Latest News from Jim Phelan

WebDDJ Feature: Open Source and the Flash Platform

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:00:00 EDT

Flash has evolved from a tool for designers to an interoperating set of technologies appropriate for Web application development. Newly appointed WedDDJ Editorial Board Member Jim Phelan examines the Flash Platform.

The OSFlash Initiative: Web Developer's & Designer's Journal Interviews Aral Balkan

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:00:00 EDT

Aral Balkan of OSFlash.org answers a few brief questions about the amazing promise that the Flash Platform holds in the age of Web 2.0 and the role that Balkan sees for open-source Flash in that equation.

When AJAX Isn't Enough: Cases for Rich Clients with the Flash Platform

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:00:00 EST

With the insurgence of rich clients in enterprise communications, technology leaders are faced with a wide array of solutions for creating productivity enhancing web clients. In this session, Jim will explore business cases and technology options for employing Flash based applications where AJAX capabilities don?t exist. The primary focus will be in corporate communications, web collaboration, content management, and presence management. Jim will discuss the role of Flex, Flex Enterprise Services, and Flash Media Server in creating stateful, rich media enabled applications for the web.

Open Source and the Flash Platform: What Should Adobe Do Next?

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:45:00 EST

Open source must in some way present itself as a bit of a dichotomy to Adobe, now that it has acquired Macromedia. It is generally accepted that open source solutions foster innovation and adoption. However, with an open file format and a free player, is it possible that some projects could eventually challenge Flash's own role by creating competing tools?

Microsoft .NET In A Flash, A New Tool Lets .NET Developers Write Flash Applications

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:45:00 EDT

Not long ago developers and IT professionals looked at Flash with disdain. The anti-Flash camp had contempt for its lack of accessibility, minimal standards compliance, and of course there was the infamous back button debacle. But things have changed. Large companies are embracing Flash for rich media delivery. Developers are jumping on the bandwagon in swarms. In the last year there's been an explosion in Flash development tools, including several full-featured development environments and a homespun SWF compiler or two.

The "Outside the Box" Technology

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

Anyone who regularly visits Macromedia's Web site has inevitably seen the Red Bull Copilot and Volvo V50 Web sites. These elegantly crafted applications are perfect examples to make the case for Flash video: they combine the rich user experience of a Flash application seamlessly with high quality streaming video.