The Director Podcast

The Director Podcast #40 04-15-2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:48:57 -0400

The Director Podcast Episode Forty Show Notes, April 15th, 2008

OPENING COMMENTS
Itunes Comments.... READ - Post your comment for your chance to win DP swag!
Last week's winner, Lingo Larry... He wrote me and said....
Twitter and the DirectorPodcast. Twitter.com and add: directorpodcast
Listener Survey - Please fill this out on our website
Website Poll: Are you actively looking for a Director replacement? If so, what have you considered or switched to?
Upcoming contest... Will be giving away a Director 11 compatible Xtra!
Audio Comment About Job Opening

DIRECTOR NEWS
Not really NEW news, but in case you have not heard:
Director 11 XDK and XPK files for windows and Mac are available on the Adobe website.
http://www.adobe.com/support/director/downloads.html

Valentin also created a CHM version other XDK docs:
http://dasdeck.de/staff/valentin/xtras/xdk_chm/dir11/chm_src.zip

Director 11 Bug report:
http://directorbugs.creativeperspectives.com/bugbase

LISTENER FEEDBACK
A comment from Allen Partridge as appeared on the Direct-L Mailing List
Neo sent in some Director 11 and Ageia Physics examples at: http://coderecipe.com
And More!

TECH NOTE OF THE WEEK
Shockwave 11 Implementation Tricky from Gary Rosenzweig's Blog:
http://developerdispatch.com/shockwave-11-implementation-tricky.html

CLOSING COMMENTS
Thank you for listening
Listener Survey Reminder
How to contact us - 954-762-7962

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The Director Podcast #39 04-09-2008

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:10:17 -0400

The Director Podcast Episode Thirty Nine, April 9th, 2008

Itunes Comments.... READ - Post your comment for your chance to win DP swag!

WINNER FOR THIS MONTH: LINGO LARRY... contact me with your mailing address so I can send you out this beautiful Director Podcast hat!

Listener Survey - Please fill this out on our website

Director 11 Xtras
Director 12 Feature List
New Poll Results:  Are you actively looking for a Director replacement?  If so, what have you considered or switched to?
No: 25.5%
Yes: 74.5%
Variety of replacements mentioned: Flex, Unity, Revloution, Flash, Visual basic, Silverlight, C#, Ajax, Java

A new upcoming series on "Alternatives"

Mile High Table of Xtras has been moved!
Location: http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/MileHighTable/
List of bug fixes on Allen's Blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/shockwaves

Any Director 11 Books plan on being published?  Could not find any on Amazon

Cool technology bit:  Wamp Server (Apache, PHP, MySQL on Windows )
http://www.wampserver.com  for Windows
http://www.mamp.info for Mac

Upcoming contest... Will be giving away a Director 11 compatible Xtra!

Twitter and the DirectorPodcast. Twitter.com and add: directorpodcast

Flex VS Director episode.... need Flex experts to comment in like we did for the Flash VS Director episode

LISTENER FEEDBACK
Director based program: http://edalive.com  "Numbers Up"
If we didn't get to your comment this week, we will get to it in the very near future!

TECH NOTE OF THE WEEK
Ecommerce solution for selling your Director product
PayPal solution:
https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_ipn.html
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/mer/express_return_summary-outside

SofPro Solution
http://www.sofpro.com

CLOSING COMMENTS
Thank you for listening
Listener Survey Reminder
How to contact us - 954-762-7962

Mashup of the week
DJ Aggro with Def Leppard Vs Goose
http://www.aggro1.com/

The Director Podcast #38 04-02-2008

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:51:05 -0400

The Director Podcast Episode Thirty Eight Show Notes, April 2nd, 2008

Itunes Comments.... READ - Post your comment for your chance to win DP swag!
Director 11 Xtras
Director 12 Feature List

Poll Results:
"What do you use Director for?" (Sampling of 1150 listeners)
46.2% for Application Development
21.2% for 3D Development
20.3% for Shockwave Development
12.3% for "Other" which included a myriad of items

Recent poll:
"When do you plan up upgrading to Director 11?" (Sampling of 765 listeners)
42.1% As Soon as it comes out!
10.3% After my trial expires
14.5% After the first patch
7.6% In a few months
16.6% I will wait for version
12 9.0% I will not be upgrading

New Poll:
Are you actively looking for a Director replacement? If so, what have you considered or switched to?

Lukas Stapley from Game Addict Hotline
http://www.GameAddictHotline.com

Twitter and the DirectorPodcast.
Twitter.com and add: directorpodcast
Thinking about doing a Live365 episode and see how it goes

You guys are all too funny! April fools, eh? Those of you angry, I know it is because you CARE. Those "wish list" items were not made up, they were actual "Director 12" features that you, the listeners, have asked for via our Director 12 wish list section of the website. Hey, I am the biggest Director advocate, don’t you forget it. We need to "move on."

Ratings through the roof! If we lost a few people, we gained about 100 new people. Maybe I need to be more controversial?

LISTENER AUDIO COMMENTS

Total Disconnect?
Email from India
No Damage control done
Allen's blog not updated... Let us know what is going on!
We just need some massaging!

Things I like about Flex Flex VS Director episode.... need Flex experts to comment in like we did for the Flash VS Director episode

Anybody try Flex 3 and Air combination? Am I missing something here or is this the most perfect combination ever?

Thank you for listening!

Itunes Comments.... - Post your comment for your chance to win DP swag

How to contact us - NEED AUDIO COMMENTS ABOUT THE NEW SOFTWARE & APRIL FOOLS DAY EPISODE
954-762-7962

Point Of The Week: Move on, Don't put all your eggs in one basket

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The Director Podcast #37 04-01-2008

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:23:31 -0400

The Director Podcast Episode Thirty Seven Show Notes, April 1st, 2008

DIRECTOR 11.5 To Be Released!

Finally heard back from India and they let me know of the upcoming release, scheduled for one month from today. It will be worth all of the problems we have been having!

Shockwave Update
===================================================
1) The new Shockwave player, which will be released around the same time, will have no ADWARE. It will be a clean, silent install!
2) They have reduced the size of the Shockwave plug-in so that it is comparable to that of the Flash player
3) Adobe also announced that they have been working with Microsoft and Apple and Shockwave will call standard on all new OS installs. This includes native support of Shockwave on mobile devices.

Fixes in version 11.5 ===================================================
1) In addition to Ageia, they will be re-introducing Havok. We will also have support for High Level Shader Language
2) There will be a mobile platform developer’s kit built into Director, including support for the iPhone
3) All the install problems have been fixed so nobody will have problems like we had with version 11
4) Adobe is planning on moving all of its development back here to the US and we will have a strong US based development and troubleshooting team to deal with directly.
5) There are plans to purchase the following crucial Xtras that will included for FREE with Director: OS Control, Buddy API Xtra, INM's Impressario.... this means native support for PDF files!
6) They have completely redid the way Director functions so we will now have multiple undo’s
7) Integration of all of the CS3 products will be a major feature of this release as well
8) All features of DirectX 9 will be integrated including 3d shaders
9) All bugs fixes for the Mac have been addressed including full backwards compatibility for older PPC machines
10) The integrated Paint feature has finally been brought up to today's standards
11) NOW, we will have support for all of modern day OS components using the Flex components backbone
12) Adobe has committed to making Lingo it's "backbone" language and will be integrating it into all products as an optional programming language, for instance, in Flash
13) ActionScript 3 will be supported and integrated as part of the optional programming language native in Director
14) You will be able to digitally sign your projects with complete integration into Air so now we have an install solution
15) There will be full DirectX 10 support
16) We will have native FLV support for inline Flash Video
17) When you export a projector, you now have the option to output a Flash SWF file in addition to a Shockwave file.
18) You will now be able to wrap your Flex projects in Director and wrap Director in Flex
19) You will be able to import Photoshop layers natively in Director
20) Adobe now has a commitment to make Director the premier development tool for Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 applications
21) Apparently they have found a bug that causes Director 11 to be slow in certain areas. Major improvements have been made to increase the speed of all aspects of the development environment.
22) Adobe will be splitting the product into several different version... we don't have names but it will be an Application Development Package, 3D Development Package and a Production Suite version for all of the above
23) Whole new suite of native transitions
24) Native database support for remote and local MySQl databases, SQL, Oracle and Access DB support
25) Literally THOUSANDS of bugs have been fixed and we will have a complete list of those bug fixes so that we know what we no longer have to create a work-around for.
26) All of our questions and concerns have been addressed. We no longer have to fear for the life expectancy of Director and Adobe's commitment to the product!
27) Anybody who has purchased, up until this point will be eligible for a free upgrade to 12! The overall price of Director will be dropped so that it will be affordable to everyone.

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The Director Podcast #36 03-25-2008

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:20:48 -0400

The Director Podcast Episode Thirty Six Show Notes, March 25th, 2008

Director 11 Xtras List
Director 12 Wish List
New Poll.. "When will you be upgrading Director 11?"
Twitter and the DirectorPodcast. Twitter.com and add: directorpodcast

Downloaded at 8:40pm EST yesterday
At Midnight EST it became available online officially
Install process quite slow for a 65mb or so file.... Got to process in the install that seemed to take forever...what was it doing?

Problem with trial! STILL NOT WORKING

I am not going to talk about Director until I can get it working on my Vista machine. That is the machine I would be using it on so why talk about it if I can't use it... right?

Thus far, the comments from you guys have been self explanatory.

An another note, Adobe needs to clean out the support area to reference Director 11 issues.. it still says the current version is 10.1.1

Working on my Mac Mini PPC 10.5.2 just fine. Win XP Pro seems to work fine

Is it showing up on the homepage of Adobe? Is it one of the "Products" icons on the homepage?

LET ME HEAR FROM YOU. NOW IS THE TIME TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ON DIRECTOR 11.
Call 954-762-7962. Send us an MP3 file. Send us an email.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO AN ENTIRE EPISODE WITH VOICE COMMENTS.

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The Director Podcast #35 03-20-2008

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:43:04 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Thirty Five Show Notes, March 20th, 2008

=>Who I am, Where to find us
=>About 5 days away!
=>No person officially names as Rick Jones replacement
=>Director Xtra List---should have that up sometime this weekend.
=>Background noise... lookout for the ambulance or police car
=>Itunes Comments.... READ - Post your comment for your chance to win Director Podcast swag!

Interview with Adobe's Director Evangelist, Allen Partridge

=>Thank you for listening
=>Xtra Developers let us know when you are releasing your Xtras!
=>How to contact us

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The Director Podcast #34 03-15-2008

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:15:42 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Thirty Four Show Notes, March 15th, 2008

This show has an interview with Rick Jones, the (previous?) Senior Product Marketing Manager for Director at Adobe. This interview was recorded at the GDC 08.

Also, please note that "Dean's Director Tutorials" has moved to the following location:
http://DeansDirectorTutorials.com

Closing Comments
=> Help me spread the word that we are back online!
=> Xtra developers, submit your advertising requests.

Director Podcast Comment "Hotline" 954-762-7962

DJ Matt Hite "Mashup"
Little More Ooh (Intro)
Scissor Sisters vs. David Guetta vs. Chromeo
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The Director Podcast #33 02-19-2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:28:00 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Thirty Three Show Notes, February 19th, 2008

This show has the audio from the announcement from the Director announcement... live from the "lips of adobe."

I realize it is not the best audio, but the other shows will get better... learning my lesson about how to record mobile and the best way to set it up.

We interviewed Allen Partridge and Rick Jones and will be posting those interviews over the next few days along with some other interviews that we are scheduling.

Our musical mashup is provided by DJ Matt Hite with "Just Cant Get You Off My Mind." http://www.beatmixed.com

The Director Podcast #32 02-18-2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:34:17 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Thirty Two Show Notes, February 18th, 2008

It is late here tonight and the night before the "official announcement" from Adobe about the new version of Director but it has been announced already on their website! Check it out at http://www.adobe.com/products/director/

Will have a new show in a couple of days.

Our musical mashup is provided by DJ Matt Hite with "We Will Rock and Roll You." http://www.beatmixed.com

The Director Podcast #31 02-15-2008

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:03:26 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Thirty One Show Notes, February 15th, 2008

New gear setup?. How does the show sound?

Problems: Server Crash (twice).... YIKES! Problems with voice line, Feed Problems... fixed... working on length of feed

Website Additions: New "Quick Player" , Survey

Please submit comments in Itunes

We will be attending the show.... any questions you guys want us to ask? Come up and say "hello." I will be the one wearing the "Director Podcast" shirt.

Allen Partridge told me the Director team is now at 44, not 14. My bad!

16 GB USB 2.0 Memory Stick... up to 4GB ReadyBoost memory usage...

Help me spread the word!

Donation Button ? Thank you for those that have donated? every bit helps pay for this show!

News:
From Kris in Belgium.. Buddy API new release http://www.mods.com.au

Paradigma 10th Anniversary Means Free Developer Packs http://paradigmasoft.com

Digital Signage Technology Summit, Las Vegas Hilton June 16th and 17th. http://strategyinstitute.com/061608_dsts/dsp.php

Digital Signage Show and KioskCom Self Service Expo ? April 16-17 at the Mandalay bay Convention center in Las Vegas.
http://www.thedigitalsignageshow.com
http://www.kioskcom.com

Game Developers Conference or GDC 08 starting this next week? anybody going?

Listener Feedback:
Dean Utian from Australia
Nadine Husain from Canada
Droozle from Holland... Director-Online.com Forum
Johnathon Stevens from California
Joe McKay from California
Colin Holgate
Olle from Sweden

Closing Remarks
=>Help me spread the word that we are back online!
=>Xtra developers, submit your advertising requests.
=>Submit your questions for our meeting with Adobe.

Director Podcast Comment "Hotline" 954-762-7962

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The Director Podcast #30 02-08-2008

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:39:52 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Thirty Show Notes, February 8th, 2008

Show has been running for over 2 years now, technically... Even though we took a year off.

Frappr Map-- 180 some listeners have placed their mark on our map. We have a long way to go. Add yourself!

Monday-Friday morning, 5900 podcast downloads and 2100 from just the last episode. You guys are ready for the new release!!

Older feeds, no longer exist. Make sure you go to the main podcast page to get the main feed or get it from Itunes.

Help me spread the word!

Donation Button -- Thank you for those that have donated...every bit helps pay for this show!

News: Official notification from Adobe that they will be announcing Director at GDC 08 February 19th in San Francisco. Countdown timer on Magicgate site. I will either be there or will have an official telephone press conference with Adobe. Either way, you will hear it right from Adobe about the new release.

Our INM Introduction To Rich eCommerce Webinar breakdown Links from that webinar White Paper: http://inm.com/resource-center/en/white-paper/INM-RIA-Primer.pdf Haworth Product Catalog - http://www.kwstudio.com/haworthCatalog/ Amazon Diamond Finder - http://tinyurl.com/2zlya4 Hummer "Build Your Own" - http://www.hummer.com Videotron Service Selector - http://www.videotron.com/services/en/promotions/3_calculette.jsp Picnik Photo Application - http://www.picnik.com Google Finance Application - http://finance.google.com/finance Webkins Application - http://www.webkinz.com/ Finetune - http://www.finetune.com/

Overall Impression? I pitch of their services and a perfect example of an Xtra development company that has had to look elsewhere... no mention of Shockwave in their techniques.

Listener Feedback: Necromanthus Hardin - Connecticut Jeremy Shout out to all the other people that submitted feedback!

Tip of the Week: Retrieve IP

1) Local or Public IP? a) Local, use an xtra like Valentin's Shell Xtra b) Public, use a PHP script call $ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; 2) Better method is to use a "Machine ID" a. Buddy API b. DiskInfo gets information (type, size, name, number) about a disk

Closing Remarks

Help me spread the word that we are back online! Xtra developers, submit your advertising requests.

Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-762-7962, http://director.magicgate.com

Thank You Listeners!

Tune in again next time to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use.

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The Director Podcast #29 02-02-2008

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:35:48 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Nine Show Notes, February 2nd, 2008 Greetings, Who I am, where we are, where we have been, where have YOU been? What have you been up to? Website location http://director.magicgate.com Happy 2008! What have I been up to? Geocaching! http://www.geocaching.com Last year talked about "Iphone from Apple" A year later Ended up with the Blackberry Curve Not (yet) a tool for Adobe letís get that straight! Keeping it real and keeping it honest. New show format take out some of the old stuffÖ add some new stuff. Highlight new product features and enhancements as always, the wishlist New show icon, renew listener feedback... help me spread the word! Donation Button -- Thank you for those that have donatedÖ every bit helps pay for this show! News: In touch with Allen Partridge from Adobe the new Director Evangelist Replaced Tom Higgins (read blog headlines as well as the entire Director Podcast blurb http://blogs.adobe.com/shockwaves/ --Saw email from a Director list about a possible March 2nd (?) launch? Unconfirmed source! Hey Adobe, you NEED the Director Podcast at that show! Updated Director FAQ: (read some of the more relevant info) http://www.adobe.com/products/director/special/corssproduct/faq.html Link to video sneak peak: http://staff.explorelearning.com/pfaff/workshop/dir11_max2007/index.html Video Feedback Question to users: What have you been doing with Director? Have you switched over to another product? Will you come back to Director or have you forever slipped over to the Dark Side? INM: Introduction to Rich eCommerce http://www.INM.com/webinars/ Listener Feedback: Terry Corby Patrick from Switzerland Erhard from Vienna Austria Marcel Becky from the UK Tracy Gernot from Hamburg Germany George Bob Kris from Belgium Ann from Opuzz Royalty Free Music Sighting of the Week: Explore Learning ñ Interactive Math and Science Simulations http://www.explorelearning.com Closing Remarks Help me spread the word that we are back online! Xtra developers, submit your advertising requests. Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-762-7962, http://director.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! Tune in again next time to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Duran Duran, from Red Carpet Massacre, Falling Down http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=c37b79e71e9a67cc2e441f5faa90359b

The Director Podcast #28 01-13-2007

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:40:06 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Eight, January 13th, 2007 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Happy 2007! Iphone from Apple Donation Button _ Thank you for those that have donated_ every bit helps pay for this show! News: Paradigma Releases Valentina 2.5 Server and Developer Products http://director-online.com/announce.php?command=display&id=191 Adobe Max Conference 2006 Write Up http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1162 Pay close attention to Apollo INM PDF Xtra 8 Released http://inm.com/products/pdfdirector Ishell from Tribal Media http://ishell.com/ Listener Feedback: Colin David from Orlando Tom from New Jersey Kris from Belgium Mark Leigh from England Hardin from Rhode Island Ron Bird Joe McKay _ Brings us our Xtra of the Week and our Resource of the Week Xtra of the Week: SerialXtra http://www.physicalbits.com/Xtras/Detailed/SerialXtraIntro106.htm Sighting of the Week: NONE THIS EPISODE Resource of the week: Arduino http://www.arduino.cc http://www.arduino.cc/playbround/Interfacing/Director Needs the serialXtra to communicate with it Closing Remarks Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://director.magicgate.com Don't forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast at http://kiosk.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! Tune in again next timeto the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. BIG BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO DEAN! Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Yeah, Yeah, Stomp The Bleachers by Wylde Bunch http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=828e5361990ada17 8eaac48fc089d3f7

The Director Podcast #27 12-09-2006

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 18:33:18 -0500

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Seven, December 9th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Probably not another podcast until after the new year. Pictures of lobster Little cold down here in Florida Lots of family in town Donation Button==> Thank you for those that have donated. Every bit helps pay for this show! New Multimedia Interfaces ready to go! 7 Unique themed interfaces with three different purchase options each. http://www.magicgate.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=C&Category_Code=MMINTF Use Coupon Code: Podcast526 during checkout for 25% off on all interfaces Also we have Kiosk Keyboards created in Director ready for use on your next touch screen application or kiosk. http://www.magicgate.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=C&Category_Code=KIOKEY News: Laughing Bird Software announced their newest product, the Web Graphics CreatorÖ once again, I believe this to be a Director based piece of software. http://www.WebGraphicsCreator.com Impressario 3 Webinar http://inm.com/products/impressario/ Listener Feedback: Colin Law with an update on Intel Macs and Director Performance Xtra of the Week: Billenium Soft Transitions http://www.billeniumsoft.com/ Sighting of the Week: Dean Utianís Student Work The Matrix by Kent Lee Resource of the week: Goldshell Digital Media http://goldshell.com/ http://goldshell.com/versiown/main.htm http://goldshell.com/dirsaver/main.htm http://goldshell.com/hoolicon/main.htm Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://director.magicgate.com Don't forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast at http://kiosk.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! Submit your contest entries! Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Podsafe for Peace with If Every Day Were Christmas http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=b69291b9e6017fff1ba9a1514f5f4c27

The Director Podcast #26 10-21-2006

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:10:25 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Four, August 26th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Donation Button – Thank you for those that have donated… every bit helps pay for this show! New Multimedia Interfaces… ready to go! 7 Unique themed interfaces with three different purchase options each. Blueprint Interface Classroom Interface Dashboard Interface Jungle Interface Message Board Interface Toyland Interface Vintage Journal Interface Option 1 to purchase layered PSD file. Option 2 to purchase PSD and Director file with already imported layers, programmed mouse overs and navigation. Option 3 to purchase PSD and Director files AND it will be exclusive to you and your project, meaning we will not resell this interface to other companies or individuals. Also we have Kiosk Keyboards created in Director ready for use on your next touch screen application or kiosk. Come see all of our products… all the commercial software on our site we made with Director. News: Integration New Media acquired DataGrip http://www.inm.com/products/datagrip/ INM also announces Impressario Version 3 as well as the "Essential Pack" combining VizionDB and Impressario 3 http://www.inm.com/products/impressario/ There is an updated Searchable Library Toolkit for Impressario which you can find on INM’s website. INM has a webinar coming out this next week. To find out more about these products, contact Ginger-Michele Yee. Will be held on Wednesday, October 25th at 1pm Eastern Time and last about an hour. Presented by Gabrielle Krim. Somebody tested out the UltimateFileIO xtra for the MacIntels and reports that it works fine. Keep testing! We have not received enough contest entries yet so we will continue it until we get enough…. We are looking for the best script using Lingo in 20 lines of code or less. Send your entries to us to be part of this contest. Listener Feedback: Michael from Australia Colin ANON Lutz from Germany Tyree from the US Kris Greens from Belgium Matthew Lund Eric from Australia Wouter from the Netherlands Dean Xtra of the Week: DataGrip http://www.inm.com/products/datagrip/default.htm Sighting of the Week: Nicolas Clauss http://www.flyingpuppet.com/ Resource of the week: VisPo.com http://www.vispo.com/wfs4/documentation/resources.htm Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://director.magicgate.com Don’t forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast at http://kiosk.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! Submit your contest entries! Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Rock Kills Kid with Paralyzed http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=3e9c1 f7ad6482cc220e1fc065e2af213

The Director Podcast #25 08-28-2006

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:34:54 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Five, August 28th, 2006 Sad day for episode #25 Tom Higgins is Leaving Adobe http://weblogs.macromedia.com/thiggins/archives/2006/08/happy_trails.cfm Go back and listen to the interview in Episode Seven March 8th, 2006 Direct Link Is: http://www.magicgate.com/podcast/director/shownotes/director_podcast_ep7_03_08_06.html If you want to send your voice wishes to Tom, send them here and we will play them on the next few episodes. Call our voice comment hotline at 954-840-3677 or send your voice comments to “magicgatesoftware” via Skype. You can also contact me at the show using the following contact info: Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://director.magicgate.com Thanks for everything Tom and may the “Lingo Be With you!” Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Matt Thorpe with Goodbye Friend http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=df101ca53cec0ec63e7292da551611d3 When we think of friends, we think of KILO WHISKEY

The Director Podcast #24 08-26-2006

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:21:15 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Four, August 26th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Been waiting from Frappr number 100.. finally got it so bringing you another episode of the Director Podcast Donation Button Spilled a Coke in my Mac keyboard last time I recorded… actually I was doing the Kiosk Podcast when it happened! YIKES! Busy here anyways launching our products… 18 Director made software products with another 40 or so in the pipe with about a 2 year development time frame on those. Go check it out to see what can be done commercially with Director! We will soon have products that will directly interest you guys and gals so stay tuned for more! Talking with the guy that invented the EZIO board… we have talked about that board before… his name is Michael Rodemer and is from Michigan, if I remember right. Issue of needing an Ipod to listen to this show… not true! News: Viacom’s MTV Networks agrees to acquire Atom Entertainment who owns Shockwave.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060809/nyw142.html?.v=90 This month and next month we will receive entries, October, we will post them online for you to try and will let YOU guys vote for the best. Prize not yet determined. Got just a couple of entries in, from Luke Wigley and Johnathon Stevens…… not going to read which items they submitted because when it comes time for everybody to vote, I want you to vote on scripts that are based upon merit, not a name associated with it. We put up a Kiosk Podcast shortly after the last Director Podcast so if listen to that podcast, make sure you go back and check it out… Listener Feedback: Don Earl John McCafrey Colin Holgate Zack Guidry Dean Utian Audio Comment – More info about the Sequence Xtra Xtra of the Week: PIMZ – PropSave http://pimz.com/?id=xtras§ion=propsave Cross Platform & Free! Sighting of the Week: ImagineFX Magazine Companion DVD http://www.imagineFX.com Resource of the week: Neo Sounds http://www.neosounds.com Royalty free music and sound effects for multimedia projects. Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://director.magicgate.com Don’t forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast at http://kiosk.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! Submit your contest entries! Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Deep Purple with Women from Tokyo – Live http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=f103e10fde3e21772ab5045ec8b3cef2 OSCAR CHARLIE

The Director Podcast #23 08-02-2006

Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:24:55 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Three, August 2nd, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Back from vacation, total isolation Catching Up Frappr Update…. 89 people listed… let’s make it to at least 100 by next episode! http://www.frappr.com/directorpodcast/ Shuttle not launched Script Channel Spam Spam in General Ray – Learning Director Donation Link on Site New Kiosk Podcast Today or Tomorrow Probably an hour show today Hopefully will have time for a song at the end... James Brown just joined the Podsafe Music Network so have a song from him.... very exciting! New feed location coming soon...... will keep you posted but if you currently subscribe to a feed, be on the lookout for a new one... maybe I will place my updated feed location in the existing feed. CONTEST- BEST UTILITY IN 20 LINES OR LESS This month we will receive entries, next month, we will post them online for you to try and will let YOU guys vote for the best. Prize not yet determined. News: Lots of news about Director coming out in 2007 Interview with Tom Higgens at http://www.DigitalMediaDesigner.com Updated Adobe Director FAQ Information located at: http://www.adobe.com/products/director/special/crossproduct/faq.html (provided by Dean) New Chrome Lib Xtra, version 4.0 with new features http://www.chromelib.com\ Listener Feedback Xtra of the Week: Sequence Xtra http://www.sibelius.com/products/sequencextra/index.html Sighting of the Week: Picked up at a garage sale this last week Promotional CD for Pepsi 400 Race at Daytona: Interactive program sponsored by AOL Produced by, well, it looks like www.PlanetDigital.com .... Might have just replicated it. Also mentioned International Speedway Corp... think they are the head company that hired Planet Digital.... just my guess Created in 2001 with Director version 8.0 Resource of the week: http://www.blog.lessrain.com/?page_id=110 Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, Skype: MagicgateSoftware, http://director.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! Don’t forget our new episode of the Kiosk Podcast http://kiosk.magicgate.com What to expect next: New fast download, will also be new RSS feed. This month’s scripting contest update. New Kiosk Podcast. Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=29a04872c25ac910cdc19b46aa6f1004 James Brown with Gut Bucket SIERRA HOTEL

The Director Podcast #22 06-29-2006

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:20:27 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty Two, June 29th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Sixty percent chance the Shuttle won't launch.... 3 in the morning to get there by 9:00am.... Launch at 3:48pm EST and then the long drive home. Picking up my buddy tonight.... I am not sure what he even does... it is technology related. If it can relate to the show, we will have a few drinks and bring him on. http://Frappr.com/directorpodcast/ Made a mistake last time and spelled it wrong for you. VizionDB Webinar... Now I now how to pronounce it. One thing I did learn is that their password protected database will get you 128 bit encryption. I would like to see some of the editor validation tools as built in behaviors... there is some pretty cool stuff their I think that could be built out. I still say, until they make a server version or make the database sharable, they will not have a huge market share.... Once they do that, I think they have a huge winner on their hands.... I just hope they are working on it! Listener Feedback: Regards to Episode 20 Colin Holgate Moshe ANONYMOUS Kris Greens from Belgium Kurt Griffin Timm Ryan from San Diego, CA TR Episode 21 Comments ANONYMOUS Peter Eckersand from Sweden Matthias from Germany Daniel Nelson from Blue Jade Creative Enterprises regarding their new product Anon Dean's Responses Audio comment Email Comments Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://director.magicgate.com Thank You Listeners! What to expect next: Don't know when next episode will be due to our vacation... keep looking on the website. Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Matthew Ebel with Sally Went Down http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=280202729dad1ad3a780a4d20afbe39b

The Director Podcast #21 06-26-2006

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:56:57 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty One, June 26th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Soccer Updates, USA, Croatia... see ya. NBA Update... why world champions? Space Shuttle Launch Episode 20 results... Thank you everybody for helping out! Authorware users out there? Frapper, where are all my female listeners? Macintel Safe List Thank to all that help with material for last show Script Center Weekly Poll Recent Art Institute Update: Getting worse... I have a bunch of key questions... when asked "what version of Director are you most familiar with?" the answer was "8... that is the most recent version, right?" When I said, no, MX2004 he said, oh yea, that is what he meant.... Another case, I asked how long they have been using Director... said about 5 years. When I asked what Xtras he was familiar with, his reply was "I am not familiar with Xtras... what is an Xtra?" YIKES Slightly Different Format Today.... Mostly user feedback but will also go into details about a product we are just launching Been busy with a grand opening of one of my clients... which is the project we will be talking about. Don't know what is going to be going on in the next few weeks... company in town (who?) and vacation coming up which I will be in the "woods" in Wisconsin... don't think I will have a high speed internet connection available. News: Dean led me to: Shockwave Player Update... with Google Integration Adobe Press Release: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200606/062106AdobeGoogle.html News.com Press Release: http://news.com.com/Adobe+to+bundle+in+Google+toolbar/2100-1032_3-6086589.html Darrel Plant's Blog... MAX Officially Announced: http://www.darrelplant.com/blog_item.php?ItemRef=515 INM Announces the official release of the VizionDB Xtra http://www.INM.com/products/viziondb/desktop/ INM's Free Webinar for the VizionDB Xtra Tuesday, Jun27th, 2006 1pm EST INM's VizionDB's discussion Daniel Nelson... Innertoob http://www.innertoob.com Laughing Bird Software new product release You know, the LogoCreator people! New Product: The Corporate Identity Creator http://www.cicreator.com/ Screen Shots look like Director... Mark... is it? We will get mark on the show soon! RealVIZ updated version of VTour http://www.fieldofview.com/press/060526_VTour Last Month's contest winner Moshe Caine. Will highlight that in a future show. No contest the month of June.... Will dig back into it for July Listener Feedback: Almost 300 user comments from Episode 20 Let's start off with older emails: Martin Schaefer from Germany... http://DirectorForum.de --issues with multiple locations of the Director Podacast Ramon Plaff Darrel Plant David Fanning Kurt Griffin Ron Bird Mike Bonifacio David Turk from Australia ANONOMOUS Regards to Episode 19 Steve Riddett Craig Henneberry Qian Lin from Switzerland Mcafe FAN - Thailand Becky from UK Ariel Casia Thavidu The POS Project: Reason behind the project Why not use a POS system already developed? Equipment Used: ELO 1529L Touch Computer MagSwipe Label Printer Receipt Printer Bar Code Reader Customer Display Unique Items I had to address: Receipt Printer & Customer Display, both serial devices I had to attach to Unique Label for coffee bags Software is completely customizable remotely to control: Flavors of coffee Button Arrangement and Item assignment Receipt Headers and footers Customer Display Default Messages like "Flavor of the day:" Transaction reports Quickbooks integration Credit Card Gift Card Loyalty Card integration - Bar Code registration Forms Wi-Fi hotspot, on receipt Full Graphic and Branding Implementation Had consulted with a company I saw on CNN and they said I was on the right track and didn't need their services. Having issues with Elo Touch Computer... PCMCIA slot does not pick up ANYTHING in the slot... also, if it has been on for a while and you re-start it, it comes to a very "faded" Windows loading screen and does not contin

The Director Podcast #20 06-13-2006

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:12:33 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Twenty, June 13th, 2006 Flash VS Director ROUND 1: Animation ROUND 2: The Internet ROUND 3: Video ROUND 4: CD & DVD Based Applications INTERMISSION: SPONSOR & Podsafe Music Song Golden Gods with Dynamite Lady http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=bcec9fd60be9479561d9a3555634dd50 ROUND 5: 3rd Party Support & Extendibility ROUND 6: ActionScript VS Lingo ROUND 7: Application Differences ROUND 8: Cost RECAP Top 16 Comparisons between Flash & Director Closing Comments As always, you can leave your comments about this broadcast by sending an email to director@magicgate.com, our comment hotline at 954-840-3677 or by visiting http://director.magicgate.com. This is been your host, Skip & co-host Jim, signing off and reminding you to join us again next time to learn about the software that we all love to use.

The Director Podcast #19 05-31-2006

Wed, 31 May 2006 19:16:45 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Nineteen, May 31st, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Interview to Dean Utian Looking for a Sponsor for next show.. contact me by Friday if you are interested. I anticipate that this episode will be one of our largest listened to shows and often referred to shows. Frappr Map: http://www.frappr.com/directorpodcast We have some interesting news and lots of feedback but will have to wait to future episodes or, a bonus episode but we have a lot of preparing to do for Episode 20 which will be our Flash VS Director episode. Keep the info coming in! LAST DAY TO SUBMIT ENTRIES!! THIS MONTHS CONTEST: Best Educational Product. Could be either a childrens education project or an adult teaching tool does not matter. Sponsored by: the DirectXtras at www.directXtras.com . This month, the contest winner will win their choice of any one of their Xtras Link: www.directxtras.com INTERVIEW WITH DEAN UTIAN http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/Director/ http://www.multimediacreative.com.au Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://www.magicgate.com/podcast/ Donít forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast. Thank You Listeners! What to expect next: Last chance to submit your Flash / Director ideas. Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com From Australia Melissa Forbes with Blackheart Blues http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=88227ef24e260d11381172808c21f534

The Director Podcast #18 05-27-2006

Sat, 27 May 2006 17:19:01 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Eighteen, May 27th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Poker, Diving, Dinner and a Dentist....you should hear the recording! Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Episode 20 will be our Flash VS Director episode. Keep the info coming in! Darrel Plant's Site Comment News: INM, Future Devlopment of Impressario http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=461952187419 New Xtra was just released, the BezierCurve Xtra by The Minds Eye Gretchen has a bunch of new "Quirks" up on the "Quirk List" at UpdateStage.com THIS MONTH'S CONTEST: Best Educational Product. Could be either a children's education project or an adult teaching tool... does not matter. Sponsored by: the DirectXtras at www.directXtras.com . This month, the contest winner will win their choice of any one of their Xtras Link: www.directxtras.com New Submissions: Jim Stensbrener with "Up & Down" physics tutorial Moshe Caine from Icons Multimedia with "Into That Dark Night" History of the Holocaust Jim Voight with "Using Makita Products" Holly Soya from LexTec Media with "Learning Astronomy" Brother Love Live, Wednesday, May 31st Pussycat Lounge 96 Greenwich St (at Rector) 2nd Floor http://www.brotherloverocks.com Listener Feedback: Steve Riddett Anonymous - 2 comments Colin Holgate Moshe Dean Xtra of the Week: The Minds Eye Bezier Curve http://www.the-mindseye.co.uk/prog/beziercurve.shtml Sighting of the Week: Emedia http://www.emediamusic.com Beginner Piano and Keyboard Lessons Interactive Feedback, Animated Keyboard, Over 75 Lessons, Over 20 Songs, Video Instruction Excellent use of video, audio and midi Quicktime Sequence Xtra.... Used to be owned by SourceForce Sweden now owned by Sibelius... $249 Xtra Written in Director V7 Mac & PC $9.99 Resource of the week: Via Dean.... German Based DirectorForum Becomes International http://www.directorforum.de/forumdisplay.php?f=25 Basically he filtered out all the English posts and separated them into a new category.... By the way, Skip is not me in that forum Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://www.magicgate.com/podcast/ Don't forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast. Thank You Listeners! What to expect next: Submit your contest entries and info that you want us to talk about on Episode 20. Interview with Dean Utian from Australia. Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com Or http://myspace.com/secondsaturday Second Saturday with Stand Off http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=ea1b3775b030da2ff0e6377cd7016d0c

The Director Podcast #17 05-18-2006

Fri, 19 May 2006 08:15:02 -0400

Director Podcast Episode Seventeen, May 17th, 2006 Greetings, Who I am, where we are Website location Podcast Thursday… I think it is official. Submitted new MP3 RSS Feed to Podzinger and received notification it has been indexed…. Will try to implement the search box on the website this week…. Will also post lower quality MP3 feed this week… you can find it later this week on the website. Several people contacted us… looks like we did not update the regular MP3 links on the site this last week, episode 16. Have corrected that and you will have to go back to our previous episodes section to hear it… sorry! Episode 20 will be our Flash VS Director episode. Keep the info coming in! Started Book section of the website…. Preliminaries should be ready next week for your critique and input… will add the books over the next few weeks. News: INM’s Webinar Invitation http://www.inm.com/products/viziondb/desktop/ For webinar reservations, email: Ginger-Michele@inm.com BSQUARE ports Macromedia Shockwave Player to AMD’s Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) Marks the first time Shockwave Player has been ported to an embedded computing device. http://www.bsquare.com/about/press/story.asp?PressID=419 The Chrome Lib website is back http://www.chromelib.com Sockwave 3D Gathering in Paris http://www.sigiscarinc.com THIS MONTH’S CONTEST: Best Educational Product. Could be either a children’s education project or an adult teaching tool… does not matter. Sponsored by: the DirectXtras at www.directXtras.com . This month, the contest winner will win their choice of any one of their Xtras Link: www.directxtras.com New Submissions: A few people have contacted me saying their CD’s were on their way Listener Feedback: Ron Bird Dean Utian Shout outs to: Britney, Kimberly, Zane, Rex, Pamela and Phyllis who all commented about liking the new intro of the show…. Guess that got some reaction, eh? Xtra of the Week: OSControl Xtra http://xtras.openspark.com/index.php?page=OSC_home Sighting of the Week: http://www.newwebpick.com/ Resource of the week: http://www.foreveryoursmedia.com/directorshowcase/ Closing Remarks, request feedback Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-840-3677, http://www.magicgate.com/podcast/ Don’t forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast. Thank You Listeners! What to expect next: Submit your contest entries and info that you want us to talk about on Episode 20. Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use. Podsafe music network artist: Music.Podshow.Com From Alligator Records we have a song from Michael Burks called Heartless http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=4158e93b5f3f542f61b2ac8fb4fe6437