do? Does it manage your content for you - or help you manage your content? Does it even do that? Is it just a facilitator for creating content? Drawing up lengthy technical specifications may help, but throw a client-who-uses-misunderstood-buzzwords into the mix and you’re in for a bumpy ride. Chances are you’ll both assume different functionality. Continue reading Missapplication of Terminology…

Exploring .air - the roundup.

Posted by James - 04/08/07 at 02:08:34 pm

Well, it’s gone Friday, so where’s my new AIR app? Unfortunately, I can’t give it you yet - although its nearly ready to be unleashed, I can’t show it until the next issue of the E-Newsletter is sent out. (That’s Marketing for you.) So you’ll have to hang on for a few weeks yet.

Nevermind, eh? I certainly learnt a lot playing with Flex builder / Air / AS3, and here’s hoping that I’ll have some spare time to do a few articles on what I’ve learnt - pitfalls, theory, code snippets, that kind of thing.

One thing I realised is that your intrinsic knowledge of Flash and it’s specialised coding methods mean very little working in Flex, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s bad - Flash programming is probably a bit of a niché market in how it’s done and works, and I get the impression that the Flex approach is a lot more mainstream theory-wise, so I’m prepared to put the effort into learning to code properly.

Continue reading Exploring .air - the roundup….

MMT Digital relaunched!

Posted by James - 09/07/07 at 02:07:26 pm

Well, it’s been a ‘lil while in the making, but on Friday 6th, MMT Digitals’ New, Improved, and rather more snazzy website was unleashed upon the World Wide Web. Go have a look over at www.mmtdigital.co.uk.

Back online!

Posted by James - 26/06/07 at 09:06:18 pm

Yep, I’ve finally sorted out that darned Wireless Network. Turned out it was as simply down to a conflicting subnet between the two routers. Hooray for Netgear Technical Support!

Pittville Degree Show 2007 - see you there?

Posted by James - 22/06/07 at 09:06:00 am

Well, today’s the day. No doubt some of the third-year students at Gloucester Uni are still working on their displays as we speak, but the Pittville Degree Show 2007 is opening in less than 12 hours now.

I’ll be along to see if they’re up to scratch, and hopefully meet some more of my old uni buddies back there aswell.

Adobe Flash CS3 - off to a worrying start?

Posted by James - 20/06/07 at 06:06:46 pm

I’m afraid I’m only commenting on hearsay here, not actually firsthand experience. Because we still don’t have Adobe Studio CS3 at work. Yes I know, a professional “New Media” agency doesn’t have the latest and greatest software… shocking.

But anyway. People have been conversing / moaning / arguing on FlashCoders mailing list today, about how Flash CS3 weighs in at around 400mb and a 30min+ install time, compared to Flash 8’s 110mb and less install time.

They’re all worried that Flash could end up going down the road of Adobes’ Acrobat in terms of file sizes and continual ‘updates’. Continue reading Adobe Flash CS3 - off to a worrying start?…