Posted: January 14th, 2009 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Cool sites, Flash, Flex, Ruby on Rails, Timetoast, Web Applications, Widgets | No Comments »
I’m honoured to have my Flex/Flash app, Timetoast, rub shoulders with such greats as Google Earth and eBay Desktop in PC Magazine’s “Best Free Software of 2009″ list.
Timetoast is an online tool that allows people to easily create timelines they can then share on their blog or website. It’s a fun app which will certainly be getting some neat revisions in the near future! Here’s a link to the Timetoast timelines listing. If you see any other Flash, Flex, AIR or Rails apps listed, feel free to leave a comment, I’d love to know.
For a nice example of a Timetoast timeline out in the wild, check out the RTÉ 2008 Year in Review feature.
Greenprint also made it onto the list. Greenprint is a great desktop application that saves ink and trees at the same time by allowing you to remove blank pages and unnecessary advertising from your print jobs. They recently added a Mac version which is great news for all you eco-conscious Mac users.
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Architecture, Cool sites, Open Source, Ruby on Rails, Web Applications | Tags: Insoshi, Ruby on Rails, social software | No Comments »
Insoshi is an open source social site with everything you would expect; messaging, blogging, connections and much more. If you download the source (writen in Rails), you’ll already have a fully operational social software platform to kick start your idea. To top it off, things can only get better; Insoshi is under active development.
If you’ve used Ruby on Rails before, you should feel very comfortable browsing the source, it is written in a concise and professional manner. For the novice Rails developer, Insoshi provides a great opportunity to understand the architecture of a fully functional Rails site. You’ll learn a lot from browsing the source of a complete application, something I found difficult to find when first embarking on my own Rails adventures.
Head on over to the Insoshi site to get started on your own adventure.
Posted: October 12th, 2007 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Adobe, Cool sites, Flex, Open Source | No Comments »
Today was the day I wanted to log my first Flex bug on the Flex Bug and Issue Management System (crikey, that’s a mouthful). However, I got beaten to it by Ryan Gardner who posted it yesterday. (ahh, the power of open source!) Anyhoo, I started browsing the new devnet trying to find the ADC desktop so I could see how handy it would be in watching the progression of the bug (Mike Potter mentioned the new ADC desktop app during his recent talk at the London Flex User Group)
While trying to find the app I stumbled on the ADC introNetwork, a social network for members of the Adobe Developer Connection. I decided to check it out. This is when I discovered the profile editor while setting up my account. It’s a great use of Flex and Im sure we’ll be seeing this type of thing start to appear in other more “traditional” social networks. It lets you drag certain keywords to an area at the top of the screen and order them according to how important they are to you. It’s a great way of creating a custom profile that matches you with people who have the same type of skills or interests. Here’s a screenshot for your viewing pleasure:
The ADC profile editor (click for large version)
Posted: November 28th, 2006 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Cool sites, Design | No Comments »
One of the freshest colour resources on the web has just been relaunched with a slew of new features, go check out the palettes!
http://www.colourlovers.com
Posted: August 2nd, 2006 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Cool sites | No Comments »
I came across programmingishard.com today, and I’m quite impressed with it.
It’s a social tagging website in the vein of del.icio.us, but for source code instead of links.
There’s not much ActionScript content, but at the moment there are only about 300 users, so I suspect we’ll see more pop up pretty soon.
