I’ve been spending a lot of time getting reacquainted with web development as of late. The reason you ask? It is because I have been building the Adobe onAIR Bus Tour website. The bus tour is an 18 city, cross-country adventure that will focused on spreading the word about Adobe’s AIR (Apollo) technology. Adobe came to frog to help design and build the whole experience, including designing the bus wrap, website, and an AIR application for the tour. There are many things coming over the next few weeks in addition to this but I can’t talk about them yet.
My role for the last two weeks was to build the actual website with a mix of CSS, PHP, and Flash. I haven’t done this kind of web development since my days working at AOL. Wow has everything changed! I consider myself lucky that I don’t have to worry about browser compatibility on a daily basis. Mike Chambers and I basically worked the entire weekend without sleep to get it out on time. All in all I think the site turned out great and there are more improvements to come.
What’s even more exciting is that I will actually be going on the tour. The bus leaves San Francisco for Seattle on July 9th and I will be onboard to document all the antics. Check out who else will be on the first leg of the tour.
Lee 
Did you design the flash portion of the page? I noticed the frame rate appeared somewhat lower compared to most of your other work. Was loading speed a huge factor for the site?
Besides the above question, i think the site is very nice looking.
Congrats on the tour seat. That is pretty damned cool.
Hey, Lee remember that iPod post you made a while back? (http://theflashblog.com/?p=145)
Well, since GTAL is down, I was bored and downloaded all the files, then converted them to 320×240 mp4 iPod-ready files so you can host it as a sub-domain or something. one slight problem though… Its a hell of a file(1.63 GB).
So theres a lot of options here:
1. Host it full, which would take a long time to upload and download.
2. Break it into pieces and then host each one, but that would require several downloads.
3. Mail it to you on a DVD, which chances are I won’t do because of postage and your address and all that.
Let me know which one I should do.
-Otto
Nice site Lee. I know what you mean about browser compatibility – I fear the day that I get asked to work primarily with CSS again!
Good job anyway and I look forward to seeing what else you produce in the next few weeks.
PS. Is that tour ever going to come to Europe? We always seem to miss out over here!
nice stuff lee! i hope your getting paid enough
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Man, your up to some crazy stuff. You inspire me to get me arse in gear and make something of myself…
You are living proof that hard work pays off. Keep it up, I know you have to be enjoying all of this! And by the way, you make me sick, lol
a lot of work
now I hope you’ll have some fun on this tour
Lee, you have to stay on the bus for the full tour! I know the developers in cities on the 2nd leg would love to meet you and pick your brain. Heck just shake your hand for all the great work you’ve done in helping other developers learn would be enough.
good job buddy, i like the site. and hey i might see you soon on the bus if you ever come to my city.
macromarxist
i’m curious as to why php was chosen over coldfusion?