arno.org has a great article on how to reduce the CPU usage in your air apps. The meat of it is essentially not using ENTER_FRAME (duh), and more interestingly dropping the framerate to once every 10 seconds (0.1) once the air application goes in the background (minimized/hidden).
Read the full article at arno.org
Here is a great concept for a CAPTCHA.
The ROTCAPTCHA (PDF, 1.4MB).
It’s a CAPTCHA based on image orientation.
The ROTCAPTCHA system requires users to adjust randomly rotated images to their upright position. This is a task most people will be familiar with given the state of early digital cameras, etc.
This system has many advantages, such as being language independent and support many input sources.
Brilliant. Why didn’t I think of that? yooouuutuuube.com
With the google TV Ad platform, learn how google makes use of the data it uses and how it’s all about the initial audience retained (%IAR).
Via the Google Blog.
