October 2008

ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 140 Typo – Code 10.3 Correction

October 27th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

Thanks to Jason of http://www.jasonhildredesign.com for bringing a code error from Code 10.3 on Page 140 to my attention.
For the textFocus event handler function, the event object should be a FocusEvent object and not a MouseEvent object. The correct code should read:
function textFocus(evt:FocusEvent):void {
   evt.target.text = ‘ ‘;
}
Cheers,
Derrick

Focus on Media – Headwaters Featured business

October 24th, 2008 by Bethany Lee | Tags: , , , ,

Just a quick note to let you know that we are currently featured on the Hills of Headwaters Tourism Association “Community Profiles” on the front page of their website. In 2008, we were presented the Professional Service of the Year award from the association. We continue to support their members and work towards increasing and [...]

Derrick’s Favourite Online Design Finds

October 21st, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags:

I am slowly building a visual collection of all of the designs I have found, liked and bookmarked as remembering what design is under which bookmark is pretty difficult to guess at. You can view my favourite designs in the embedded Flickr slideshow below.

Successful launch of GM Model Year Refresh project

October 8th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

For the past 2 months, Derrick Ypenburg of Focus on Media has been involved with MacLaren McCann working on the Flash and multimedia features of GM.ca for the General Motors 2009 Model Year. The official launch was on Monday, October 6 2008, and has been received as a great success. Thanks and congratulations to GM [...]

ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 154 Typo – To generate random numbers

October 7th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: , ,

Thanks to Karen Collins of the University of Waterloo for finding a typo on page 154, To generate random numbers – Step 1.
The code sample trace(‘pseudoRandomNumber; “ + pseudoRandomNumber); should read:
trace(‘pseudoRandomNumber; ‘ + pseudoRandomNumber);
The string pseudoRandomNumber ends in a double-quote and should end with a single quote (in bold).
Cheers,
Derrick