Make Permanent Aliases on MAC OS X

command line: open ~/.bash_profile add as follows alias name=path example: alias zf=/usr/local/ZendFrameworkCli/bin/zf.sh if you need to pass a parameter where you need to escape characters or spaces wrap the path in quotes as follows: alias projects=”cd /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs”

Why You Can’t Work at Work

As agencies get bigger and deadlines shorter it becomes harder to work at work. Some people even opt to work away from the office during crunch time due to the many distractions that are created at work.

Use SVN with FDT

Quick way to set up a SVN Repositroy in FDT. Instructions Open the SVN Repository Exploring Perspective Add an new SVN Repository Return to the FDT Perspective Select the Project within the Flash Explorer that you wish to link to the new Repository Scroll down to Team and Select Share Project Choose SVN from the Share Project dialog […]

Optimizing SWF files with Flex Optimizer

I found a reference to optimizing SWC files with Flex Optimizer and I figured I would run some tests through SWF files and see what effects it had in it. To my surprise the Optimizer tool did optimize the SWF files but just by a few bytes: Test 1: …_concept1_v1_alt.swf (56569 bytes) …_concept1_v1_alt_optimized.swf (56456 bytes) […]

Retweeting private Tweets

So now that you are part of the “VIP” crowd and you are one of those special friends that is allowed to see your friend’s private tweets, let me ask you. Is it acceptable for you to ReTweet something that is has been marked as private? After all it was private to start with but […]