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Typically, when you are looking for a job as a Flex developer, knowing just Flex is not enough. A quick search using keywords Flex Java on dice.com returns more than 450 jobs.  What if you are not familiar with any of these programming environme

I’m happy to spread the news – mbusa.com is live! It looks gorgeous, and I’m very proud to be a part of the team that was working on this project (Farata Systems was leading this project on the Flex side).  This is Flex 3

My new pet is Wall Street Journal. Yep, I subscribed to this newspaper.  Your first reaction is “Yakov decided to play stock market”? Wrong.  I’ve been through THAT craze eight years ago when everyone was a day trader. I w

Someone has sent me a link to yet another bad press on Java FX . Here's how I see the evolution of  JavaFX so far. Beginning of 2007 (or even earlier).  Sun Microsystems realizes that RIA is a serious trend and Java is behind in this a

I’ll be making a presentation Comparing Flex Frameworks at New York Flex User Group on July 24, 2008. User group meetings are free to attend, but require registration. Here’s the description of this session: A year ago, there was Flex a

Last week, I was attending a presentation at a Flex users group. When people were about to leave, a guy stood up and asked for an advice on how he could change his career from managing people to Flex programming. In particular, he was interested in w

Tomorrow is a big day for people having  urge to get a hold of the new iPhone. 8AM. Sharp. Apple stores open their doors and those who didn't mind waiting in line for a couple of days (in Hawaii people formed lines 6 days ago) will get this

On Monday, July 21 I'll be teaching a one day hands-on training on using Adobe Cairngorm framework for developing Flex applications. WHile thismaynot be the best Flex framework, thesedays it's a must to have on your resume to get a job as Fle