BarCamp Orlando 2012
Mark your calendars for April 14th. This will be my 4th BarCamp and my 1st time presenting.
Sometimes, I feel pretty jaded about technology. My iPhone has a better computer than the one that first sent men into space. Cool story, bro.
But my co-worker sent me this link today, and I was just blown away.
I’m only just now finding out about this event (via Caike from the Orlando Coding Dojo). But I’m glad they’re still accepting volunteers.
I’ve switched to a “standing desk” setup at work. Frees up my body to dance a little while I listen to music/work. I kind of feel like a DJ.
This is one of the “funner” projects I worked on.
The user connects to the truck’s wi-fi connection on their touch-enabled smart phone (we tested with iPhones and Androids). Then, they can log in as a male or female diver and swim around the tank full of sharks, turtles, penguins, sardines, and jellyfish. When the user encounters one of the creatures, the diver and creature react and the user wins a “badge.” At the end of the interaction, the user can then post an image of the badges they won on Facebook.
Just reading this gave me a rush of adrenaline.
An interesting read about the history of females in computer programming.
Not everyone understands the purpose or appreciates the training to chop perfectly good lumber into pieces with their hands and feet. Chuck Norris does. I’d like to think that if he was a programmer, if he lived in Orlando, and if he could bring his own Chuck-Norris-proof keyboard, he’d come to the dojo.
— David Rogers, on how Coding Dojo isn’t for everyone.
Setting up a server to communicate with the XMLSocket object can be challenging. If your application does not require real-time interactivity, use the URLLoader class instead of the XMLSocket class.
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flash.net.XMLSocket - ActionScript® 3.0 Reference for the Adobe® Flash® Platform
Challenge accepted!
Seriously, though: what kind of racket is Adobe running that they’re trying to sway developers away from using such a powerful feature?
Take your URLLoader class and shove it.
(via xkcd: Marie Curie)
“… you don’t become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.”
Today’s XKCD got me a little choked up.
