Friends Electric Podcast

Let’s Go Backabit

podcast@friendselectric.com (Tyler Sticka and Peter Wooley) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:09:59 +0000

Peter interviews Tim Sears and our host Tyler Sticka about their addictive, pick-up-and-play physics iPhone game Ramps. We delve into the history of Ramps, where it started, and how it ended up on iPhone. You can follow along with their continuing iOS game shenanigans at backabit.com.

It’s About Time!

podcast@friendselectric.com (Tyler Sticka and Peter Wooley) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:00:07 +0000

We’re back with a massive podcast full to the brim with exciting web topics! Topics this time around include the IE9 preview, HTML5 video codecs, exciting new resources for HTML5 development and richer web typography, 10K Apart (Our favorite apps: Inspired By, Surf by Osmosis & Sinuous), a follow-up on Flash for Android, jQuery Mobile, developing from our smartphones (The mentioned apps: Nebulous Notes, FTPOnTheGo, & iSSH) and upcoming Portland events WordCamp & CyborgCamp.

http://10k.aneventapart.com/Entry/83

The Many Faces of HTML5

podcast@friendselectric.com (Tyler Sticka and Peter Wooley) — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:00:22 +0000

Tyler and Peter dive into the details of HTML5, exploring what’s possible today with CSS3, HTML5 Video, Audio & Canvas, and what we can look forward to in the future. Included is a discussion of David Arno’s recent article arguing against the move HTML5 and Lee Brimelow’s suggestion that Flash is built for touch. This week’s WebVisions conference is also discussed, as well as the demise of music service Lala.

As Peter promised, here is theÂ the Rotating Planet Canvas Demo. In a supported browser (Firefox, Chrome, or Safari), CPU usage should spike considerably.

Apple vs Flash vs HTML5

podcast@friendselectric.com (Tyler Sticka and Peter Wooley) — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:08:17 +0000

Tyler and Peter discuss the experience design implications of Steve Jobs’ blog post Thoughts on Flash and the resultant Twitter commentary from Facebook developer Joe Hewitt.

Update from Peter: Steve posted a great link to The Flash Blog, showing existing Flash Apps running in 10.1 on a tablet, which basically invalidates my argument. It appears that the implementation of the Player itself can solve the issue, but problems that still plague HTML/CSS/JavaScript (like older implementations of drag and drop) probably exist in Flash apps as well and will needs some fine-tuning.