Im currently in the process of beginning to write a new android book. Yea there are quite a bit of them about there, in my opinion I think I can write a better book focused more on getting things done rather then getting things you would rarely do done. Sure the usual content will be there, but i want to add more interesting stuff so the floor is open to anyone who is interested in android, What do you want from an android book. If your idea ends up being used Ill be sure to thank you in the book, so leave your name :) .

Lynda is offering free Catalyst Training. Check it out, its pretty cool. Especially since Catalyst is a completely new program, there is no previous experience we can bring to the table to get caught up with it. http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=432

Don't get me wrong, I Love halo. I bought both halo 2 and 3 on launch day. Stood in line for 6 hours to get my hands on the limited edition super pimped out copies. I just saw the trailers to the new halo games, Halo ODST and Halo Reach and I don't know the spark isn't there. I remember when I first saw the halo 3 trailer, I jumped up and down and now its 12:37 am and Im just looking at these saying cool and just not even bothering to go find out more about them or anything. Either I'm just getting too old for this stuff, or Halo is losing is charm. What are you thoughts?

I can finally talk about this in the open!. Being on the prerelease for both these products (and many more cool ones coming ;) ) has been quite fun. You get to see the latest features and the goods and bads before the world sees it. Some of the cool things from Flash builder have been that they have really integrated the data service model into the IDE. You can create CFC's based on the data, do other cool stuff and it just makes life easy as pie. With respect to Flash Catalyst, while I havent checked out the build on Labs yet ( I think i got the same one from the prerelease site) one thing that bothers me and *again* I do not know if this is implemented in the build on labs and *i do not even know if i can talk about this*, but you cant edit the code view for the tool. Maybe this is just because its a beta, and they dont want anything being messed up but other then that little bug, Flash platform is a real kick ass tool. The funny thing is, now that F.C is released I cant seem to find any use for it! I havent taken any client work in the past few months because of AndSpot so I have nothing to test F.C against. Well Ill just try some stupid PSD off the web and convert it to a Flex Desgin. Great work Adobe!

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_reusability.html?devcon=f8 Its a great chapter with some great little new information. Check it out. I made it to devnet!

It was hard, took month and months but we finally did it. What we had to do first was use tamarain engine that Mozilla has and the Flash 9 Spec to develop a JAVA program to get flash to stick onto the android. It took months and months, mainly because it was just me a single developer doing it. I finally got it running last night but was too tired to post it. Here it is, a link to the main page, source code, downloads, etc etc all that cool stuff.

AndSpot's Page For Flash

It's a busy month for my start-up AndSpot (www.andspot.com). We are competing in McMaster University's Start-up Challenge, and also presenting at the Toronto Flex User Group March 26.

While the contest presentations are only open to the participants, The presentation at Toronto Flex Group is open to everyone. Be sure to head down there March 26, to get a first hand look at AndSpot, how it integrates Android, Flex, Coldfusion, BlazeDS, and other kick-ass technologies such as GPS to create one powerful rich marketplace experience .

So I recently ordered Flex 3 In Action for my family and friends and its coming in one big package, from UPS through amazon. Sounds cool enough, when I went to track my shipment I saw the most oddest and funniest thing.

CONCORD, ON,  CA	02/12/2009	9:29 A.M.	DESTINATION SCAN
	02/12/2009	9:28 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
MISSISSAUGA, ON,  CA	02/12/2009	9:27 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
	02/12/2009	7:07 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
	02/12/2009	5:48 A.M.	ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
LOUISVILLE, KY,  US	02/12/2009	5:10 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
	02/12/2009	5:01 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
MISSISSAUGA, ON,  CA	02/12/2009	1:48 A.M.	REGISTERED WITH CLEARING AGENCY / SHIPMENT SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY
	02/12/2009	1:48 A.M.	REGISTERED WITH CLEARING AGENCY / RELEASED BY CLR AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT
LOUISVILLE, KY,  US	02/12/2009	12:32 A.M.	EXPORT SCAN
	02/12/2009	12:28 A.M.	EXPORT SCAN
	02/12/2009	12:05 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN

The poor package went from America, To Canada, then back to America then back to Canada.

Well its worth the wait for a good flex book.
http://www.amazon.com/Flex-3-Action-Tariq-Ahmed/dp/1933988746/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234451777&sr=1-1

Flex 3 In Action released. It's getting amazing response from the community. Why lose in on the action?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933988746

Hello Sir, I know this post wont be directly sent to you, but i hope it finds its way. I would like to give you a good suggestion on the exciting change you are about to bring to America. It would be really really good, if you would hold bi-weekly podcasts with user chat and talk about what you have accomplished/are going to do. Kind of like a town meeting on what needs to be done next and what has been done but on a larger scale and online. This way, you still have that public interaction and keep the american public in the loop. This will also be a monumental step in democracy as we are not only voting our leader , but also helping him and in return being helped along the way. I hope you like this advice and read this email.

Thank you for your time,
Faisal Abid

AndSpot is opening the doors to publishers to set up prices and upload there applications, so they can be ready to be sold when andspot launches this week. Check out the andspot blog for more details. AndSpot.com/blog

Happy new years to everyone. -From the G-uniX Dev Team and AndSpot Dev Team.

Andspot at www.andspot.com is holding a user survey to get to know its potential users better. Sign up for the beta and you will receive a survey link .

I'm proboly the last one to beat this game, but with exams and school and everything else in life it took some time. But let me tell you, this game is worth every second. The game is better then halo,gears of war, and any other game made for the 360. Best game ever.

Me, you, and anyone who reads this blog is in the business of either marketing their rich creations to the web, or developing rich creations for the web. Either way, one thing we have to keep in mind is how to be professional. A while back I posted an entry about a certain client of mine who didn't pay me. His name was Barclay Layman and while my intentions were not to earn money or even approach him, my intentions were just to tell a story about how I got started in the programming world. What happened after the blog-post was Barclay contacted me and gave me the amount that was unpaid for. I find this to be really professional of him, and I look forward to working with him in the near future. I know he has some stuff coming out and so do I so (AndSpot) so well see how we can collaborate. Barclay Layman's a cool dude, and some misunderstanding got in the way 4-5 years ago, but its all cool now. I wish Barclay and his team all the good luck for their upcoming projects.