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Posts in category "creative"

North American Flash Tour comes to Chicago

North American Flash Tour comes to Chicago
Adobe plans to make a stop in Chicago for their North American Flash Tour. Adobe evangelists Mike Chambers and Lee Brimelow will both be on hand to talk about the future of Adobe Flash and what’s new and upcoming for the technology, which is widely used for online advertising, as well as the videos you watch on YouTube... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
May 13, 2012 at 9:23 pm
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C2E2 technology of comics, graphic novels, and video games

C2E2 technology of comics, graphic novels, and video games
 C2E2 (Chicago’s Pop-culture Event) is taking place this Weekend of April 13-15, 2012. Combining comics, movies, popular shows, and video games culture into one exposition meant that of course there would be some sort of use of new technology in the mediums. DC Comics, and other major comic publishers, for example had some comics and... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
April 15, 2012 at 4:35 pm
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Super Bowl 2012 commercials use Web, mobile technology to further engage viewers

Super Bowl 2012 commercials use Web, mobile technology to further engage viewers
Super Bowl 2012 (XLVI) featured a host of advertisements from movie trailers to uniquely creative commercials selling cars. In case you happened to miss a few, which is very likely during any Super Bowl no matter how attentive one is, you can always brush up and watch all of the commercials online now afterwards. For... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
February 7, 2012 at 10:16 am
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Rich media exists as the best of both worlds, Part 2: Tools and examples of Rich media ad conversions of Flash to HTML5 and jQuery

Rich media exists as the best of both worlds, Part 2: Tools and examples of Rich media ad conversions of Flash to HTML5 and jQuery
As rich media designers and developers are expanding their skillsets to include Flash, HTML, and Javascript/jQuery, there is good news for all sides. There are currently several methods and tools available to make this job easier. “The job” being to either make a rich media experience in Flash, make the Flash compatible with more platforms... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
January 22, 2012 at 9:10 pm
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Rich media exists as the best of both worlds, Part 1: Future of Flash and advancement of HTML5 and jQuery

Rich media exists as the best of both worlds, Part 1: Future of Flash and advancement of HTML5 and jQuery
The popularity of the Adobe Flash platform came from the endless possibilities and ease of creating rich, interactive experiences for the Web. The Flash technology has a deep Web penetration since it has a very accessible interface that allowed artistic designers as well as skilled programmers a wide range of options in the type of... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
January 22, 2012 at 5:27 pm
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Everything is mobile for 'CyberWalkAbout', Chicago app development company

Everything is mobile for 'CyberWalkAbout', Chicago app development company
It shows a dedication and focus on the city of Chicago when some of a development company’s most well-known products are built around the Chicago lifestyle. CyberWalkabout is a mobile app development company that has been a part of the Chicago technology business for exactly a year now. Established on December 12, 2010 by CEO... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
December 11, 2011 at 3:42 pm
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More on recent state, future of Adobe Flash for mobile and Flex, from a Chicago viewpoint

More on recent state, future of Adobe Flash for mobile and Flex, from a Chicago viewpoint
It seems as if a lot of people are wondering about the future of Adobe Flash, Flex framework, and AIR, lately. These three Web technologies make up the Adobe Flash Platform, and after the Adobe announcement that they would stop development on the Flash Player for mobile, many are asking just what this will mean... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
December 3, 2011 at 4:44 pm
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Adobe Flash, Edge, and how future transition to HTML5 for mobile impacts creative agencies and rich media

Adobe Flash, Edge, and how future transition to HTML5 for mobile impacts creative agencies and rich media
Recently it was announced by Adobe that they would cease further development on their mobile Flash Player, which is used to display animated features of Web sites, and a lot of Web video, ads and rich media applications on the mobile Internet. They determined it would be best to focus on HTML5 as the future... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
November 13, 2011 at 11:48 pm
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Chicago Game Jam was a success; brought together city game developer scene

Chicago Game Jam was a success; brought together city game developer scene
IGDA Chicago had recently held an event that brought all game developing enthusiasts together for a “Chicago Game Jam“. Or, in other words a gathering of all people for a competition to develop games in a two-day period taking place at Toy Studio, a social media and mobile game development studio, in the Wicker Park... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
October 29, 2011 at 6:57 pm
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Chicago game industry expands with IGDA game dev events, panels; and the mobile device influx

Chicago game industry expands with IGDA game dev events, panels; and the mobile device influx
Riding on the wave of mobile device popularity, Chicago game industry is at a high. Given the relative ease of access to game development tools and now, mobile gaming devices found on virtually all phones now. The IGDA (International Game Developers Association), Chicago chapter has been a big part of the Chicago game development scene’s... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
October 17, 2011 at 10:25 pm
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