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May 23, 2007
Buzzword, FlexBox, and Transformers
Too much work and too little blogging. Here's a catch-all post to catch up on Flex things.
I've seen Buzzword, and... wow. Congrats to the Flex team there. I'm most impressed by the details, the way that little things just work.
The news is old, but I'll still point out that FlexBox has been updated. It's an excellent way to find new Flex components.
And related to FlexBox, since the IFrame component is on there, is that I've finally responded to the last month of comments on Embedding HTML.
And Transformers. What does Transformers have to do with Flex? I could make up a metaphor here about the versatility of Flex. Or make an awful joke about Flash being more than meets the eye. But really, I just wanted to be a geek and embed this:
The movie looks a lot like all the rest of the Hollywood action films in recent years, but it's Transformers. The ten year-old kid in me is very excited.
Lastly, as a non-Flex update, there was an update to brightcove.com last night, but I'll wait to post more on this, as I can't yet talk about any video mixing part of this update.
May 8, 2007
Details Leaking Out on Aftermix
Details on Aftermix have been slowly emerging, and Anthropomedia points to two of them in a post on Brightcove's Aftermix. For the MediaPost video mentioned, go to the 35 minute point to see Jeremy Allaire's demo of Aftermix. Or you can check out the early support video.
I can't comment on the blog post's questions on the underlying business model, but I can briefly comment on the blog post's suggestion that Aftermix is half-baked right now. We have a team here that includes people who previously worked on Flex, which is the development technology for Aftermix. This Flex group includes me, and you can also see that I went to Brightcove seven months ago. Hopefully I've been doing something since then. :) I wish I could say more, but that's for another day. In time, on this blog, you'll hear more about the fully-baked version.
As for the version of Aftermix shown in the videos, a lot has changed (and is better) in our local builds. To let out one detail, the tab navigator is gone. Those of us who have seen too many Flex applications that look alike will appreciate this.
May 2, 2007
Looking for More Flex or Flash QA (and Developers)
Do you want to test or develop a video player that's viewed millions of times a month? How about working on a brand-new video editor? Brightcove is looking for more Flex and Flash people to work on brightcove.com. We're looking for both QA and developers to work on Aftermix, the site's video player, and more.
Check out my previous post, Top 10 Reasons to Work at With Flex Brightcove, for some Aftermix-focused reasons to check things out.
You can ask questions or email your resume to work AT brightcove DOT com. And you can always ask me questions at bdeitte AT brightcove DOT com.
Brightcove Widgets From Yourminis
If you look at the bottom of the right-hand column on this site, you'll now see this yourminis widget:
It's displaying the top videos on Brightcove.com, but you can change it to display videos from different categories. You can also change other properties, as I changed mine to fit into the column's width.
See the original Brightcove widget here.
On a side note, since most people are still coming here for Flex information, I wanted to point out again that I have RSS feeds for both the Flex and video categories. But I'm happy if you keep reading all my ramblings.
