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A few months ago I wrote about how we used runtime styles to create a custom skin for Fox Searchlight’s movie Juno.  Well, now we’ve got another example with a completely different skin but the same underlying code.  Dell computer has a site dedicated to environmental issues and they’ve set up a Facebook Graffiti contest where members can show off their artistic talents while expressing what “green” means to them.  We’ve integrated our chat into the site so that users can talk about the latest Graffiti submissions and share their thoughts on building a sustainable future.  If you’re interested in branded, customized chat rooms, please contact info@chatopica.com or visit www.chatopica.com for more info.

Robert just posted instructions for getting a Chatopica MySpace chat room.  Three easy steps and you’ll be up and running.

Last Friday, I gave another presentation on EasyMVC which is a simple recipe for Flex application architecture.  If you’re getting started in Flex or you’ve taken a look at Cairngorm and had trouble getting up to speed, this presentation demonstrates the fundamental architectural concepts you need to understand.  I call EasyMVC a “recipe” because it doesn’t require any libraries and I don’t intend it to compete with Cairngorm or PureMVC.  Instead it’s a set of practices you can follow to help you build loosely coupled applications.  It’s also a great place to start before you learn Cairngorm.  Check out the screencast. (unfortunately it looks like you have to register for an adobe id to watch, but it just takes a minute)

Be sure to head over to www.searchcoders.com and grab the latest version.  We fixed several small bugs and we updated the chat client to the version we use at www.chatopica.com.

Let us know what you think!

We’re happy to announce that you can now create your very own chat room at www.chatopica.com. It’s easy and free.Also, we still have shared topics that allow sites that don’t get much traffic to connect with a larger audience. Our Flex topic usually has around 80 people in it these days.Our chat widget is made with Flex and the chat server is an open-source jabber server called openfire.