Re: FLASH: A word about tutorials

[Kenneth C. Sherwood]

Timothy Palmer-Benson wrote:


> Dear Kenneth:

> Actually, I find Darrel's book on Flash 3 pretty good so far.


I was just passing along some data, I hope you know.


I've only taken a glance at his book in the book store, and I saw that I might

as well first get everything I can out of the Flash manual *Using Flash* before

I spend money on a second resource of similar construction. The combo of *Using

Flash* and this email list does it for me.


> He leaves

> nothing to chance, at least in the first 69 pages that I am going through.

> Some people might find it pedantic, but it seems thorough. And yes, I did

> read the Amazon.com reviews but I couldn't resist when I saw the book in my

> local bookstore! (See, I really love this stuff!)


Don't leave me unchaperoned in the Computers Section at, say, Borders Books,

with a credit card in my wallet. "There's *so* much to explore, and I wanna

know it *all*!"


> And yes again, I know

> about the deplorable habit of Macromedia in publishing software that takes a

> sometimes unnecessarily difficult route to accomplish a task, while at the

> same time marketing the hell out of it!


Frankly I don't blame them for doing everything they can (as long as they stay

*honest*) to make the money they deserve. Do you know they came close to going

out of business not too long ago? We all could have ended up buying Aldus

AnimationMaker insteada Macromedia Flash!


> But hey, Wall Street thinks they are

> making money...look at their stock price!


We *want* the manufacturers of our favorite software to succeed in business!

It's *not* a bad thing!


> As for sitting down with a Flash

> friend...I am afraid this is not likely in northeastern Vermont!


You have many Flash friends available here.


Some of them are even stars, and they give rather freely of their time here. I

imagine that they are successful and wealthy enough that they can *afford* to

share their wisdom with us.


If you really want some one-on-one guidance of the in-person kind, ask around

in Manchester, NH. Hunt for referrals for a Flash mentor closer to your area.


> But isn't

> that supposed to be the beauty of the internet...that you don't need to be

> in the midst of urban mayhem to learn something like Flash?


True, I can't afford a mentor right now, and I'm doing fine with the manual and

this list.


> BTW I am in individual mode.


What are some of your other modes?


Just curious.


Ken Sherwood



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