Publications

Please find below a list of selected presentations & speaking engagements, books, training materials, articles, software packages, SDKs, and White Papers that I have written or contributed to in some fashion. I have also listed relevant awards and honors


PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC SPEAKING:   

Junto - Free Beer & Open Source July 24th, 2008 - A panel discussion on the merits/similarities between Open Source software development and home beer brewing movement as a metaphor or a manifestation of the process.

adobelogo_tiny PublicationsPhiladelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group: March 27th, 2007 - Adobe CS3 Launch Event


adobelogo_tiny PublicationsAdobe MAX 2006 - MAXUP - October 22-26, 2006 - Flash - Communicating with Robotics and Electronics

Make:Philly Third Meeting - September 10, 2006 - Make Your Own Robots: Integrating and Controlling Popular Electronics and Robotics Kits with Adobe Flash

mini_macro_bw_logo PublicationsMacromedia MAX 2005 - October 16-19, 2005 - Flash on Every Screen - Flash on Every Screen Extra Resources Here

pfpaug_tiny PublicationsPhiladelphia Flash MMUG - March 16, 2005 - Introduction to Flash Lite 1.1 & Introduction to MakingThings.com Teleo

ff_arrow PublicationsFlashForward 2004 New York - July 7, 2004 - Ask the Experts Session: Interfacing Flash with the Real World

pfpaug_tiny PublicationsPhiladelphia Flash MMUG - December 2, 2003 - Current Events, Questions Answered, Introduction to Central

Art Institute of Philadelphia Multimedia Day - Industry Speaker - June 7, 2003 - Exploring Your Skills in the Multimedia Industry

pfpaug_tiny PublicationsPhiladelphia Flash MMUG - August 24, 2002 - Flash MX Communications Server - Remote Collaboration Demonstration

ff_arrow PublicationsFlashForward 2001 New York - July 13, 2001 - Dynamic Text-to-Speech with Macromedia Generator - Ideas to Realities: Threads to Objects

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES:
   

ifbin_logo PublicationsIFBIN - Flash by Example Role: Contributing author/developer

BOOKS:

0735713839_thumb PublicationsMacromedia Flash MX 2004 Killer Tips

ISBN: 0735713839

Publisher: New Riders


Role: I was a technical editor for this book. Tasks included fact checking, confirmation of accuracy and verification that each of the tips worked as written.


0321228413_thumb PublicationsMacromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript 2.0 Dictionary

ISBN: 0321228413

Publisher: Peachpit/Macromedia Press


Role: I was an article reviewer and technical editor for several chapters in this title. Tasks incuded fact checking, confirmation of accuracy and verification of usability.


0735713820_thumb PublicationsMacromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 for Server Geeks

ISBN: 0735713820

Publisher: New Riders


Role: I provided critical feedback on initial and revised book proposals for publisher.


0764536567_thumb PublicationsFlash MX Bible

ISBN: 0764536567

Publisher: Wiley

Role: I contributed a chapter on the basics of working with Pocket PC’s and Flash.

0735711771_thumb PublicationsFlash Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices

ISBN: 0735711771

Publisher: New Riders

Role: I contributed an appendix covering tips, tricks and caveats for working with Flash and touch-screens. Also included information about touch-screen technology in general and a list of touch-screen manufacturers.


0735711607_thumb PublicationsFlash MX Magic

ISBN: 0735711607

Publisher: New Riders

Role: I contributed chapter 14, creating a MySQL database driven poll with PHP and Flash utilizing new features of Flash MX. (If you have this book make sure to check the errata page for updates - some CD’s that shipped in the original printing run had the wrong content or were missing content)

 

TRAINING MATERIALS:

adobelogo_tiny PublicationsAdobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop DVD - 2007 - (More info here)

Role: I contributed three training/overview videos to this DVD produced by Lynda.com and Adobe for the launch of the Adobe Creative Suite 3 line of products. This DVD is included with all indiviudal CS3 products and the accompanying bundled suites of applications. The three videos I contributed are: An Introduction to Adobe Device Central, Working with Adobe Device Central and Photoshop CS3, and Working with Adobe Device Central and Flash CS3.

mini_macro_bw_logo PublicationsMacromedia Flash MX Certified Developer Exam

Role: I contributed questions and subject matter for the exam, reviewed content from fellow contributors, as well as provided testimonials and marketing blurbs for promotion of the Macromedia Certified Developer program.

 

WHITE PAPERS:   

mini_macro_bw_logo PublicationsFlash MX and Security - March 2002

Role: I contributed some technical material to this paper, on the topic of utilizing MD5 hashes with Flash for security when validating passwords.

 

SDKs and CDKs:   

mini_macro_bw_logo PublicationsMacromedia Flash 4 Pocket PC Developers Kit

Role: I contributed an example and source materials for an on screen keyboard input alternative to the native SIP found on Pocket PC devices. (The new CDK for Player 6 no longer includes this sample - but it is available directly from me upon request)

 

ARTICLES:   

Philly Creative Guide - Guest Columnist - A Personal Experience with Philly-Based User Groups - February 2006

mini_macro_bw_logo PublicationsMacromedia DevNet - Connecting Macromedia Flash and PHP - December 2003

InformIT - The Tip of the Flash MX Iceberg - July 2002

mini_macro_bw_logo PublicationsMacromedia EDGE - Macromedia Flash on ATMs - July 2001

 

AWARDS and NOMINATIONS:   

adobelogo_tiny PublicationsAdobe (formerly Macromedia) Site Of The Day Award - March 28, 2006

Awarded for Marcolina Design, Inc. promotional/portfolio site - Role: Flash/ActionScript Programming/Development

adcp_tiny PublicationsArt Directors’ Club of Philadelphia Annual Juried Awards - June 2005

  • Gold Award - Icarus Digital - (Logo/Identity Category) - Role: Production
  • Silver Award - Pinwheel Logo - (Logo/Identity Category) - Role: Production
  • Silver Award - On-Site Interactive - (Interactive CD-ROM & Kiosks Category) - Role: Development/Programming

2005 Judges: John Brady - President of Brady Communications, Scott Linnen of Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Miami; Karen Brown of Brown & Ryan, New York; Anthony Rutka of Rutka Weadock Design, Baltimore

gdusa_logo Publications2005 Graphic Design: USA / Excellence in Communication & Design

  • Talisman Interactive CD-R / Interactive - Role: Development/Programming
  • Talisman Interactive CD-R / Self Promotional - Role: Development/Programming
  • Pinwheel / Logo Identity - Role: Production
  • Icarus Digital / Logo Identity - Role: Production


adcp_tiny PublicationsArt Directors’ Club of Philadelphia Annual Juried Awards - August 2004

  • Gold Award - Fairmount Waterworks Interpretive Center Kiosks (Kiosk Category) - Role: Programming, Hardware Integration

2004 Judges: Judd Harner - Senior Partner / Managing Director of Ogilvy & Mather; Sarah O’Maguga - Founder of Metropia Marketing; Kevin O’Neill - President / Chief Creative Officer of Warwick Baker O’Neill

ff_arrow PublicationsFlashForward 2004 Film Festival - San Francisco

Finalist - Technical Merit Category - GravicaDesign.com

gdusa_logo Publications2003 Graphic Design: USA / Excellence in Communication & Design

  • African American Museum of Philadelphia / Web site - Role: Programming

ff_arrow PublicationsFlashForward 2001 Film Festival - San Francisco

Winner eCommerce Category: USABancShares.com (No longer online)

Dot.Pixel.Image International Computer Art Exhibit - 1993

Jury Silver Award: Mixed Media Painting and Digital Photography Collage

Work Title: “A photostrobic capture of the elusive facial vortexing found in subjects after inducing serotonin suppression”

Also exhibited: Mixed Media Painting and Digital Photography Collage

Work Title: “Premonition of an OptiFast diet gone awry, delivered via insertion of hypodermic needle directly into optic nerve”

Special Note:

The Dot.Pixel.Image event was the first large-scale exhibition of digital art in South Florida. Curated by the Director of the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art and the Creative Director of Interview Magazine, the exhibition featured the work of over 100 artists from across the country. It was held at Fort Lauderdale’s Museum of Discovery and Science. The exhibition, which featured speakers, demonstrations, an animation film festival and hands-on participation stations, ran for five months and was viewed by over 250,000 people.