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3D engine in 10 lines*

UPDATE – HTML 5 Canvas version now online During my session at the Flash Gaming Summit, I showed a very simple 3D particle renderer to attempt to demystify the process of converting 3D into 2D. [kml_flashembed publishmethod=”dynamic” fversion=”10.0.0″ useexpressinstall=”true” movie=”/wp-content/uploads/manual/2010/Particles3D.swf” width=”500″ height=”350″ targetclass=”flashmovie”] [/kml_flashembed] Click and drag. The actual code that converts from 3D to […]

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Learning to love learning

I’ve just published a blog post on the FITC blog where I explain what inspires me and how to learn to love the constant demand of changing technology. //blog.fitc.ca/post.cfm/stagnating-in-your-cubicle-learn-to-love-to-learn

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Actionscript Hero interview

It was great to catch up with Pablo and the ActionScriptHero crew in Amsterdam, and we had a good chat about the future of Flash, the exciting changes in digital and what inspires me.

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More training courses in Cologne, Minneapolis, New York and San Francisco

I’ve just finished my Brighton training courses which were seriously good fun, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, I’ve certainly got excellent feedback so far! My next training course is short notice; it’ll be a Papervision course in San Francisco on the 9th March particularly aimed at 3D games. It’ll coincide with the Flash games […]

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Revealed : my slightly failed music career

Most people don’t know it, but before I was in digital media I was a professional musician. It’s not something I talk about very much but last week at the £5App Christmas special I had the chance to offload my story onto an unsuspecting audience. I revealed exactly what it was like to be an […]

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FlashPitt – a brilliant small conference

It’s so heartening to come to Pittsburgh and be a part of FlashPitt, especially after the craziness of MAX. And just because it’s small, that doesn’t limit its awesomeness. Having put on FlashBrighton’s Big Day Out (which was less than half the size of FlashPitt) I know how much work goes on to produce conference […]

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USA Euro-invasion countdown begins

Post FOTB is usually a very sad time of year for me. Such a great group of friends from all around the world flock to Brighton for an amazing couple of weeks of fun. And when they leave, I can’t help but feel somewhat deflated. But not this year! Because on Friday (tomorrow!) I’m starting […]

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Flash on the Beach – my schedule

It’s next week! NEXT WEEK! The most exciting digitally creative speakers will be descending on my home town to the 4 day inspiration-fest that is Flash on the Beach.So I thought I’d take a look at the schedule and let you know who I’m planning to watch. Except John has totally screwed me over by […]

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Papervision3D training at Flash on the Beach

I’m very pleased to be running a Papervision workshop at Flash on the Beach this year! What better excuse to come to my home town and learn everything you need to know about getting up and running with Flash3D!? I’ll also be showing you how to use FLARToolkit, RenderLayers, and loads more. I may even […]

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New Adobe MAX controversy

It’s about that time of year where a few of us Flash speakers get together and have a good old whinge about Adobe’s speaker expense policy. In fact it’s become somewhat of an annual tradition. But this year Adobe have ruined our fun by blatantly covering speakers full expenses including flights and hotel! Seriously though […]