Swecker Creative: Web, print, and branding design and development, based in Seattle, working globally
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Recent Project: Farmers Insurance
We recently had the privilege of working for Farmers Insurance on an interactive CD-ROM they were creating. The CD needed to be used to distribute documents to their clients in a branded, simple, and versatile way. It had to be cross-platform compatible and make their documents easily accessible once the CD was loaded, as well as install any necessary viewing software.
Using Adobe Flash technology, we took their initial designs and used them to construct a custom navigation system with some cool animations. We also created a platform detection system to load the correct software and documents depending on the user's OS and then embedded the documents and software into the system. For the icing on the cake, w... Read more
Run To Help Haiti 5k
Swecker Creative is a proud supporter of Run to Help Haiti 5k, which will take place on Sunday, April 11th, 2010. If you are interested in participating, please see runtohelphaiti.com for details and to sign up. This could be your most important workout all year. We hope to see you there!
MoviePeg
Hey iPhonies! Is your hand getting cramped from awkwardly holding your iPhone while trying to catch the latest episode of [enter hip HBO show name here]?
Check out the MoviePeg, a genius yet simple way of displaying your iPhone screen. Perfect for watching movies or using your iPhone for other display purposes. Looks like it packs nicely too.
appendText() bug?
This one caused several hours of frustration. Apparently the appendText() function for text fields in Actionscript 3 has a nice little bug it seems sometimes. Instead of actually appending your text to the field, it INSERTS it near the bottom, 3 or so characters deep in the text body. Watch out for this when using text fields to display your data, you might think your data is corrupted.
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