Author Archives: Patrick

PointRoll Banners for Caterpillar Progress

By Patrick | Published: June 2, 2008

As banners go, these ones I did to promote the Caterpillar Progress site are pretty cool. They are your typical annoying ones that open over page content when rolled over. I did 3 different sizes of the ad. And I used the PointRoll Flash API for tracking.

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First Visit to the Vet

By Patrick | Published: April 28, 2008

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This is The Guy

By Patrick | Published: March 31, 2008

I’m getting a Rhodesian Ridgeback. I just came back from the breeder to make sure I got a good vibe and I’m sold.

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Caterpillar Progress Launches

By Patrick | Published: March 18, 2008

I’ve been working on this one for the last few months. This is my first use of SWFAddress which is pretty slick, though we’re having some issues with URL redirects and frames that we have to use in the live environment. It works great in my testing environment though! This as a deep and complicated [...]

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My New Gig

By Patrick | Published: January 2, 2008

I’ve been freelancing at VSA Partners for the last couple months, and today is my first official day on their full-time roster as a Senior Developer. I’m looking forward to putting out some good work here.

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The Peshtigo Home and Banners

By Patrick | Published: November 14, 2007

Working with Design Kitchen I did the Flash portion of the Peshtigo’s site (a new building in Chicago). The building pop outs are defined in an external XML file. Fuse was used for animations as well as an external drawing class for other effects. I also did a series of banner ads of different sizes [...]

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Brookfield Zoo Explorer

By Patrick | Published: November 5, 2007

Here is a nice piece I’ve been working on at DK for the next version of the Brookfield Zoo’s site. The cool part is the scrolling zoo explorer. Click the “Zoo Explorer” tab at the top left and then play with the scrolling functionality at the bottom left. I had to use a combination of [...]

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Oprah “O Ambassadors” Animations

By Patrick | Published: October 19, 2007

Here are some zippy timelined animations I did with Design Kitchen for the new Oprah Ambassadors site. Technologies Used: Flash CS3

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Swingline ProFile

By Patrick | Published: September 28, 2007

Working with Design Kitchen I developed this mini-site for a new Swingline product. Technologies Used: Flash CS3 / AS1

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Fashionably Late?

By Patrick | Published: September 5, 2007

Or am I just late to the party? Either way, it’s about time I started blogging. I have set a few up for other people so now I can follow my own advice and try to set a good example for them. We’ll see where this thing goes. I expect this site to end up [...]