Web Designer/Developer, Storyteller and Lover of Technology

I'm a web designer/developer, writer and animator living in Birmingham Ala. I have been working in the web design/development field for 15 years. I am a founding member of the writing and animation team 5 Guys in a Garage who started JabTV.com. I have worked for various internet and media companies over the years including the now defunct Hecklers.com and al.com.

Deep linking for Flash and Ajax

SWFAddress is a small, but powerful library that provides deep linking for Flash and Ajax. It’s a developer tool, allowing creation of unique virtual URLs that can point to a website section or an application state. SWFAddress enables a number of important capabilities which are missing in today’s rich web technologies including: Bookmarking in a [...]

Filed under:Actionscript, Adobe, Flash

Apple now accepting flash apps for iPhone

Adobe announced huge news for Flash developers at the Adobe Max conference on Monday: Apple are now accepting iPhone applications developed in Flash. Check out the article at Down the Foxhole

Filed under:Flash

Search engine optimization for Flash

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Flash. Flash came along at a time when web development felt very restrictive for a creative person. Now in a world where web standards are spoken as gospel. Flash seems to have less and less of a role to play. Its biggest obstacle is the [...]

Filed under:Actionscript, Adobe, Flash, SEO

Flash Ads 101 – Questions to ask when building a Flash ad.

They are at times the bain of our web surfing experience. They are also a websites bread and butter. Online ads. If you are a starting web designer and someone asks you to produce flash ads for a client. You’ve never done a flash ad! Don’t panic, It’s easy. You just need to know what [...]

Filed under:Flash, Graphics, Web Design