The Evolution of Philter Design Studios
Hard to believe it's been over a year since I last posted. Like most other developers (except for those rare super diligent ones) work gets in the way of finding time to post useful information to my blog. However, I thought I'd take this time to introduce the recently formed Philter Design Studios team. Going from only a single developer (me) to a team has been quite an adjustment, but a positive one. Between the 4 of us, maybe the frequency of posts will increase. So here we are:
Me (Phil Chung) (CEO) - Not much changes for me aside from having to take more time to manage the team and clients and still find time to do the actual dev work. Hard to believe it's been almost 10 years since I first picked up Flash.
Kingston Fung (Lead Flash Developer) - Kingston is an Adobe certified Flash developer with over 8 years of experience. He was also a part-time instructor for a recognizable technology institution sharing his Flash knowledge. Currently he is working with the latest Flash and Silverlight technology to develop robust rich internet applications.
David Pasieka (Flash Developer) - David has been involved with the digital world since a very early age when he was given a Sinclaire ZX81 home computer, and learned to program in Basic on it. He then proceeded through an Apple IIE, and Amiga 2000, and is now at home on PC's and Mac's. As someone involved a great deal with the Arts, David became involved in freelance Graphic Design off and on for approximately 8 years, before applying to the Digital & Interactive Media Design program at NAIT. It was there that he discovered a penchant for working with code, and he graduated with a specialization in Flash Development.
Chris Nicol (.NET/Silverlight Developer) - Having moved to Canada from Ireland in 1999, Chris' education includes a Computer Systems Technology program as well as, more recently, a .NET developer program. Prior to graduating, he was hired by the company running that program to work as a .NET Web Application Developer. Chris' experience includes development of several online pizza ordering sites and the highlight of his career was his trip to Hawaii for the successful launch of Pizza Hut's Hawaii's ordering application. Along with programming, he is also addicted to soccer and golf.
Look forward to entries not only related to Flash/Flex/AIR, but also Silverlight. I've had a lot of exposure to Silverlight over the past few months and I hope to share some of those thoughts in the coming days and weeks. As well, each of the team members have valuable things to share from their own experiences and I think we have a really good mix of skillsets.