John Dowdell joined Macromedia in 1993. He listens to people in the online communities and likes to make complex things simpler. John also keeps a daily weblog of related news where he tackles burning questions and responds to readers' feedback. John's daily weblog has replaced his columns, but you can read his archived columns below.
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2003 Columns
Studio MX 2004 Discussion Summary (Sept 25)
Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (Aug 24)
Midsummer Wrap-Up (Jul 29)
Truth and Bogosity on the Internet (June 27)
Macromedia Central (Mar 17)
Is it "Open" and "Shut", or really Open-and-Shut? (Mar 17)
"My Way, or the Highway!!" Technological Tolerance and Rigid Belief Systems (Feb 24)
Macromedia: Cult, or Menace!?
(Jan 5)
"Those *%$&#* Flash Ads!!" (Jan 17)
2002 Columns
The third channel of delivery for your MX work (Dec 16)
Toolkits and solutions: How Contribute and RIAs both fit into Macromedia MX (Dec 2)
New collaborative publishing techniques — Part 2 (Nov 11)
New collaborative publishing techniques (Oct 30)
What's the fastest way to increase your design ability? (Oct 15)
A step back can let you see where you're going (Sept 16)
How wide is your audience and how deeply do you reach them? (Sept 4)
Are you failing with mail? (Aug 15)
How to protect digital content (Aug 1)
What do you need to work with Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX apps? (July 10)
Why care at all about devices?
(July 1)
How well does the Pet Market blueprint application work for you? (June 18)
Are you finding what you need at the
Designer & Developer Center?
(May 28)
Macromedia MX, week 1 summary (May 15)
Macromedia MX, too good to be true? (Apr 29)
Revisiting "What's Macromedia MX?" (Apr 15)
Where's HTML in MX? (Apr 1)
What's on the server for Macromedia Flash MX? (Mar 14)
What does MX mean to me? (Mar 1)
How does the new Macromedia Flash
Player play your existing work?
(Feb 15)
Introducing JD's Forum (Feb 1)
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