5 productivity tools I use daily

I thought I would take the time to talk about some of the tools I use almost everyday as a professional Flash platform developer.

evernote

What is it?

A web application dedicated to the creation and storage of notes, snippets and images.

Why do I use it?

I use Evernote almost daily in my job. As a developer, I find myself constantly needing to keep track of various tidbits of information which I may need to recall quickly at a later stage.

I find Evernote is great for keeping track of things like obscure program commands or code snippets which I might only need to find every-now-and-then, like setting up a Django app, creating or fixing a Git repository or performing a specific MySQL query.

Notes can be titled and tagged and stored into specific ‘notebooks’ for organization. While I find using the web version sufficient; there is also a desktop and mobile versions of the app available for download. Continue reading

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Devil’s Lair

Here is the latest project completed by Tribal DDB Melbourne (where I currently work). Devil’s Lair is an Australian wine from Margaret River in Western Australia. Tribal DDB was tasked with creating a website which was engaging and invoked the ‘mysterious’ nature of the brand. The site presents information about the wines and the winemaker in a ‘story book’ fashion by using videos shot specifically for the website.

My role on the project was lead developer. The site is built for Flash 10, utilising the player’s 3D API for navigation. It is built on the RobotLegs framework and also makes use of the RobotLegs FSM Utility and Signals for internal communication between MVC tiers.

Please visit the site at http://devilslair.com.au. I’d love to know what you think.

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5 Flash page takeovers

A page takeover is an effect used by advertisers to present a product in an engaging way by breaking preconceptions on how we are used to seeing content on a web page. The effect is almost always accomplished with the use of Flash by creating an overlay which simulates regular HTML content but with added animations and sound to give the illusion of a website coming to life or even falling apart.

Here are 5 great examples of websites which aren’t-quite-what-they-seem.

Tostitos Salsa – Vimeo.com

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Telstra business awards – 3D Flash component

This is a flash component I created recently at TribalDDB Melbourne (where I work) for the Telstra Business Awards website.  Built using Papervision, Robotlegs and TweenLite this component needed to tie in with the “pop-up book” nature of the above-the-line creative.

Telstra Business Awards

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