Flash 8 Cookbook

Author Bios

Joey Lott helped write this book. He writes mostly from Los Angeles.

Ezra Freedman is Senior Manager of the Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic, a Los Angeles-based services company that develops interface and technology solutions for the Web, television, and mobile devices. He has served as lead architect and developer for many successful web and mobile applications, for such clients as ESPN, Macromedia, and MTV. Ezra has spoken about Flash at several conferences, and recently presented a session on Mobile Content Delivery Technologies at SIG-GRAPH 2005. He lives in Venice Beach and enjoys biking to work.

Kris Honeycutt (Kagawa, Japan) is the cofounder and lead designer for Solid Thinking Interactive (http://www.solid-thinking.com), an international web and multimedia studio.

Kris began his professional career working in print and later embarked on his journey in interactive media as a freelance web designer, while continuing his formal education in graphic design and fine art photography. In his decade of experience prior to founding STi, Kris was an in-house designer for companies in both the U.S. and Japan, where he worked with clients around the globe. Over the years, his positions have included graphic designer, web designer, multimedia designer, creative director, and author. He is the lead author of Foundation Swift 3D (Friends of ED/Apress). While continuing to work in a variety of mediums and technologies, his favorite weapon of choice is Flash, which he has wielded to create projects for the Web, disc media, broadcast, and mobile devices. His current focus is UI design for Flash/FMS-based RIA.

Kris is a member and moderator of several online design communities, and in his spare time, he can be found both giving guidance to, as well as learning from, his peers. He enjoys spending his time outside of work with his wife Mayumi and their two sons, Kai and Riley, as well as studying traditional Japanese martial arts.

Robert Reinhardt, VP of the Multimedia Platforms Group for Schematic (http://www.schematic.com), is regarded internationally as an expert on multimedia application development, particularly in Macromedia Flash. Robert is the lead author of the Flash Bible series (Wiley), as well as coauthor of other successful web development titles. He has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States, and he is a Macromedia certified instructor for Flash courses at Portland State University. Robert has been a regularly featured speaker at the Flash-Forward, FITC, and SIGGRAPH conferences. Robert is also a partner and writer at Community MX (http://www.communitymx.com).