Esria’s R&D Team

A big factor in the success of Rich Internet Applications is data visualization. Technologies like Flash and Flex are ideal for exploring innovative new ways to display data or to bring interactivity to traditionally static visualizations. The richness of these applications can make information easier to understand, and I’m always looking for cool new ideas [...]

I just finished putting together RokTok, a Flex mashup that combines Last.fm data with the Twitter Search API to discover what people are saying about their favorite musicians and bands. Though I had a lot of fun playing with particle systems and making them behave in interesting ways using the Flint library, the reason I [...]