The OSG Board meeting got moved back on the calendar a couple of weeks, so I feel a bit of breathing room on the tight development schedule, especially since I have been working through some Flash-learning exercises over on Lynda.com. I don’t plan on “sitting back” with this extra room, though, but to be thankful for the opportunity to look diligently for the solutions I seek.

I’ll take the opportunity to get my arms around some specific techniques that I’m after by exploring some further “how-tos” on Lynda.com online training, and perhaps do a quick Bookstore run later today or tomorrow to find something on Actionscripting (that might lead me to the code I need to achieve the gotoAndStop effect I mention in my next post)

I learned yesterday that our non-profit “Volume license” for Studio MX 2004 is in, and so I ‘ll be able to update my Trial to full versions when I get up there this weekend/next week. Flash is an incredibly versatile set of tools. I’m just beginning to see the power of Actionscripting. In combination with Dreamweaver and Fireworks, this trio (I”ve been using FW and DW for about2 and a hlf years now, and learned ASP via the Dreamweaver interface) is a heavyweight in Web development. As MX incorporated the .Net features/support , this also gave me a nudge in the direction of learning what’s up in the DotNet world. And, as I wrote about not too long ago, ColdFusion was introduced to me as a powerful Web app platform in my Contract job that I had for a little while.

I have a few questions I’m gonna explore about Flash tohelp me with where I am developing right now.