Books and Publications

Note from Bob: this page contains links to a complete PDF version of my book, plus a sampling of tutorials, software reviews, technology reporting and commentary on Flash, Shockwave, multimedia, graphics, design and Web authoring that I did when I was writing professionally during my years as art director at Web Review magazine (O’Reilly & Associates) and for a brief time after. Unfortunately, my job after Web Review kept me sufficiently busy for the next 8 years that I was unable, or unwilling, to continue writing on the side. Recently, I’ve taken to working on my own and have been considering opportunities to write again.

Flash and Shockwave

Shockwave Studio: Designing Multimedia for the Web
publisher: O’Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 1-56592-231-X

Entire Book (12.8 MB PDF) Chapter 1: Designing Multimedia for the Web Chapter 2: Animating with Shockwave Chapter 3: Creating Rollover Effects Chapter 4: The Power of Variables Chapter 5: Using Lists in Shockwave Chapter 6: Doodlin' in Director Chapter 7: Making Smaller Movies Chapter 8: Avoiding Problems with Palettes Chapter 9: Using Net-Specific Lingo Chapter 10: Maximizing the User's Experience Chapter 11: Audio Compression with Shockwave Appendix A: Serving Your Shockwave to the Masses Appendix B: Net-Specific Extensions to Lingo Appendix C: Director and Shockwave Resources on the Web Appendix D: What's on the CD?

Rocking Mars with Streaming Shockwave
A streaming Shockwave tutorial
Pub: Macromedia Developer’s Zone, Expert’s Speak

It's the Great Shockwave, Charlie Brown!
Carve (and design) your own cyber jack-o'-lantern
pub: Web Review magazine

New Kid in Town
FutureSplash mixes the benefits of vector graphics with Shockwave-style interactivity
pub: Web Review magazine

A Quick-Start Guide to Flash 3
pub: Web Review magazine

Juggling with Flash
A quick-and-easy guide to creating an animated button with Flash
pub: Web Review magazine

New Media Lab Notes:
Flash 3 Sleek Web Animations
pub: New Media magazine

The Personal Touch
Setting user preferences in Shockwave
pub: Web Review magazine

Getting Loopy with Shockwave
Film loops are a powerful tool for creating elaborate animations
pub: Web Review magazine

When to GIF. When to Shock
GIF animation rules the Web, but Director's Cast and Score scheme creates complex animations in much smaller files.
pub: Web Review magazine

"Carol, What's Behind Door Number 3?"
Creating rollover effects in Shockwave
pub: Web Review magazine

Using Net-Specific Lingo
pub: Web Techniques magazine

Net-Specific Extensions to Lingo
pub: Web Review magazine

Generating Flash on the Fly
pub: Web Review magazine

New Media Lab Notes:
Macromedia Generator
pub: New Media magazine

Design, graphics and multimedia

Bride of Photoshop
Is ImageReady ready for Web design?
pub: Web Review magazine

Fireworks: Works as Advertised
Macromedia adds another fine product to their Web developer suite
pub: Web Review magazine

Web Graphics Roundup
Branding the Web with ImageReady, ImageStyler, and Fireworks
pub: Web Review magazine

In Design School They Promised No Math
A Web color primer
pub: Web Review magazine

Reinventing the Color Wheel
Pantone's new color tool covers old ground
pub: Web Review magazine

Enhancing Your Digital Images with Photoshop's Adjustment Layers
pub: Web Review magazine/Auditorial.com

GIFmation Makes GIF Animations Easier
pub: Web Review magazine

Another Cool Color Tool
R35’s new webColor Pad makes picking colors easy
pub: Web Review magazine

Web authoring and general Web-related

Ridin' the SCORM out
The Evolution of Computer-Based Instruction
pub: unpublished

Understanding Imagemaps
pub: Web Review magazine

Making Frames the Easy Way
Take the drudgery out of coding frames with PageMill 2.0
pub: Web Review magazine/Auditorial.com

New Media Lab Notes:
Placeware 3.0 Conference Center
pub: New Media magazine

Creating Your Own Auditorial
Learn how to create your own synchronized, multimedia presentation on the Web
pub: Web Review magazine/Auditorial.com

Creating Dynamic Fonts With HexWeb
pub: Web Review magazine

Diving into Dreamweaver
Building dynamic Web pages with Macromedia's hot new app
pub: Web Review magazine

The Year in Review: the Web in 1997
pub: Web Review magazine

Netscape and Macintosh Users Unite!
Advocates of both, find themselves fighting against a common foe
pub: Web Review magazine

All Hail Netscape!
Few subjects have provoked more email than our Comment about Netscape and Apple
pub: Web Review magazine

Advertising and Marketing

One Minute Workshop
Tips on Finding The Advertising Agency That’s Right For Your Business
pub: Sales, Advertising & Marketing Magazine

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