MDM Multimedia is celebrating its fourth birthday by hosting a Flash contest...actually TWO contests. They've set it up as a Designer Vs. Developer contest, but that's really not the case. It's really two different contests: one for designers and one for developers (a distinction that I've never really liked...I know that there has to be some division of duties in a business workflow, but the implication that a designer is the "creative" person and the developer is the "technical" person just doesn't sit right with me, nor has it ever been that clean-cut in my experience...end rant...). The designer contest is for a marketing campaign and the developer contest is more application oriented. The new version of MDM's Zinc supports Flash Player 9, AS3 and Flex 2, so the idea that you didn't use for the Flex Derby would be a great fit here.
The prize packages top out around $1,000 worth of goodies, so take a look-see and show 'em your stuff!
1. Not entirely OT, but you brought it up ;) - On the designer vs developer argument, I agree the distinction isn't (and shouldn't be considered) that clear and have been enfuriated by MANY claiming "I'm a designer[/developer] thats not my problem".
Another frustrating opinion of seemingly the masses is that designers understand UI and HCI but developers don't. Both parties are equally capable and equally guilty of shoulder sloping the responsibility.
"That far more usable solution ruins my pretty design"
and
"It works as it should, I don't need to give it any more thought"
...end rant pt2 ...
Posted at 1:14PM on Jul 24th 2006 by DannyT