Bryan Bartow

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MePing Beta 6

Thursday, November 20th | No Comments

I’ve added several features to beta 6, including location entry and picture posting. Of course, each of these features will only work with the services that support them. Change log below:

- Added Purr notification system for ping confirmations
- Added location input for supported services
- Added manual refresh to recent pings
- Added picture posting [...]

MePing Beta 5: Now with Actual Workness

Tuesday, November 18th | No Comments

First, this version should actually work for everyone beside me. It turns out that Ping.fm requires developers to get their API key “approved” after they get approved for a key itself. Confusing process, but Sean, Ping.fm’s CEO, was quick to help and approve my key.
This update includes two major changes, a minor change and the [...]

So True

Sunday, October 19th | No Comments

Software can help streamline the working process but if the idea is shit, no amount of tools will help.
I stumbled upon this quote in a techradar.com article about boosting design efficiency. It’s one that a lot of developers would do well to keep in mind.

Release: Rejaw ActionScript 3 API

Tuesday, September 2nd | No Comments

Today I’m announcing the public release of my ActionScript 3 API for the Rejaw mini-blog + chat service. If you haven’t tried Rejaw, give it a look. Some will say it’s a too-little-too-late-Twitter-clone, but it’s a really cool service with some great features that, in my humble opinion, set it apart from Twitter and the [...]

Need Help: Change URLLoader Timeout?

Friday, August 22nd | 2 Comments

I’m working on a project in which I make calls to a REST API using URLLoaders. One of the calls I make can take up to 80 seconds to respond, but it seems as though URLLoader times out after 60 seconds. I’ve scoured the ActionScript documentation, but haven’t seen anything about a timeout property. Does [...]