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Back in October of 2008, I wrote an article on implementing a simple MVC micro-architecture. Apparently it was well received, and is by far the page on my site that gets the most traffic (about 5 times the amount).

Well that was roughly 18 months ago, and since then I have started using a much more efficient, flexible, and low footprint implementation. The goals of the new framework were to build one that allowed components to be reused, created better separation of concerns, made the application structure more modular, and gave the developer the freedom to structure the app the way it worked best for that project.

Having been a Flash guy for many years, I was always reluctant to tackle the move to Flex. I saw it as something that was only good for super large, creativly dry, data-driven applications. I was of the mind set that for experience driven, creative masterpieces, like you often find in the advertising world, were only to be tackled using the Flash IDE.

Well, as with most of my hard-line opinions. I was wrong...

And now for something completely different....

So I work for a company the sells online marketing solutions to major brand advertisers. Part of my job is doing consulting for the sales team on things like required resources, timelines, and production budgets. Considering this, I'm always getting asked:

"How long will this project take?"

Day 2 here at Adobe MAX. I'm sitting here in the audience for the second Keynote, blogging live from the event. Ben Forta, Director of Platform Evangelism for Adobe, will be giving a talk titled "Design, Develop, Deploy." This session is meant to cover workflow between designers, developers and systems engineers in the creation of Rich Internet Applications.

It was just announced at the Adobe MAX Conference that the Thermo application that was previewed at MAX last year has now been retitled Catalyst.

A preview release copy will be give out later in the conference.

More info to follow....

The First General Conference at MAX did not disappoint. Tons of great info and announcements.

Read on to get an idea of what is coming from Adobe.

This years Adobe MAX Conference will be held in San Francisco from November 16th to the 19th. With it less than a week away, lets just say I'm getting pretty stoked. This will be my first time attending MAX, and my first time attending any webdev conference period.

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UPDATED - I have posted a new approach to MVC which can be read here: Simple MVC with ActionScript 3 - An Updated Approach. I would still read this article first to get a good idea of this approach, but the new approach is better IMO. Read On......
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In my search for a framework to implement the MVC pattern in my AS3 projects I found many complex solutions. These solutions seem to be very robust, and are probably good to explore for very large RIA projects. In my case, working in the fast paced world of online advertising, I needed a solution that was a little more basic and flexible.

So after a 5 year relationship with T-Mobile, I've broke it off. Why? Well why else, to get the new iPhone.

With a year left on my contract with T-Mobile, I was able to get out with no penalty, and pretty painlessly as well.

Everyone and their mother has a web hosting company that they rave about. I'm no different. I've had experience over the years with quite a few different hosting providers, and I have to say that one has consistently stood above the rest when it comes to service, support, price, and all around ass kickery.

I figure that credit is due where credit is earned. When it comes to Web Hosting, InMotion Hosting deserves a heaping boat load of credit.