Monthly Archives: April 2007

Notes from FITC - Flashing in Public - snepo

touch me to begin

active technologies - any human interaction device - iPhone, kiosk, chumby

rules of thumb for touch screen

need to attract - snag/inform potential user - touch here to begin engage - make the application steps very obvious - assume nothing about the user’s knowledge of common UI conventions retain - fat fingers - move nav to […]

Notes from FITC - Compressing Flash Video

The Art of Encoding Flash Video - Derrick Ypenburg

grapefruit through a garden house

video properties that affect encoding

colour and movement edits/transitions/effects - ditch the star wipes frame rate display size sound ranges - 50hz - 18khz interlacing

video properties that are affected

image quality smoothness of playback audio quality transitions and effects sound range

how to improve quality

2-pass encoding vs single pass - allows compiler to formulate a […]