First FWA Win: Devil Yogurt

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I can’t believe I forgot to post news of my first ever FWA win.

Winning an FWA has always been my dream and thanks to the great work of my colleagues at Kinetic Singapore, we won an FWA for DevilYogurt.com.

Check it out if you have the time, and enjoy creating your own Devil Yogurt. :)

SG iPhone Apps: Update

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It’s been some time since I’ve updated, and unfortunately, I don’t have time to share a new trick or two. Instead, find below, an updated list of local developed iPhone Apps.

Definition
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/definition/id398934629?mt=8
Developed by Sidwyn Koh, now 19, this convenient app lets you quickly look up any word in your iPhone’s clipboard. The app looks good too.

F&N Great Shake Up
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/f-n-shake-up/id420699663
Developed by Kinetic Singapore for F&N, this app lets you train your biceps by challenging you to shake as fast as you can and “pop” as many F&N cans as possible within a certain time limit. Great for parties as you pass the phone around and challenge your friends to beat your score!

WheresApp
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/wheresapp-sg/id421363014?mt=8
A clone of WhatsApp, but with more features. This one lets you look at traffic cameras in Singapore so you can avoid traffic jams.

Singapore Flights
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/singapore-flights/id420867894?mt=8
Very convenient app for those looking to travel. Check arrivals/departures timings.

ShowTimezz
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/showtimezz-singapore/id416536728?mt=8
I’m not sure why there’re 2 Zs behind the app name, maybe the creators sleep during movies? Anyway this app lets you check movie timings.

ComfortDelgro Taxi Booking
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/comfortdelgro-taxi-booking/id349091682?mt=8
And lastly, this very useful app which I’ve been using to get cabs.

How much do you love MINI?

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This is abit of a unrelated post.

How far would you go to show your love for something? How about an impromptu tattoo?

Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWBv_ECPa5o

Enjoy!

Canvas Resizing

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Been working with HTML 5 recently and I ran into a very frustrating problem.

Using CSS to set the width and height of a canvas element stretches the content inside to the new width/height that you set.

Example 1 (will stretch):

	this.canvas.setAttribute('width', w);
	this.canvas.setAttribute('height', h);

To simply resize the area of the canvas element, do this:

	this.canvas.width = w;
	this.canvas.height = h;

Cooties Alternatives: HTML5 & CSS3 Timeline Editors

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Again, something that slipped through my rader, it turns out that Cooties isn’t the only Timeline Editor for HTML5 & CSS3 animations.

Adobe is working on EDGE, a tool that lets you convert .fla files to .html. Check out the video of the tool in action:

There’s also another application that is already released for the public for use, Sencha Animator. Check out the demos here.

Flash Speed Optimization

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Just a quick share:

http://gskinner.com/talks/quick/

Been trying to optimize one of my old Flash files recently and I found these wonderful slides by Grant Skinner. The part that benefited me greatly is the “activate 2.5D” hack. I never knew this hack existed and am still bewildered by the fact that it greatly improves the performance of my SWF.

Anyone knows why?

Cooties: The Flash Killer?

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This came up on FlashMagazine.com recently and I only saw it today.

Cooties is trying to kill Flash by using HTML 5 to recreate the Flash IDE to create animations that you can export and play in the iPhone/iPad or any browser that supports HTML 5. It’s in its infancy right now, but it is looking good. The main problem now is that it’s too big (the library itself is close to 300kb) and it doesn’t has features like UNDO and what not, but given time, I’m quite excited to see how this app will turn out.