The FlashCanon

I’d take to take a minute to welcome my friend and coworker, Chris Long, to the MXNA. His blog, Flash In Your Face, is all about Flash and Flash related topics (as you might have guessed by the name). Also, since we’ve been getting into Flex, he’s started sprinkling a couple of posts in that area. Anyway, give him a visit when you get a chance and you’ll probably start seeing his posts show up on the MXNA as soon as our current project is complete.

Via eMediaWire:

Troy, MI (PRWeb) January 8, 2007 — JumpEye Creative Media launches new digital content website for the Macromedia Flash development community under the company name FlashStore LLC — http://www.flashstore.com

FlashStore.com was developed as a unique digital content website. Visitors are able to browse through a large collection of Macromedia Flash components, extensions and audio loops that are added by members who can earn an affiliate commission on each sale through FlashStore.com.

I haven’t had time to dig into the site yet, but it looks like it might be interesting.

We launched a new site this week for the Casio G’zOne (pronounced “Geez-One”) which uses a good amount of Flash video to show off several of the phone’s features. I’ve heard the G’zOne referred to as Casio’s “man phone” due to the fact that you can drop it, dunk it in water, get lost and find your way back with the navigation service, and even use the camera flash as a flash light (speaking of, I believe this phone supports Flash Lite). Since I didn’t personally have my hands in this project, I’d like to go ahead and say “great job” to my coworker, Shawn.

Check out the site when you get a few minutes.

A coworker of mine by the name of Chris Long has just launched a new blog titled Flash In Your Face where he’ll put “Flash all up in yo bidness“. As of this writing, he has only had time to post once and it’s his Flashforward schedule. Check it out when you get a sec and bookmark it or add it to your feeds as I’m sure he’ll be writing more.

We’ve just added the TV spots to the Patrón Simply Perfect site. If you’d like to talk about retiring early vs. getting a yacht or the perfect girl vs. the perfect one night stand, check them out when you get a sec. While you’re watching each spot, you can click on the “Join this debate” link and it will take you to the debate in the commercial.

The site www.fruitguyfans.com was launched by our agency today on behalf of Fruit of the Loom. It is a fun way to interact with the “fruit guys”. On the site you can watch all of the music videos that the guys have been in, download mp3s of the songs and read their lyrics, learn about each of the fruit guys, and treat yourself to some bonus items like bloopers from the shooting of the “Blue” video. There are some subtle yet advanced scripting techniques in the site as well having to do with manipulating bitmap data to create a killer color swirl. Check it out.

Today we officially launched a new site for Patrón Tequila. As mentioned in this article in The New York Times (registration required), SimplyPerfect.com ties in with the “Some perfection is debatable” campaign where perfection is debated on various topics of discussion. The debates include topics such as Football v. Fútbol, The Book v. The Movie, Blondes v. Brunettes, and Caddyshack v. Animal House. To argue their side of a particular debate, users can add comments or upload audio or video of themselves making their points. If a person is looking for a discussion on a particular topic, they can use the search function in the site. Or maybe they would like to use the sorting function to see a list of debates that are about sports only. In addition to searching, sorting, and contributing, users can also suggest new topics to discuss on the site.

With the file uploading, the dynamic voting/commenting, the audio/video, and all of the wonderfully fun things Flash allows us to do in one place, I’d love to hear what you as the Flash community have to say about the site. So check it out when you get a chance and have fun.

http://www.simplyperfect.com

I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had much time to post between a pretty large project at work and going through the first steps of getting a book started. However, it seems that the work project is complete now and I’m just waiting on the launch date of August 1st. I’m pretty excited about this one and I can’t wait to see how it performs after it is set free to live on it’s own in the world of the internet. Anyway, I wanted to post real quick because I was excited to hear that the site I’ve been working on was mentioned in an article in The New York Times titled Finding ‘Perfection’ in a Bottle. It may ask you to sign up and it’s a free subscription, but I’ll include a bit of the article below incase you don’t want to.

…The same concept appears in online banner ads, running since mid-June on a variety of sites, including Businessweek.com, Comedycentral.com, Gay.com, Rhapsody.com and Sportsillustrated.com. One ad on the last site has boxes that read, “Russian models” and “Brazilian models,” and lets viewers vote on which they prefer on a new Web site, www.simplyperfect.com; this will launch August 1 and carry a running tally of which nationality of model receives the most votes…

So after August first, I’ll post again to let people know it’s up and running.

I think the title of this post says it all, but here’s a clip from the press release:

DEEPBLU Studios, the creative group behind the world-renowned showcase for independent filmmakers, is leveraging VitalStream’s powerful content delivery network (CDN) optimized for Flash 8 video delivery and On2 Technologies’ Flash 8 video encoding tools to enhance the official Web site for the event, http://festival.sundance.org/2006/. On2’s product, On2 Flix Pro, enables creation and delivery of Flash 8 video content for a high-quality, seamless online experience for attendees.

Read the full press release here.

Next-generation web tool takes media management one step closer to ideal.

For Immediate Release

LOS ANGELES/EWORLDWIRE/Jan. 13, 2006 — “Where would you stick it?” is the word on the street.

Advanced Video Communication, Inc (AVC) introduces a personalized, self-managed Stickam player. Stickam (www.stickam.com) is a fresh new concept for the notion of all-in-one-web media tools. This next-generation website media tool is raising the standard for online applications, allowing users to compile pictures, movies, audio files, video chat and more using one media player. Webcam users can broadcast live to any page they designate the player to appear on, whether or not they are online. Visitors will also have access to any other multimedia files users wish to share.

…Using one online media tool that only requires Macromedia Flash(TM) and with no hidden charges, users will have a suite of features that sets this product apart from its competitors….

Read the rest here.