: About Me

I'm a professional web application developer and owner of a successful web development company that specializes in Adobe Flash and integration. My work includes projects for Fortune 500 companies and clients from around the globe.

While Flash is a skill that has done well for me, I've found that having a certain aptitude with digital technology and awareness of the wired world in general have been absolutely indispensable. I shy away from topics I know little about, and when I do touch on them I make sure to riddle them with caveats. I believe that this combination of knowledge and awareness of my own limitations will help to bring authority to my writings. Even if I'm only musing about the future, at least you can be sure that it has some weight behind it.

My passion is ...

Building things

I know too much about ...

Adobe Flash

My parents always told me ...

"You'll go blind if you sit too close to the TV!" (not true)

Why I write ...

I'm the poster child for Web 2.0 ... it's all about sharing in realtime

Computers & Technology > Internet Software & Utils Anatomy of a SWF File

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The SWF file is the end point for all Flash content. This file format is amazingly versatile and can do things that no other file type can do. __/ S.W.F. \__ The abbreviation "SWF" (pronounced "swiff") stands for "ShockWave Flash". This stems from the days when Macromedia was still developing the Flash technology and they had a more powerful star in their software lineup called ShockWave. In many ways, ShockWave is still more powerful than Flash. It comes with a built-in 3D graphics engine, and can interact with the user's operating system without any extensions. In many ways Flash has cau...

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