FDT Super Awesome March Deal
http://fdt.powerflasher.com/blog/?p=1347
It’s no secret that I love FDT. The above link is a special promotion FDT is putting on for the month of March that allows you to save a few hundred $$$ on FDT by showing them you already own a competing product (usually Flex Builder).
I completely agree with everything Jesse wrote in this post: http://flashartofwar.com/2010/03/12/why-you-should-invest-in-fdt/. (Jesse and I actually work together now and talk about “workflow” quite a bit.) I’m not going to repeat what Jesse said. I just wanted to add that a lot of Papervision3D was developed in FDT and it has been an invaluable tool. I always forget how great FDT is until I switch back to Flex Builder and lose all the amazing shortcuts and conveniences FDT gives me.
Anyway, read Jesse’s article and support FDT for all the reasons he listed. Lastly, here’s a few FDT guys to follow on twitter if you have any questions:
http://twitter.com/BrunoFonzi
http://twitter.com/Michael_Plank
http://twitter.com/PowerflasherFDT
haXe Tutorial
This tutorial is for anyone who has heard about haXe, but never had the time to figure out how to set it up. If you guys show a lot of interest in learning more about haXe, I’ll put together a few more tutorials on some of the features, but as of right now I have no idea what kind of interest is out there:

Watch the Intro to haXe Video Tutorial
Click to view the video in a pop-up. Right-click and “save as” to download the video to your hard drive.
*note – I tried “fast forwarding” through the download/install portions, but the camtasia “clip speed” couldn’t accurately fast forward only the parts I selected.
AS3 Signals Tutorial
AS3 Signals is an awesome open-source project created by Robert Penner that will make you re-think the way you approach events in all of your future projects. I put together this video tutorial (mostly to force myself to learn it) and I’ve been REALLY impressed with it so far. Go ahead and give it a watch:

Watch the Intro to AS3 Signals Video Tutorial
Click to view the video in a pop-up. Right-click and “save as” to download the video to your hard drive.
For more info on AS3 Signals, check out http://wiki.github.com/robertpenner/as3-signals/ and join the google group.
Download the swc: as3-signals.swc
*note – I just realized that I said, “it’s really, really easy and it’s also really simple” during the video. That’s really just a testament to how easy it is
*second note – thanks for all the votes on video resolution preferences. I’ll be sticking with 1024×768 from here on out.
Preferred Video Tutorial Resolution?
I’m getting ready to put together some more video tutorials. If you have 2 seconds to spare, please vote in the poll on the right to help me decide what resolution to target. Just fyi, up until now, I’ve always done 1024×768 and I think they’ve worked out pretty well, but now that Youtube is offering full HD, I was wondering if I should take advantage of it.
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- 1024x768 (53%, 85 Votes)
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- 480x320 (4%, 6 Votes)
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Total Voters: 160

