Geeks making the world a bit better.

Entries from March 2007

OSFlash

OSFlash has a collection of open source software and tools using the Flash platform.

Aptana

Aptana looks great! Nice example of using it with AFLAX.

Controlling Flash from Javascript

AFLAX looks interesting. It appears to be possible to use much of Flash from Javascript without even having the Flash IDE.

IBM to Help Colleges Make Software More Accessible for Disabled and Aged

IBM is making a repository for course content teaching students to make accessible content.

Chickenfoot!

Pete pointed me to Chickenfoot (what’s with these names?). Looks like it has potential for improving the accessibility of pages.

Excellent Flash game tutorial

Emanuele Feronato is writing a fine tutorial on making games with Flash. Interesting game ideas and an easy to follow writeup.

DX1 Input System

Brad sent a pointer to the DX1 Input System, a very interesting looking keyboard that allows the buttons to me moved. This could be nice for a variety of ET applications.

DX1 Input System

Dynamically generating Flash movies

An interesting article over at IBM DeveloperWorks: Generate Flash movies on the fly with PHP

Graduate Assistive Technology Program

Interdisciplinary Research Training Opportunities in Assistive Technology at CMU and the University of Pittsburgh

Game Maker Software

Stuff found while Googling

Audio Game Maker for blind accessible games.

Yo-Yo Games GameMaker

An Accessibility Game Coding Contest, Branston and the Lost Machine is a neat flash game with an interesting control strategy.