I just got my free Adobe Flex 3 Book courtesy of Adobe. This is going to be another addition to my knowledge as a newbie in Flex.

What I got was a pocket guide, really small but packed with newbie information to get you started and most of all get you up to speed on Adobe Flex 3.

You can also grab a free book here and expect 3 weeks for shipping. Mine came 2.5 weeks via FedEx.

Thanks Adobe!

Getting Started with Flex 3 Book (Adobe Developer Library) Free originally appeared on ajb{log} on August 18, 2008. Tweet This

It’s free, fun and worth checking out.

Here’s a video when it’s installed to show how it looks like:

–aj

Liquidmac: Motion enable your new Mac! originally appeared on ajb{log} on June 13, 2008. Tweet This

Using Buzzword, you can create documents, add images to your documents, ask friends or colleagues to comment on them, share and collaborate online.

Buzzword is only for documents currently. But for them to fully compete with Google Documents as well as Zoho, they should add a spreadsheet tool and one for presentations.

My overall take is that Buzzword is uber cool! I recommend it to anyone away from their own desktop.

–aj

Buzzword: Creating buzz, very impressive! originally appeared on ajb{log} on November 9, 2007. Tweet This

“Not to be outdone by Murdoch and his slew of MySpace announcements, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has made some pretty big announcements today at the Web 2.0 Conference, speaking on Microsoft’s plans to acquire 20 companies per year for the next five years, ranging from $50 million to $1 billion, reports Venturebeat.”

Are you one of those companies?

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Windows Live SkyDrive: Upgraded to 1GB

“These past couple of months since our last release, we asked ourselves, “What can we do to make SkyDrive even better?” The most obvious answer is something that our users have asked us to do: give out more storage. We’re excited to announce that we’re doubling everyone’s storage to 1 GB!”

MozyHome Free has 2 GB of free backup space.

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Microsoft Live Search 411

“Live Search 411 enables you to do this for free, from any phone in the US. Just call 1-800-CALL-411 (1-800-225-5411) and say where you are and what you’re looking for. You can also get text messages, maps, traffic maps, and text-based driving directions sent to your mobile phone (with a service plan that supports text messages or data access, of course!).”

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Don’t be a iPirate arrr else…

“In a bold move, the UMass Office of Information Technologies makes a stand against violating intellectual property rights by….violating intellectual property rights?”

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Rich? Got some US$ 100,000 lying around? Get a Media Wall for your room.

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GPhone is coming

“Although rumors of a possible Google Phone have been making the rounds really hard lately, any such phone will have to be amazing to grab enough end-user and media attention. Expectations are high, but since we’re dreaming, here’s Gizmodo’s wishlist.”

Marissa Mayer didn’t comment nor deny on the question “Have you seen the GPhone?” by Om Malik .

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High resolution image hints at ‘Mona Lisa’s’ eyebrows

“One day I say, if I can find only one hair, only one hair of the eyebrow, I will have definitively the proof that originally Leonardo da Vinci had painted eyelash and eyebrow,” said Cotte.

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Robot Cannon Kills, Software/Hardware to blame?

“We’re not used to thinking of them this way. But many advanced military weapons are essentially robotic — picking targets out automatically, slewing into position, and waiting only for a human to pull the trigger. Most of the time. Once in a while, though, these machines start firing mysteriously on their own.”

Remember iRobot?

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Other shorts

• Mac OSX Leopard set on October 26, 2007
• Microsoft Popfly Beta launches
• UBUNTU 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon is out
• Adobe eyes move to software-as-a-service
• Firefox 3 to go native in appearance
• New Flickr UI with GeoTagging is Very Impressive

–aj

Friday Madness: Early adopters roundup originally appeared on ajb{log} on October 19, 2007. Tweet This

We posted this software last month and I was impressed with the listed features. I hope it won’t dissappoint.

What are you waiting for? Download now!

–aj

UPDATE: I tried it out and what can I say? Not bad, not bad at all. You’ll need to get used to the tools, fonts, colors, layers if you’ve been a die-hard Photoshop fan for the longest time.

Here’s a screenshot of what the UI looks like:

Simple and cool!

Pixelmator now available originally appeared on ajb{log} on September 25, 2007. Tweet This