Author: Brad Becker

  • UXD Pioneer Rumored Dead

    There aren’t exactly any household names in the Experience Design world, but one of the biggest names is rumored to have died yesterday.

  • Wireframing with Flex pt.2

    What: I updated the stylesheet that turns any mxml app into a wireframe. V2.0 catches a lot of styling exceptions that snuck by with the first version of this wireframing stylesheet. It also adds wirebox and wire header styles you can add to make sure all the necessary wireframes show up. Why: This stylesheet allows…

  • MAX 2004 Presentation

    MAX 2004 Presentation

    November 8th, 2004I spoke at MAX 2004 with John Bennett of Macromedia Consulting. The presentation is entitled “Creating Rich User Experiences with the Flex Experience Model” (say that five times fast). The presentation went fairly well–no one threw rotten fruit or pointy objects so we can consider that a success. We also ended up with…

  • Salutations!

    My name is Brad Becker and I’m currently a Sr. Product Designer at Macromedia on the Macromedia Consulting team. I was formerly the product designer for Flash, the Flash Player, and FlexBuilder. I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the last decade or so contemplating and using software. This is where I’ll be posting…

  • Wireframing with Flex

    Here’s a stylesheet that makes a Flex app look like a wireframe and yet remain fully functional. This allows you to prototype using Flex instead of Illustrator or Visio.