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Goodbye Plug-in, and good luck!

Around 10 years ago I set up a company. It didn’t seem like a big deal. In fact, it was merely a tax entity for my freelance career. I had this idea that I could sell a customisable web site service where you could choose which options to “plug-in” – hence the name Plug-in Media. […]

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My review of 2011

flickr/adobeusergroup It’s become a bit of an annual tradition for me to review my year. And it’s also a bit of a tradition for me to leave it quite late! I guess this process is a little self-indulgent, in truth, I’m so frantic most of the time that’s it’s a great opportunity to take stock […]

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Live iPhone coding video now online

I posted about this a while ago, but it’s taken Aral a little while to get the videos together. So here it is : me coding a kind of Angry Birds type thing in Corona live at the Update conference. Enjoy! (More information and links to the files on this post). (And you’ll be pleased […]

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My review of the year in .net magazine

It’s been quite a year, so I was really pleased that .net magazine gave me the chance to talk about everything that’s happened in the world of Flash and CreativeJS, my other projects like PixelPhones, and my plan to teach more designers and artists to program. I hope to do a full review of my […]

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Happy 5th birthday, blog

It’s been 5 years to the very day since my very first post, and I must admit, it seems like a very long time ago. Now I want to hear from you – my dear readers. But first, please indulge me this short retrospective. A picture from FlashForward 2006. Yes, that’s how good mobile phone […]

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FOTB recap and live podcast

Mark Burvill‘s final message to FOTB (made with his new found skills from my CreativeJS workshop) FOTB was awesome this year, and it looks like this will be the last, at least in this guise. I’m sure that John will do something just as awesome next year 🙂 It was an intense time for me […]

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Angry Birds in 30 minutes at Update 2011

The angry exorcist and ghost graphics by Jonathan Clapham Yesterday was Aral Balkan‘s Update conference as part of the Brighton Digital Festival. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a conference where organiser sings a song to open the event! (with a full live band I should add!) It was a really fantastic and enjoyable […]

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Smooth JS animation on iOS – tutorial on CreativeJS.com

Two tutorials in two weeks!? I know, it’s crazy but I’m getting through a bit of a backlog here 🙂 I’ve now posted a guide to making super smooth running games within the browser on iOS. You can wrap it up in PhoneGap and publish to the AppStore if you want! It’s based around the […]

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Three.js tutorial now on CreativeJS.com

Our very first tutorial has gone live on CreativeJS.com. Getting up and running with three.js can be tricky, but hopefully this will make it very easy! I’ve refactored it since it launched last week – let me know if you find any errors! This tutorial is part of my CreativeJS training course. Just five spots […]

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September CreativeJS workshop in Brighton

Brighton workshop attendees make the commute to their hotel Early bird tickets for the last course sold out in only 10 minutes, so I thought it was probably time to put another workshop on in Brighton. And this time, it’s part of the Brighton Digital Festival – a month full of very cool events. Tickets […]