I was recently putting together a test plan for some interactives that we are deploying in the next couple of months. As I was putting the pieces together I was realizing that software testing is very similar to something I had previously done, writing educational goals for children with disabilities. I guess I have a [...]

I and fellow Iona Group developer, Mark Tovey, had the chance to present a basics of social media for the Morton, IL Economic Development Council’s LEAP (Local Education, Affordable Price) session. Edc Leap Social Media View more presentations from electricpineapple. Social networking on the web is just an extension of social networking in person. You [...]

For good or for bad the television experience, at some point, involves plopping down on the couch, turning on the television and flipping. Having to not make a decision of what to watch before getting a 3 second preview. In what I hope will be a new emerging media delivery model, streaming internet video does [...]

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The difference between setting up Drupal Services for a Flex 3 project and for an Air project is a few slight modifications. Using my tutorial for connecting a Flex project with Services and making the changes below will get Air connected with Drupal Services. You will need to create an Air project instead of a [...]

With some of the recent changes to the Services module in Drupal and without a great Flex integration example I was pressed to work my way through putting the pieces together. There are some good starter examples but I hope to take this start to finish including the use of api keys and session ids [...]

We are a constantly stimulated people who multitask to the nth degree. We text and instant message and email all while we are having a conversation with the person standing right in front of us. Why then would we not want to bring more content to the largest screen in our house, the television. News [...]

Electric Pineapple was originally an eccentric name for my web development company I started in my spare time in 2004. I was slinging the JavaScript like no one’s business for elementary schools and small businesses. I have moved on from my early days to a wonderful full time gig with The Iona Group doing multimedia [...]