Soundcloud keeps it simple for humans. Nice job!

The product is designed to be used between design and development teams, if your end product is Flash. I don't work in Flash, and know very few Flash developers to try, so why would I bother using Catalyst?

As a UI Designer, I work with many front-end and back-end developers. I will often create wireframes depicting page interactions, and will move-on to specify a higher-fidelity design. I've found that one of the more-difficult things to communicate are interactions or animations with moving parts. It's sometimes too late after a component is built to say "no, it should move like this".

After a few hours of playing with Adobe Flash Catalyst, I can say that it’s not as fast for rapid prototyping (as Fireworks or iPlotz) but once you learn the basics, it is fast for showing page interactions, and even animations within those interactions.

Here's a teeny, quick example I built. (on a parked domain)

To Summarize, I'm trying to use Catalyst to better-communicate to developers and clients, by showing advanced interactions on a wireframe.

Exporting
I thought I would use the exported SWF file within a Confluence wiki, but considering there are so many linked files, it looks like the exported files should be installed on a traditional hosted environment. I may even consider running interaction demos locally, while connecting to clients via WebEx/Skype.

You can also export a complete, installable AIR application, which is way-more portable.

Try it out!

There were some incredible entries, but I'm particularly-fond of this one:

I cannot agree more. Design is not art or necessarily making something pretty. While art is partly made from design, Design should be though of as SOLVING PROBLEMS. And when solving those problems, I get a high from it as well.

I don't consider myself a "blogger" or a writer, so I'll point you to a great article on the topic. Joshua Porter is known for his controversial "Design is (sort-of) not Art" stance. Design is Not Art, Redux (bokardo.com)

So congrats Dani Kelley! @accidentalArt | accidental-artist.com

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Source: Design is Not Art, Redux (http://bokardo.com/archives/design-is-not-art-redux/) by Joshua Porter - ...What designers do is to solve problems by deciding on the look and function of something. This can be writing text, laying out an interface, planning a chair, or coming up with a better Netflix envelope, lightbulb, or chair...

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This week on the show, we had the great opportunity to talk about Web Content Strategy with Brain Traffic's founder, Kristina Halvorson, one of the leading practitioners in the web content world.

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Our first stop will be an interview with guest Kristina Halvorson, Design Strategist/CEO/Founder of Brain Traffic.

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Here's how to win:

You must tweet to the world why you love design. That's it.

Tweet all you want — I'll be looking for my favorites. Just include this block of text in your tweet:

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No strings attached! Except for design cheer, I have nothing to sell here. All I want in exchange is more traffic and more Twitter followers. The winner will be announced March 1st on Twitter, so be sure to follow @alanhouser.

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We've had several mornings in a row where there was a dense fog. When the fog freezes on everything, it sometimes forms what amounts to snowflakes. When the breeze hits the trees, it starts to "snow".

I was lucky-enough to be outside with my DSLR + 200mm zoom lens. When selecting "sports" mode (auto-focus), I basically followed individual snowflakes as they flew through the air. I shot over 200 of these shots until I could no-longer feel my fingers. 

Enjoy the set (featured in Distractions)

For now, here's a glimpse of the logo progress...

Currently, my posterous is only used for twitter media, but it's certainly capable of doing much more.

I read a little information about this on the Posterous site, and scoured the web for information on integrating Posterous within Tweetie 2. Besides the hundreds of successful tweets of people testing, I couldn't find how to do it, so after I figured it out, I thought I would give-back.

Why use Posterous combined with Tweetie 2?

1. If you’re like me, you’re a little tired of all the ugly apps out there that deal with our Twitter videos and images. There’s yfrog, twitpic, tweetphoto, Mobypicture, Twitgoo, and more. There are way too many ugly apps who are making money from their ugly ads.

2. 140+ characters. No more "Twitlonger" garbage. If you like to ramble-on, then at-least take comfort that the reader will land on your own site.

Now, as far as Twitter apps for iPhone, of-course there’s only one: TWEETIE 2.

View the tutorial below. It's cake, so let's do this.

My styled Posterous blog is here: http://alanhouser.posterous.com

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