Room for both Open and Closed Source?

Stuart Cohen writes that the Open Source Model is Broken, and I think a bigger point perhaps needs to be highlighted. Open source software can be great, it can have a wonderful function and it can make life better. But not everything needs to be or should be open source. I read a Wikipedia article that listed “not open source” as a con for a particular piece of software.... Read More

Error #2035: URL Not Found – a fix to the problem

Ok, so the Adobe docs say: var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler); But thanks to the FlashKit forums: var pictLdr:Loader = new Loader(); pictLdr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imgLoaded); I realize these are two different classes, but the docs on this type of thing are just so poor. Nevermind the... Read More

Flash Nightmares

Whenever someone asks me to work on a Flash project that someone else started, I try really hard to wake up. It’s never good. I try to kid myself that maybe the code will be organized, maybe there will be comments, maybe I won’t find anything held together with duct tape. Ok, once or twice I’ve been pleasantly surprised, but most of the time, this is what I’d... Read More