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Akihabara – Replacing Flash Games with JavaScript

By kzurawel | Published: May 2, 2010
I recently saw an impressive new JavaScript game engine called Akihabara. Take a look at it if you haven’t already – it’s really quite spectacular. The Akihabara site has demos of five complete games built using the engine, and while they’re somewhat rough, the experience is what’s truly impressive. Why so impressive? Well, for starters, [...]
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The Apple iPad, Flash, and the Future of Computing

By kzurawel | Published: January 31, 2010
On Wednesday, months of rumor and speculation came to an abrupt end when Apple chief Steve Jobs formally unveiled his “latest creation,” the Apple iPad. The death of rumor relating to the device ushered in an entirely new wave of speculation. Is this really the thing that Apple spent years developing? Will it actually sell? [...]
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Design 006: Local Newspaper

By kzurawel | Published: January 25, 2010
Two days after Design 005, here’s #006: a re-work of the Coral Gables Tribune, a free weekly newspaper distributed at retail stores in the area. The current site for the newspaper uses a Flash component to display the print version of the newspaper in exact page-by-page detail, including pages of ads. The Flash version of [...]
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Design 005: Art House Cinema

By kzurawel | Published: January 23, 2010
Today, I present Design 005, a re-imagining of the Miami Beach Cinematheque‘s website. The MBC currently has a Flash-powered website that also links in a boilerplate ticket ordering site from Tix.com. I liked the style of the existing site, but the use of Flash didn’t add anything to the site, while simultaneously making the site [...]
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Adobe, OpenGov, and Flash

By kzurawel | Published: November 3, 2009
When President Obama announced that one of his goals was greater government transparency, I was thrilled. When the White House announced that it was switching to open-source Drupal, I was even more thrilled. Not only were we promised a flood of open, accessible data from the government, but open source would have a real place [...]
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