Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex blog topics - what should I write about?
On Monday 14 Jul 2008, andrii_olefirenko wrote: posting to see if it's already widely known. I read many blogs and 90% of the bloggers just rediscovering a bicycle again. Also, don't just write an article that has a c+p of an announcement from Adobe in. For instance, when Flex 4 comes out, I don't want to read 200 articles all saying nothing but 'Flex 4 is out'. -- Tom Chiverton This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[flexcoders] Re: Flex blog topics - what should I write about?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, celumbra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been teaching myself Flex over the last six months, and am somewhat new to developing myself (I've usually designed specs and hired programmers to implement them). Reading blogs about Flex, I often find details of how to accomplish a particular programming task, but rarely see these tasks set in the larger context of building a Flex applicationwhich would certainly help someone like me. As an analogy, imagine needing to captain a submarine, something few of us know how to do, and having a page that shows how to raise the periscope or another page that shows how to launch countermeasuresuseful details, but would be far more useful in the context of how to think like a captain, to know where and when to raise the periscope or deploy countermeasures, to relate these tasks to the larger strategies and concerns of executing an actual mission. I imagine there are more and more people like me, people who need to take on the task of programming Flex as part of the final published expression, even though it can seem as daunting as taking on the tasks of captaining a submarine. In describing to my authors how to write books that help readers in their fields who are like me in relation to Flex, I often recommend James Beard's book The Theory and Practice of Good Cooking, which is a classic cookbook. Its essays can be thought of as blog entries, and the recipes following each essay, like instructions for programming tasks. It is a great example of placing the skills of cooking in the context of thinking like a cook. It would be great to read how to program Flex in the context of thinking like a developer. Have you checked out Flex 3 Training from the Source? It's pretty close to what you describe.
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex blog topics - what should I write about?
Oh my god. Please please please do not write those announcement non-posts. That ticks me off so much and it ruins a full day or two of blog reading because I can't deal with filtering out the 90% of the posts that are Flex 4 details were released!!! ZOMGZ Gumbo! The approach I took when I started blogging was just to take unanswered questions on flexcoders and post an example solution. You've been really active on this list, so I bet you've got a good idea about what people have been asking. Go back through your inbox for flexcoders and find some of the custom component questions that haven't been really answered. That way you know there's at least someone out there who wants to read the post (even if only one guy). While I understand the previous message about wanting to see full app examples more than small code snippets, I would argue against that. Well, not against that per se, but I would say that the most important thing is to blog the stuff you find interesting. Your interest and enthusiasm is half of what makes a post good (the other half being a good topic obviously). So my only suggestion is don't let yourself get bogged down in making complete examples or broader programming tutorials if that's going to slow you down. Just blog the shit out of what you like doing. If you like debugging webservice calls then show me stuff very specific to that that's cool. If you like custom components then show me some cool custom components. If writing about the broader historical context and proper usage of that component isn't your thing, just post the component code. On the other hand, if that is your thing then do that (and still post the component code). Your job isn't to teach anyone programming, it's to show us cool shit. The only thing I'd suggest is start blogging with a focus on code samples and runnable examples. If you're showing a block of code for a custom component, I'm looking for a runnable swf embedded in the post (or at least a link to one) that shows what the code does. Doug On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 14 Jul 2008, andrii_olefirenko wrote: posting to see if it's already widely known. I read many blogs and 90% of the bloggers just rediscovering a bicycle again. Also, don't just write an article that has a c+p of an announcement from Adobe in. For instance, when Flex 4 comes out, I don't want to read 200 articles all saying nothing but 'Flex 4 is out'. -- Tom Chiverton This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex blog topics - what should I write about?
Thanks Doug, there's a bunch of good ideas in there! Now all I need to do is get this flaming move over and done with, and one day I might even get my DSL reconnected :) -Josh On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Doug McCune [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh my god. Please please please do not write those announcement non-posts. That ticks me off so much and it ruins a full day or two of blog reading because I can't deal with filtering out the 90% of the posts that are Flex 4 details were released!!! ZOMGZ Gumbo! The approach I took when I started blogging was just to take unanswered questions on flexcoders and post an example solution. You've been really active on this list, so I bet you've got a good idea about what people have been asking. Go back through your inbox for flexcoders and find some of the custom component questions that haven't been really answered. That way you know there's at least someone out there who wants to read the post (even if only one guy). While I understand the previous message about wanting to see full app examples more than small code snippets, I would argue against that. Well, not against that per se, but I would say that the most important thing is to blog the stuff you find interesting. Your interest and enthusiasm is half of what makes a post good (the other half being a good topic obviously). So my only suggestion is don't let yourself get bogged down in making complete examples or broader programming tutorials if that's going to slow you down. Just blog the shit out of what you like doing. If you like debugging webservice calls then show me stuff very specific to that that's cool. If you like custom components then show me some cool custom components. If writing about the broader historical context and proper usage of that component isn't your thing, just post the component code. On the other hand, if that is your thing then do that (and still post the component code). Your job isn't to teach anyone programming, it's to show us cool shit. The only thing I'd suggest is start blogging with a focus on code samples and runnable examples. If you're showing a block of code for a custom component, I'm looking for a runnable swf embedded in the post (or at least a link to one) that shows what the code does. Doug -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[flexcoders] Re: Flex blog topics - what should I write about?
I have been teaching myself Flex over the last six months, and am somewhat new to developing myself (I've usually designed specs and hired programmers to implement them). Reading blogs about Flex, I often find details of how to accomplish a particular programming task, but rarely see these tasks set in the larger context of building a Flex applicationwhich would certainly help someone like me. As an analogy, imagine needing to captain a submarine, something few of us know how to do, and having a page that shows how to raise the periscope or another page that shows how to launch countermeasuresuseful details, but would be far more useful in the context of how to think like a captain, to know where and when to raise the periscope or deploy countermeasures, to relate these tasks to the larger strategies and concerns of executing an actual mission. I imagine there are more and more people like me, people who need to take on the task of programming Flex as part of the final published expression, even though it can seem as daunting as taking on the tasks of captaining a submarine. In describing to my authors how to write books that help readers in their fields who are like me in relation to Flex, I often recommend James Beard's book The Theory and Practice of Good Cooking, which is a classic cookbook. Its essays can be thought of as blog entries, and the recipes following each essay, like instructions for programming tasks. It is a great example of placing the skills of cooking in the context of thinking like a cook. It would be great to read how to program Flex in the context of thinking like a developer.
[flexcoders] Re: Flex blog topics - what should I write about?
hi, just one piece of advice - google for your next blog's subject before posting to see if it's already widely known. I read many blogs and 90% of the bloggers just rediscovering a bicycle again. (though they do write something interesting in the rest 10% so i'm still reading them :)) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, Working on a Flex related blog. I'm not an �ber-guru, but I'd like a place to collect tips, and FAQs I find myself answering here fairly often ;-) No URL yet, not launching it for a few weeks, just trying to cook up content for now. Wondering what topics people would like to see more written about? Keeping in mind my areas of expertise are mainly in custom components and some of the required voodoo, (hopefully good) application architecture practices, and the internals of the Web Service code. -Josh -- Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
