I started blogging back in college. Bishport.com was my repository for all things Macromedia Flash related. At the time I was teaching an interactive media class at UMass Amherst. I tried to take what I learned as a teacher to my readers.
Category: Rant
I Might Win an iPhone
I wrote about how to use search.twitter.com to find contests and giveaways. Well because of that very post I am half way to winning my very own iPhone 3G and a year supply of chocolate. I received a phone call from Newtree’s PR department about a week ago informing me that I was one of […]
Using Social Media
One of my favorite parts of my job is hearing the words “well I like what I hear, now put a fence around it”. I’d like to think that this is easier said than done these days as most people forget one essential truth when it comes to Social Media:
Wouldn’t it be cool if there was some sort of centralized posting system to make your giveaway known to the world. Oh wait there is.
Don’t believe everything you read in this wonderful arena called the social internet.
Are Twitter Friend Adders Okay?
So with the launch of TwitterAdder and Twitter Adder for Firefox everyone is in a stir talking about how there is finally an easy way to add friends. What do I think of this new awesome service, um, not so awesome. I feel as if it kind of defeats the purpose of Twitter and if […]
As more and more people look for the “easy solution to making money”, they find themselves exploiting affiliate links on their favorite social networking sites.
Here’s another effect using AS3 to make fog with source files below.
This is my first attempt at creating a realistic flame effect in Actionscript 3.0 so be gentle.
Google Docs for Desktop
So while wandering around the Print OnDemand Expo in Boston I bumped into a small Google booth. So in conversation I was told that Google will be releasing a desktop version of Google Documents and Spreadsheets. Furthermore, they said you can expect to see a new link showing up on your Gmail page…