Flash

I'm looking for some good case studies on development groups which are using Subversion for Flash version control. Best case would be groups of 5 or more collaborating on projects.
I'm less concerned about the actionscript-only side of things.

What I'd like some commentary on especially is the process of collaborating on binary media files. Our organization is accustomed to the pessimistic locking paradigm in which only one developer is ever working on a given file. This even goes for ascii files as clearly more and more code is being externalized. Developers who are used to working this way are afraid to switch to a copy-modify-merge paradigm for obvious reasons and our organization is no exception. Many e-Learning developers come more so from the designer slant so programmer's tools like version control tend to be less familiar.  read more »

Yes, that's right, this fledgling site has not quite gotten off to a good start. Surely I've got enough caffiene at my disposal to write plenty of observations here over and above the typical work and family stuff! As much as I'd love to elevate the likelyhood of getting some serious traffic here, my own self-deprecating nature causes me to ignore clear opportunities every day to update the site with my newest ramblings. I'll be talking soon about upcoming technologies in e-Learning, some great conferences, and my usual ranting about archaic LMS architectures and the challenges of working in massive corporate.

Anyway, I've been doing a lot of research lately as I have been assembling the 2008 development plan for my employer. While much of the e-Learning industry tends to lag technologically, I'm trying to avoid that going forward. It is an exciting prospect to look for points where we as a vendor might expand our field of view to encompass the latest goings-on in interactive media development.  read more »