http://www.flairbuilder.com Sketch it with flair! Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:25:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, today I just learned that Flex events can tear you down. Building a design with live components can not simply be done using default Flex events. They are just to much for what I need. I went for creating my own custom CLICK and MOUSE_DOWN events that wrap Flex ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/12/24/flex-events-a-leasson-learned/ Just had this stupid utopic idea of an IDE written in Flash/JavaGroovy/SilverLight running inside a browser. You create a new project, pickup few dependencies, start coding and see the result right away, in a preview pane. Of course, the preview in the sense of FlairBuilder preview, meaning real components, real ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/12/19/12/ I've heard that people are using Fireworks for prototying but I didn't actually knew how they do it. Here's a video that shows exactly that: FIreworks Tips and Tricks - Rapid Prototyping . What's interesting about this video is how they add interactivity to the prototypes. Interactivity is not, as far ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/12/14/fireworks-for-prototyping/ Hey, I just found out that a new Beta version of Degrafa was released. And there's a new nice sample that allows you to play with Adobe CS4 like logos. Well, I just had to have a little fun myself too and since I don't have a logo yet for ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/12/11/10/ Today, while using Google Docs at my office for job stuff I just had this crazy thought: Is it possible to post a Google Document as blog post? Well, it seems it is and this document stands as a living proof. Google it and you'll find out how. This brings up ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/12/11/9/ Hi there! Tonight has been an interesting night. I am still confused and hardly can speak about what just happen but overall, it was a quite pleasant and encouraging thing for me. In short, I presented FlairBuilder to an audience of aprox. 70 people at a FlexCamp organized by Adobe Romania. In ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/11/07/flairbuilder/ How many times you've had an idea of an application (CD's database, a library, revolutionary issue tracking system etc.) and you could not find the time to start coding it? I know I did several times. And even with "create a blog app in less then x minutes" kind of framework, ... http://www.flairbuilder.com/2008/06/14/flairbuilder-the-story-behind-the-project/