WhatIsFlash.com has launched. What is the mission of WhatIsFlash.com? From the website:

To define Flash through a manifesto written by leading members of the Flash community and to educate designers and developers of all levels by demonstrating best practices methods in Flash design and development.

This is an open project, so make sure to check it out, and join up if you have time.

You can visit the website here.

Some time ago I had done a simple experiment with the Flash Communication Server and my Xbox. I broadcast myself playing SSX Tricky, and Halo to about 50 people via the Flash Communication Server and Flash player. I have had a couple of requests to explain my hardware setup, so here it is.

It is actually pretty simple, and consisted of:

XBox -> (RCA Cable) -> Sony Mini DV -> (firewire) -> Mac iMac — > Flash Player

Things are still a little slow because of the holidays, so I thought I would reward regular readers of my weblog with a contest. Sometime this week, I am going to place Cartoon Mesh (see right) somewhere in a post on my weblog. The first person who finds him, and then posts the URL where he can be found in the comments section, will win a copy of the Developer Resource Kit Volume 2.

The next FlashForward has been announced. It is March 26-28 in San Francisco. It looks like it is starting to shape up to be an exciting conference (as usual). I will be doing a session, and we (Macromedia) are also planning a couple of other surprises.

You can find more info on FlashForward here.

I hope that everyone had a good holiday. I am back from some “time off” and am trying to get back into the swing of things. It looks like I finally have the resources necessary to post some DRK 2 (or 1) examples online, so if there is anything in particular that would like to see, let me know.

More posts a little later…

I just noticed that we have a Flash Remoting Application Development Center at the Macromedia Designer and Developer Center. I may have mentioned this before, but we have so many resources online, I can’t remember which I have mentioned.

You can visit the center here.

There are a ton of resources, including some fairly new ones.

Just a quick note, the Macromedia offices are closed this week, and technically I have the entire week off. However, I will try and sneak away every now and then to make some posts.

So, what do i plan to do with all of my time off? I am reading up on writing shell scripts (pretty exciting, heh!), and will try to get some Xbox live gaming in (gamertag : mesh). I am also working on some pretty cool projects that should see the light of day one way or the other sometime in the future. Oh yeah, I am going to finally try to catch up on all of the posts on the flashcoder’s list from the past week.

Director MX is now available for purchase and download from our online store. Among other things, Director MX includes support for OS X, as well as full support for Flash 6 content (including Flash Communication Server and Flash Remoting). If you are trying to create CD roms or other fixed media with Flash then you should definitely check it out.

You can download a 30 day trial here.

We also launched the Director MX Application Development Center at the Macromedia Designer and Developer Center. There is a ton of new Director MX content and resources available, including quite a few articles on using Flash content within Director.

We have posted on article on the Macromedia Designer and Developer center about creating content for the Sony Clie.

Using Macromedia Flash with the Sony Clie NX Series

The article, posted in the Mobile Device Development center is written by Phillip Torrone, and is worth a read.

Just a quick note. Sorry for the lack of updates, there are actually some pretty cool going on’s lately but I haven’t had a chance to keep up with them. I am in San Francisco this week (I normally work out of Washington DC) and am swamped with meetings (ugg).

In the mean time, check out the Flash weblog links to the right. I will try and catch up on posts later tonight. I hope everyone is having a good holiday.