My company HeyMath! is looking for experienced Flex and Java Developers. We do not follow a general recruitment process. We run a portal DevHunt! to hunt developers.
The portal has series of puzzles to test the developers skills. The developer has to solve these technical puzzles to get through. For more details register at DevHunt! and have fun.
The Hunted Prey will get the worth of their salt.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Disable AIR auto-update - No way to automate
Recently i got a requirement that when an AIR application is installed and run by the user, AIR should not check for auto-updates. After googling for few hours i found that it is highly impossible to automate this.
Adobe provides a solution to stop AIR engine to check for updates. The application http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/applications/SettingsManager/SettingsManager.air provides the option to disable / enable updates. But this requires a manual effort.
Adobe should have provided the option to enable / disable auto-updates at the application level. Each AIR application should have the option to set auto-update option. If an application has disabled auto-updates, then when the AIR engine loads it should check this option and should not try to update.
If any of you guys have a workaround, i would love to hear it.
Adobe provides a solution to stop AIR engine to check for updates. The application http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/applications/SettingsManager/SettingsManager.air provides the option to disable / enable updates. But this requires a manual effort.
Adobe should have provided the option to enable / disable auto-updates at the application level. Each AIR application should have the option to set auto-update option. If an application has disabled auto-updates, then when the AIR engine loads it should check this option and should not try to update.
If any of you guys have a workaround, i would love to hear it.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Runner-up at RIAthon 08
It was an exciting and eventful day at The Lalit Ashoka Hotel, Bangalore. The "Flash Ahead" event started as scheduled. We had a chance to watch the special preview of CS4 products, power of Flash Catalyst and Gumbo ( flex4 ).
And to talk about the RIAthon event, there were 10 finalists looking to grab the iPhone. Each team was asked to demo their application for a max of 3 mins. When our turn came, Ananth did all the talking, and i controlled the application. It was a wonderful demo by Ananth, as we were inching towards the iPhone. We were confident of winning the RIAthon 08 title, but we did not want to have any expectations.
Everyone was ready to hear the results. Harish announced the results in the reverse order. Our application GeoScope won the runner-up title of RIAthon 08 contest. We got a Sony home theatre system as the prize. The winner of the event was Krishna Prathap and his friend, for the application called FlexStats. He is also from chennai, and we know him personally. We are also happy that chennai grabbed the top two positions in the event.
It was an exciting evening for us as we signed off in a winning note. We thank Adobe for conducting this event, and congratulate them for making this as a big success. We are looking forward to participate in more events of this kind.
And to talk about the RIAthon event, there were 10 finalists looking to grab the iPhone. Each team was asked to demo their application for a max of 3 mins. When our turn came, Ananth did all the talking, and i controlled the application. It was a wonderful demo by Ananth, as we were inching towards the iPhone. We were confident of winning the RIAthon 08 title, but we did not want to have any expectations.
Everyone was ready to hear the results. Harish announced the results in the reverse order. Our application GeoScope won the runner-up title of RIAthon 08 contest. We got a Sony home theatre system as the prize. The winner of the event was Krishna Prathap and his friend, for the application called FlexStats. He is also from chennai, and we know him personally. We are also happy that chennai grabbed the top two positions in the event.
It was an exciting evening for us as we signed off in a winning note. We thank Adobe for conducting this event, and congratulate them for making this as a big success. We are looking forward to participate in more events of this kind.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
GeoScope - Application for riathon 08 event
It has been a long time since my last post. I was busy with my day-to-day activities and could not find time to post. One of my resolution for this year is to post without long break up. Hope i can do it :).
Last year November (around 20th) Adobe announced a contest named "riathon 08" for Flash, Flex, AIR developers. Checkout the announcement here. The contest is specific to India region.
I was really excited and eager to participate in the contest. Ananth had few ideas for the application. Whatever idea we finalize, it has to be simple and doable in 4 days time. After few discussions he came up with the idea which produced a simple and cool app "GeoScope". I am happy with the way the app has come out in a short time.
About GeoScope:
"GeoScope" is a mashup application which combines the power of Google maps and YouTube. This application does not require any user accounts to use it.
"GeoScope" allows users to search YouTube videos based on the location in the map. All the user has to do is browse the Google map, and click any of the location. "GeoScope" lists down the videos that are available in that location. users can play the YouTube videos instantaneously.
Features:
1. Search YouTube videos through Google maps.
2. Searched videos can be played instantaneously.
Open-source libraries:
1. Google maps API - free license
2. YouTube API. - free license
Team Information:
1. Prabhakaran
RIA Developer, HeyMath!
CFUG Manager
2. Anantharaman
CTO, HeyMath!
CFUG Manager
The Event has been postponed to 17th Jan 2009. Checkout the new dates here.
We have submitted our application and keeping our fingers crossed for the result. Ananth is confident of grabbing an iPhone. Lets see!!!
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