Posted by mteguh in
Flash,
Flex
November 10th, 2006 at 8:35 am
One of the cool features in AS3 is the ability to take snapshots of the sound wave as your sound is playing, allowing you to do crazy animations that match your sound.
So I decided to make a little experiment using it. Click on the preview below to see how it works (it will take you to a new page).
By the way, it was meant to be a frog, eventhough it looks nothing like a frog. ;p
The title of the song used is “Teluk Bayur”, which means “Bayur Bay” by an Indonesian singer “Rani” (Note: Rani is not the original singer of the song. I hope I won’t get sued for putting it up. After all it is kind of a promotion. ;p). The song tells a story about someone leaving his/her hometown to learn and acquire new knowledge for a better tomorrow, just like me. So I guess it is a dedication to everyone like me, and a reminder for me not to let my mom and dad down. ;p
The coolest looking sound spectrum experiment I have seen is the one done by Andre Michelle, which is also the one that inspires me to write this one.
Today, I had the privilege of speaking as a guest speaker for an Actionscript course at the University of Miami - School of Communications.
The session was not so much into technical stuff. It was more about an overview of the capabilities of Flash/Flash Lite/Flex, what it takes to get into the industry, what life is like working in the industry, and how the process work from concepting/ideas to production and launching.
Initially I was kind of concerned that I won’t have enough materials to talk about for 1.5 hours, but I felt that it ended up great. I also pulled up some of the projects that we have done just to show them the kind of work we are doing, and I think that everyone was really liking it, asking lots of questions like how we built it and stuff.
I also got a tour of the whole facility and learning new stuff along the way. They showed me how they do radio broadcasting, tv broadcasting and some other stuff, which I have never done before.
Like most people do, I ended up the session by giving out business cards, hoping to get some qualified people on board.
Overall, I had a great time and the trip was a blast. I am so glad that they invited me over. I would think that it won’t be the last time, but a beginning of more.
Posted by mteguh in
General
November 1st, 2006 at 8:41 pm
These are some frigin’ funny YouTube videos from one of the episodes of the “The Simple Life” reality TV show, starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
In this episode, they were interns to do “The Enormous” marketing campaign for Burger King.
Not only is the episode frigin’ funny, but it is also frigin’ cool, in the sense that part of it was shot at my work place. So in case anyone out there is curious to see how my work place look like, do take a look at these videos (Part 1, starting at minute 4:20 is where it was shot at my work place).
The Simple Life: Interns; Burger King part. 1
The Simple Life: Interns; Burger King part. 2
The Simple Life: Interns; Burger King part. 3
