About Us
Community MX is a collection of experts from around the world in all of the Macromedia products. We have combined forces to provide the most comprehensive content resource available. We don't think you will find the same quality or quantity of fresh new MX content anywhere else. We hope you will join us and make the community larger.
The Partners
Ray West
Expertise: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, ASP, ColdFusion, Contribute
Contributions: Co-Author of 9 books on Dreamweaver and UltraDev, Founder
of TODCON (www.todcon.org). Adobe Community Expert for Dreamweaver.
Jim Babbage
Expertise:Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Acrobat, Web Design, Imaging, Commercial Digital Photography and Immersive Imaging, Design
Contributions: Adobe Community Expert for Fireworks, Guest Speaker at TODCON 2003, 2004, 2005 and DesignFest '05. Freelance Technical Writer for Visual Convergence Magazine, MX Developers Journal. Jim teaches imaging, web design and photography at the School of Communications, Media and Design at Centennial College in Toronto, and is Creative Partner/co-owner of NewMedia Services in Toronto, and am reputedly an all around nice guy. My motto: "Walk softly and wear a loud shirt."
Joseph Balderson
Expertise: actionscripting, RIA development, interactive usability & design, Flash games, streaming media.
Contributions: Developer, Trainer, Author, and all-round Flash addict.
Joseph Balderson is a freelance Flash Platform Developer & Trainer, Technical Writer, Speaker and all-around Flash Addict. His expertise runs the gamut of Flash, Flex, RIA development and streaming media. He currently lives with his wife and three furry friends
in Toronto Canada.
Laurie Casolino
Expertise: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Web Design, CSS
Contributions: Team Macromedia for DreamweaverMX 2004, Technical Editor for "Dreamweaver MX 2004 - Demystified" and "Dreamweaver MX Templates"
Kim Cavanaugh
Expertise: Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, Contribute, eLearning for Education
Contributions: Author of "Beginners Guides to Dreamweaver and Fireworks", Co-author "Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic", Contributing author "Macromedia MX Bible", Team Macromedia for Fireworks
Chaz Chumley
Expertise: Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, Fireworks, XHTML
Contributions: Consultant, Instructor, Author, Husband and Father. Chaz has been specializing in web development and database design since 1995. He currently resides as an Application Developer for Lucidus Corporation, an Internet Application Development & Hosting company as well as an Instructor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas teaching XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Fireworks, Photoshop and ColdFusion. Chaz is a frequent speaker at Adobe User Groups and such conferences as Todcon and CFUnited.
Arman Danesh
Expertise: ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, WML and WAP Applications
Contributions: Written or co-authored more than 20 books including "ColdFusion MX Developer's Handbook", "Mastering ColdFusion MX", "SAIR Linux & GNU Certified Administrator All-in-One Exam Guide", "Safe and Secure: Secure Your Home Network and Protect Your Privacy Online", and "Teach Yourself JavaScript 1.1 in a Week"
Paul Davis
Expertise: Dreamweaver, DW Exetensions, JavaScript, PHP, mySQL, CSS, Small Business advocacy
Contributions: TODCON speaker, Kaosweaver extension author, Macromedia's DevNet contributor, Developer MX article author. Self taught programmer and business
advocate - if there is a will, there is an attorney!
Kim Dudley
Expertise: Freehand, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat
and Illustrator. Design, Pre-press, digital imaging, MacOSX
Contributions: Develop and deliver training on software, hardware and digital technologies. Organize, create projects and judge national and international skills competitions in graphic design. Owner - Coast to Coast Design.
Chris Flick
Expertise: DWMX, FWMX, FreehandMX, Photoshop and Acrobat. Also a traditional illustrator and cartoonist.
Contributions: Contributing author of "Building Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX" and "Building Dynamic Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX" for New Riders - and poking light fun at all the other CMX partners. Especially Tom Green.
Sheri German
Expertise: Dreamweaver, technology education, eLearning, Fireworks, Photoshop, GoLive, InDesign and Acrobat
Contributions: Web technology instructor for the Government Printing Office IFPEP and for Trinity University in Washington, D.C., web developer who concentrates on sites for people in the arts, Adobe Education Leader, certified Dreamweaver developer, contributing author for the Washington Apple Pi Journal, and co-author of the Dreamweaver 8 Visual Encyclopedia (Wiley) and Home Learning College Dreamweaver 8 course.
Zoe Gillenwater
Expertise: CSS, (X)HTML, Dreamweaver, design, usability, accessibility
Contributions: MX Developer's Journal contributing author, regular contributor to css-discuss list.
Tom Green
Expertise: DWMX, FWMX, FlashMX, FreehandMX, DirectorMX, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, AfterEffects, Premiere, InDesign and Acrobat. Workflow and integration of the tools in the MX Studio with an eye to working smarter not harder.
Contributions: Teacher, Lecturer, Author, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. Multimedia Instructor at Humber College's School of Media Studies in Toronto. Author of "Director 8 with Shockwave Fast and Easy" for Prima Tech, "Building Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX" and "Building Dynamic Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX" for New Riders. Team Macromedia Member for Fireworks MX 2004.
Bill Horvath
Expertise: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, ColdFusion, ASP.
Contributions: Team Macromedia for Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver MX Certified Developer, Comic Relief
Knut Kubenz
Expertise: Photoshop, commercial photography and graphic arts. I have been using Photoshop since version 1.0 and have been a commercial photographer for over 30 years. I am totally versed in both traditional imaging as well as digital processing for both print and electronic media.
Contributions: Currently teaching Imaging using Photoshop at Centennial College in a number of related courses including: Imaging for Photo-Journalism and Graphic Design Media as well as an introductory course and an advanced course which I developed in Photoshop for Continuing Education career students.
I have also taught imaging and Photoshop as part of all day seminars and workshops to corporations outside of the college environment. I'm happy to say I have been awarded Teaching Excellence Certificates from Centennial College as the result of my teaching.
Tom Muck
Expertise: Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, Flash Remoting, Dreamweaver Extensions
Contributions: Co-Author of 6 books on Dreamweaver and UltraDev, Extension Author, Flash Remoting, ColdFusion. Team Macromedia for Flash MX 2004,. Winner - Best UltraDev Extension - 2001
Robert Reinhardt
Expertise: Flash MX 2004, Flash Communication Server, Flash Remoting, Director MX 2004, Flex, ActionScript, Certified Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Developer, Certified Macromedia Flash MX Developer,
Certified Macromedia Flash 5 Developer. Team
Macromedia for Flash.
Contributions: Lead author of the Flash Bible series (over 200,000 copies sold, translated into over thirteen languages), the Flash ActionScript Bible, and Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications. Currently VP of the Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic in
Los Angeles, and co-principal of [theMAKERS]. Speaker at twenty conferences in the last five years, including FlashForward, FlashintheCan, and SIGGRAPH. Maintains the Flash resource site, FlashSupport.com.
Steve Schelter
Expertise: Flash, Flex, ActionScript 2.0, ActionScript 3.0, Dreamweaver, Photoshop
Contributions: Currently employed as a Senior Associate Flash Developer for Sapient and also does freelance work at schelterstudios.com. Steve is a strong advocate of OOP Design theory and standards in development and often looks for new ways to help the Flash community. Steve has recently tech reviewed for the "ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook" and "Programming Flex 2" books.
Steven Seiller
Expertise: Marketing, Sales, Education, Copywriting, Photography, Graphic Design, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Search Engine Optimization, Usability, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Mac OS
Contributions: Award winning, internationally published photographer; started computer programming in 1979 on a Bally video game console when not playing Pong; created international ecommerce site in 1997 when the banks said, "You're going to do what on the what?!?"; he has a habit of finding the features in software which don't work right and is a "go to geek" for how to get things done.
Adrian Senior
Expertise: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, CSS, ColdFusion
Contributions: Team Macromedia for DreamweaverMX 2004, Contributing author to Macromedia's DevNet section, Speaker at TODcon Orlando 2004, owner of Webade design & development.
David Stiller
Expertise: Flash, ActionScript, JSFL, Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Regular Expressions, Photoshop, Premiere
Contributions: David Stiller is a career multimedia programmer/designer whose portfolio includes NASA, Adobe, and major US automotive and boat manufacturers. He likes anaglyph 3D photography, finely crafted wooden game boards, Library of Congress field recordings, and Turkish coffee. David is self-taught and gets a kick out of sharing "aha!" moments with others through consultation, mentoring, and regular contributions to a variety of Flash forums. He lives in Virginia with his amazing wife, Dawn, and his beguiling daughter, Meridian.
Stephanie Sullivan
Expertise: Dreamweaver, CSS, Accessibility, Color Theory and Design
Contributions: Co-author - "Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic", Speaker - TODCON 2004, Contributor - Macromedia's DevNet section and MX Developer's Journal, Tech Editor - "Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips", Team Macromedia for Dreamweaver MX 2004, Owner - VioletSky Design.
Estelle Weyl
Expertise: CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, Standards
Contributions: Estelle Weyl started her professional life in architecture, then managed teen health programs. Since 2000, she has been developing standards compliant websites with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. While running her own business, she has consulted and worked for a few sites not her own, such as Engage.com, Kodakgallery and Yahoo!.
Estelle lives just south of San Francisco. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Washington University, a Masters degree from Harvard University, and a much more useful Associates Degree from Foothill Community College. She shares tidbits learned while programming and esoteric CSS bits discovered while geeking out in her blog "CSS, JavaScript and XHTML Explained "
Rob Williams
Expertise: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Flash, Director, CSS, Fireworks, Dreamweaver
Contributions: Self-taught tech head with a knack for understanding and solving problems in a hurry, as well as the ability to boil even the most complex of tasks down to fit an easy to follow analogy.
Darren Winder
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, PainterX.
Contributions: Graphic design, web design, teacher and technical editor of books on Photoshop, Illustrator and Coral PainterX, including Photoshop CS2 Gone Wild by Sherry London and Digital Painting Fundamentals with Coral PainterX by Rhoda Grossman. Widely known on the internet circuit, Teaching Assistant for Sherry London at ed2go.com teaching Photoshop and Illustrator courses via the internet, through colleges and universities worldwide. Can also be found at PhotoshopCafe as a moderator answering any questions you may have on Illustrator and Photoshop, also the owner of d.a.w.DESIGN: a digital art studio www.dawdesign.com and www.dawdesign.net Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, PainterX.
Derrick Ypenburg
Expertise: Flash, ActionScript, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Design, Audio/Video, abstract thinking, changing diapers, and downhill skiing!
Contributions: Derrick has been working in the new media industry for over 10 years. Over the years, Derrick has developed hundreds of web, flash, and video applications for clients such as: MTV, EMI/Virgin Music, New England Journal of Medicine, and Spike TV. He has also spoken at numerous conferences. Most recently, Derrick spoke at Flash in the Can 2006 in Toronto about “The Art of Encoding” for Flash video. Derrick was also a co-author for the Adobe authorized Flash 8 Video course. Derrick currently works as a freelance developer, is a Flash evangelist, and moonlights as an instructor in the Multimedia program at Humber College in Toronto Canada. When not working, Derrick can be found sliding aimlessly down ski slopes around Ontario (or chasing his energetic baby boy around the house).
The CMXperts
Charlie Arehart
Expertise: ColdFusion, related web application development tools and technologies
Contributions: Frequent contributor to Adobe Developer Center, FusionAuthority Quarterly Update, previously a frequent contributor to (and tech editor in 2002 of ) the ColdFusion Developers Journal, contributor to all three volumes of the CF 8 Web App Construction Kit books (with Ben Forta), blogger at carehart.org and other past blogs, Adobe Community Expert and former Team Macromedia member, host of the ColdFusion Meetup (coldfusionmeetup.com)., the world's largest CF User Group, and frequent speaker to CF conferences and user groups.
Heidi Bautista
Expertise: ASP.NET, ASP, C#, VB, Dreamweaver, SQL Server 2000
Contributions: Contributing author to Macromedia's Developer Center (DevNet), Edge newsletter, and MX Developer's Journal. Conference speaker (TODcon Orlando 2004 and Macromedia's MAX 2003 in Salt Lake City). Owner of Groovy bits.
Holly Bergevin
Expertise: xhtml, CSS, Code Troubleshooter
Contributions: Regular contributor to css-discuss list; 3 Column Complex Layout guest demo on positioniseverything.net
John Gallant
Expertise: Photoshop, Xhtml, CSS, advanced positioning, criticism in general
Contributions: Regular contributor to css-discuss e-list, and major squasher of CSS bugs as chronicled in his site, positioniseverything.net. He also makes really awful puns, and Eric Meyer owes him a favor...
Tricia Littlefield
Expertise: Dreamweaver, CSS, Fireworks, Accessibility, Internet Marketing
Contributions: Teaches and develops Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Internet Business Strategies courses through affiliation with The Northwestern Ontario Technology Centre.
Joey Lott
Expertise: Flash, ActionScript, Flash Remoting, ColdFusion, Java, MySQL, XML, Web services.
Contributions: Author of the "ActionScript Cookbook" and "Complete Flash Remoting MX". Co-author of the "ActionScript Bible" and the "Flash Cookbook". Joey has recorded several movie-based training titles, including Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash MX 2004, Advanced ActionScript 2.0 in Flash MX 2004, and Learning ColdFusion MX.
Joel Martinez
Expertise: ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Classic ASP, Coldfusion
Contributions:
Co-Author: "ASP.NET Development with Dreamweaver MX: Visual QuickPro Guide", Co-author "Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic"; speaker at TODCON and MXNorth contributor to MX inSite Magazine. His blog can be found at Code Cube, and he's the founder of the Orlando .NET User Group
Paul Newman
Expertise: Dreamweaver, Central, Flash, ActionScript, Flash Remoting, ColdFusion, ASP, SQL Server, Photoshop, ImageReady and InDesign
Contributions: Author of The Joy of Dreamweaver MX. Contributor to DevNet. Team Macromedia for Central. Director, Multimedia Platforms, Schematic, New York
. Speaker at Todcon MX 2005. Founder of Newman Zone.
Danny Patterson
Expertise: Flash MX 2004, Flash Remoting, Central, ColdFusion MX, Director MX 2004, Flex, HomeSite, ActionScript, CFML, PHP, T-SQL, JavaScript, XML/XSLT, CSS, HTML, MS SQL, MySQL. Certified Macromedia Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer, Certified Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Developer, Certified Macromedia Flash MX Developer. Team Macromedia for Flash.
Contributions: Author of "CSV in Flash MX 2004" for MX Developers Journal (July Issue)
Thomas Pletcher
Expertise: PHP, MySQL, Mac OS X, Linux, open source
Contributions: Editor, Writeside Review; Director, Thomas Pletcher Studio, communications agency in Upstate NY. Contributor to O'Reilly's Ubuntu Hacks.
