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In issue#18 we speak with Leah Culver and Daniel Burka, both representing Pownce — the coolest social messaging application!

Leah Culver is Co-founder and Lead Developer of Pownce. As a contributor to OAuth and supporter of various social network portability tools, she is considered a leader in open web practices.

OAuth is An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.

If you’ve followed CreativeXpert, you already know that Daniel is Digg’s designer, and is also still involved with silverorange, based on the East Coast of Canada.

I’ve been a Pownce Pro user for several months. To me, it’s THE BEST social application I’ve used. The usability is second to none. One cool thing about this interview, aside from having both Leah and Daniel on the show, is the fact that Pownce members were the ones to develop the content!

Jump over to Pownce and sign-up now!

Thanks for your support and your requests to bring back CreativeXpert in 2008! It’s been a busy 2007, and with your help we can plan some more great shows! Alan

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In issue#17 we speak with Alan Musselman –Developer Relations for Adobe Fireworks CS3.

In this interview, both Alans discuss life behind the scenes of an incredible software release. We hear how Adobe has recognized the awesome power of Fireworks to hold it up high and say “world… use this for web graphics!” {ok, that’s what I’m saying, but still…}

One of the many cool features of Fireworks is the ability to import Photoshop files and all live effects are maintained. This level of control is a welcomed addition — the ability to preserve your document withouth having to go to Photoshop for small tweaks. We also hear about Illustrator integration, Hierarchical Layers, the new Page feature, the Common Library and the overall position of Fireworks within the Adobe community. It’s worth coming-over to check-out Fireworks.

Download a 30-day trial version of Fireworks at Adobe.com

Additional Reading:
A Sparkling Future for Fireworks
Adobe Developer Center - “Introducing Fireworks CS3″

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In issue#16 we speak with Chris J. Davis — designer, developer, writer, speaker, WordPressian and Habari Expert.

photo cred : Chris J. Davis @ chrisjdavis.org

Chris shares a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Habari. He talks about the other members of the team: Scott Merrill ~ skippy.net, Owen Winkler ~ asymptomatic.net & Rich Bowen ~ wooga.drbacchus.com. We learn about the vision and the future of Habari and what Chris is still doing with WordPress.

I’m excited to get involved at the ground level, reading-up at Google Code, the Habari dev wiki and glued to habariproject.org.

In the most simple terms, Habari is a collaborative open source blogging platform in active development. With Habari, you are given the power to create a blog or web journal of your own.

The official Habari Project site | habariproject.org

The Habari project over at Google Code
code.google.com/p/habari

More on Habari, from Chris’ site
chrisjdavis.org/tag/habari

While you’re trolling-around for more information on Habari, be sure to stop-by the “Being Chris J. Davis Photo Pool“.

Listen to win the book “Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications” by Patrick Lenz! Packed with easy-to-understand instructions and sample code, Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications is the ultimate beginner’s guide to Ruby on Rails.

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In issue#15 we speak with Daniel Burka, xpert Designer.

digg this interview

It’s great to be back in the swing of things for CreativeXpert!

Also great is to speak with Daniel about his design experience. We hear about the Hinterland-based silverorange, where Daniel made some skrilla for Mozilla, and Wine Wednesdays at digg.

More on Daniel:

Silverorange is a small web development shop based on the East Coast of Canada. Several of us formed the company back in 1999 by merging our previous little companies (Whitelands and Metamedia) together. We do a wide variety of work including full site development as well as UI consulting and development. Lately, we’ve done a bunch of work for clients like Digg, Mozilla, Ning, Idee, Revision3 and more traditional development projects for e-commerce clients across North America.

I’ve been doing web design since high school {pictured at left} in Canada when we formed silverorange and I’ve had a hand in just about every project silverorange has been a part of.

I started working with Digg through silverorange a year and half ago and that developed into a long-term ongoing relationship. Last spring Kevin convinced me to move to SF (he didn’t have to twist my arm too hard) and I came to work on more of a full-time basis with Digg with the blessing of the silverorange crew.

Photo of Daniel: courtesy of owen byrne, digg.com
Photo of Daniel’s school: 98% lies.
Diggnation is pwned by Revision3 Corporation

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In issue#14 we speak with Mia Michaels, xpert Choreographer.

I had the great opportunity to speak with Mia who was relaxing at Mom’s house in Florida. Mia shares what it’s like to be one of the most in-demand choreographers today. She talks about working with Celine Dion, Cirque Du Soleil, Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance and beyond.

Mia clippings | Source, wikipedia.org:
Mia Michaels is an American choreographer. She has worked with Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Prince, and is best-known for contemporary dance choreography. She is a regular judge and choreographer on the program So You Think You Can Dance, and choreographed Celine Dion’s Las Vegas show “A New Day,” as well as a Cirque du Soleil show, “Delirium,” and several commercials such as those for Coldwell Banker, Ziploc and the WNBA.

INTERVIEW LINKS:
Mia’s Website | Mia at Wkikipedia

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