A Source Of Inspiration » Personal http://www.asourceofinspiration.com fresh ideas for digital creativity Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Progressive Enhancement with Flash http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2009/02/28/progressive-enhancement-with-flash/ http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2009/02/28/progressive-enhancement-with-flash/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:12:52 +0000 Armando Alves http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/?p=1980 pef

As promised, here’s the presentation from yesterday at RIApt AUG, on a 30 minutes talk about why you should care about Progressive Enhancement and how it can be applied to websites developed with the Flash platform.

Progressive Enhancement with Flash

The sample code (with SWFObject, SWFAddress and XSLT samples) is also available for download.

Update: As Marcos rightfully points out, the Slideshare link isn’t that “accessible”. So here’s a PDF or ODP for download.


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Christmas!

This is my geeky way of wishing a Merry Christmas to you all !


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It’s right above my tweets, one of the best places i could get, as readers are the main reason that push me to find fresh inspirations. So, again, thanks for all your attention and let’s connect.


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Let’s Connect]]> http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/12/04/lets-connect/feed/ 1 A decade of your work http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/07/18/a-decade-of-your-work/ http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/07/18/a-decade-of-your-work/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:00:34 +0000 Armando Alves http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/07/18/a-decade-of-your-work/ Patrick at Creative review shared his thoughts on how the last decade has affected our professional life, and most of it i deeply relate to, specially on how the Internet has changed the life of people that work in design, and to a broader extent, the whole society (at least in developed countries).

Hyperspace
Photo by Eole, under a Creative Commons License

Ten years ago i was leaving university, thinking on how i would get along with Business Management, but having fun with Flash 4 on my spare time, while hanging around in IRC and building personal webpages on HotDog HTML editor. At that time, i didn’t even knew there was a job for a digital marketeer much less in advertising.

A few career changes later and past the dot com bubble, i find myself in a place i wouldn’t have dreamed of 10 years ago. The last 5 years have been a reward for always keeping my faith on the enormous potential of the web. New organizational models, the rise of social media, the fall of traditional media, the birth and rise of Google, it’s been a hell of a ride.

What about you, how was your last decade? How has it changed your career? Do you find yourself at the place you envisioned ?


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Today is my birthday.

But a different one, since i decided to have no celebration, birthday candles or the usual drinks. However, you will have the chance to offer a unique gift.

Not for me, but rather to Missão Muxima, a charity group empowering children and educators at the Arnaldo Janssen’s Child Foster Center in Luanda, Angola.

My sister is one of the founders, and they need all the help we can get, so this year’s birthday don’t spend your money on gifts but rather

( Paypal to info@missaomuxima.org)

Your gift will provide better life care to the children, and allow Missão Muxima to carry on with the previous work.

With your help, this will be one of my most special birthdays. And to the children also.

Thank you


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I also got in touch with the Moo staff, to see if they extend this idea. Thanks everyone. I will be delighted to feature your works on my Moo cards, with a great story to tell.

Are you an gifted illustrator? A sharp eye photographer ? A kick-ass graphic designer ?
Then leave a comment with your URL , send me an email or post to the Flickr Pool.
I’m ordering some Moo Minicards and would love to promote your great work.

Moo Minicards

This post will be updated with the selected sets and URLs. It’s also a great chance to find out the extraordinary talent of some of my readers and/or their friends. Thanks.

Example: submit to the Flickr group or comment with the address to your Behance portfolio page, as long as your Creative Commons license allows it.

Submissions:


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I’m happy to announce Sporting’s GameBox campaign as the winner of the cyber/viral category at Méribel Ad Festival.

Sporting Gamebox

DraftFCB Portugal also won the Outdoor/Ambient category with the Taxi campaign for Antral.

Táxi -Antral

For the past 6 years the Festival promotes European advertising creativity, closing the creative year with a glimpse on the broad tendencies for the coming year. The “Cristal” main and sole award is judged by a mixed international jury made up of agencies and clients.

What a nice Xmas present :) .

P.S.: Speaking on awards, I “almost” won the best advertising and Internet blog in Portugal. As co-worker Marcos said, maybe i should post more nude pictures next year.


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Méribel Winners]]> http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2007/12/17/meribel-winners/feed/ 2 Code sleeping http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2007/11/15/code-sleeping/ http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2007/11/15/code-sleeping/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:46:40 +0000 Armando Alves http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2007/11/15/code-sleeping/ Sorry for the triple edit on the latest Beowulf post, but with 3 hours of sleep it’s hard to review titles or use spell checkers.

The reason is quite simple: Sapo Codebits, the programming contest i was in the last 3 days, helping out a Prt.sc team last night.

Boa vida
Master coders and blog mates, Samuel and Luis (photo by JPAntunes)

Our project “Sapo Boa Vida” (Sapo Good Life) was a winner in the Mashup category, an idea of social recommendation based on geo data and Sapo webservices.

Time to get some sleep now.


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MacBook

With this laptop i’m currently switching between Ubuntu (home desktop), Windows XP (office) and OsX (home).
Next step: install Windows Vista. Ok, just kidding :)


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