i thought this was an excellent talk at GDC last month. It’s about the importance of critique, and how to do it. I think there’s a lot that applies to how our CDT team handles/offers criticisms, as well as a lot about how teachers can approach feedback for their students (so, applicable to Instructional Designers and Media Developers). Continue reading
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CS5.5 Flash PROBLEM: TextField editing (with AS3) leads to BAFFLING MYSTERIES OF DARK MAGIC!
SUMMARY:
I was baffled to find that when I edited the text of a TextField using ActionScript 3 (AS3), I was left with RANDOM GIBBERISH. Hours were lost snooping around in my epic project, trying to figure out how anything could cause this problem.
Turns out it’s a feature in CS5!?!
(help?)
AN EXAMPLE: Continue reading