Well, that’s what it says today in the list of most popular programming languages.

See for yourself:

Although I have the utmost respect for my fellow COBOL programmers, being an Actionscript programmer myself it’s obvious I would prefer to see the Actionscript language rise from it’s current 22nd position.

Hmm… what can I do? maybe I should do my part by taking less PHP projects and adding some more Actionscript to the mix?

Check the current popularity status on the TIOBE website where I found the list. It’s updated once a month.

If you’re developing Adobe AIR applications you might use the AIR install badge on your site to allow easy downloading of your application. So how can you integrate Google Analytics to track how many times your application has been downloaded? It’s easier than you think… (more…)

Some people were amazed when they saw the new version of the CreOFF site. And -embarrassing to admit- not all in a positive way. What happened to that nice old Flash site, original yet simple and to the point?
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This is an example of a New Year’s card application (some 2 years old) but still something I would like to include in my portfolio. Not just because it was a fun project (the message you can send to your friend is made by typing and shuffling letters on the fridge) but also because this is one of the few occassions I had the opportunity to work with Coldfusion.
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Simple things like embedding a Flash SWF into the blog seem evident, but apparently WP doesn’t like the EMBED/OBJECT tags very much. And there are other reasons not to use the embed/object tags anyway (like the ‘click first to activate this control’-feature in Internet Explorer).
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Somehow I have a special connection with maps. Maybe it’s because I like to travel and explore. Even when sitting behind my pc in a small room I wanna get the feeling that ‘there is more out there’. And working on maps is one way to convince you of that

These are two examples of map applications in Flash I made for Duval Guillaume. What’s interesting about these is that both have a Flash to Javascript connection so the Flash movie could communicate with the html page it was in.

A simplified version of that map can still be found on the Vlaanderen vakantieland site.

The second example was made for the Weekendesk.be website. It’s part of a search engine where you can select several items on the page (including the country and place on the map) to select possible destinations:

update: alas, you can no longer try it online.

A small minisite that i-Merge made for Tiense Suiker. It got a nice ‘cup shuffling’ routine where you had to guess under which cup lay the sugar cube.

I helped with the shuffling game and some of the finishing touches (like the registration pages at the end)

The minisite is no longer online now (was part of a campaign)

ActiveIdea (now Wanabe) made this flash minisite full of animations for Danone…

My own part consisted mostly of supervising and putting the (technical) finishing touch to it. It’s no longer available online now, but there’s a CD-version of the minisite.

This is already a golden oldie but it still proves popular – in fact if i Google my own name this one still comes up in the top results hehehe…

Does it look familiar? Hmm.. yes, in fact the idea is based on an even older classic game: worm.

It was made for i-Merge (now called Boondoggle) and i took care of all the Flash programming.

Give yourself a few minutes off and play this addictive little game:
http://www.bob.be/nl/fun/polonaise.htm