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Well, now, those images bring back a lot of memories. I was in a similar boat. My early blog made money for me through affiliate sales for books about Flash, w

by mesh 4y ago

Well, now, those images bring back a lot of memories. I was in a similar boat. My early blog made money for me through affiliate sales for books about Flash, which eventually led to me writing books on Generator / Flash, which led to a job at Macromedia, which led to me reaching out and recognizing people in the community! Miss blogs and the culture around them so much. Here are some more images of some of that Macromedia swag: https://flickr.com/photos/mikechambers/albums/72157594191144032 https://flickr.com/photos/mikechambers/albums/72157594191144...

Brajeshwar 4y ago
Dude, you are Mike Chambers. You are one of the person who made one of the biggest impact in my life and career. Your email that fateful day inviting me to be a "Macromedia Champion" (or something like that in 2002-ish) and the eventual "Lego" invite changed my life and career. It was the time I was in between jobs and was helping out everyone everywhere with Flash problems. Man, you are making me cry. You made me sit and talk with the authors whose books I read to get a job, you made me have dinner with the people who made the software that I worked with. I regret never getting a picture with you, and sorry for sleeping out on the Halo Game night at "W" that night. First jet-lag experience in my life and learning to adjust. Edit: I think I'm mixing up the timelines but the gist of story remains. I do not have the email archives prior to 2006, and I lost all emails from brajeshwar.com, and the photos metadata are scrambled after a crash-recovery around 2006-2007.
- spoonjim 4y ago
  FYI for people who haven’t pieced it together, the letter in the photos from BRajeshwar was sent by Mesh.
  - martin_a 4y ago
    This is a very nice moment. Meeting each other on the internet after all those years. Nice.
- mesh 4y ago
  It really cool to hear from you. Was excited when I saw your post. Such amazing times!
ed_elliott_asc 4y ago
The Macromedia suite was so cool at the time, remember be awed by what it could do.
pixelbath 4y ago
Wow, both you guys were (a couple of) my heroes back in the Actionscript days. Thanks for all you did back then, because it gave my coding skills a heck of a boost in my early career.
- Brajeshwar 4y ago
  Awesome. Thank you for your kind words. I'm flattered and you made me smile.

by mesh 4y ago

Brajeshwar 4y ago

Dude, you are Mike Chambers. You are one of the person who made one of the biggest impact in my life and career. Your email that fateful day inviting me to be a "Macromedia Champion" (or something like that in 2002-ish) and the eventual "Lego" invite changed my life and career. It was the time I was in between jobs and was helping out everyone everywhere with Flash problems. Man, you are making me cry. You made me sit and talk with the authors whose books I read to get a job, you made me have dinner with the people who made the software that I worked with. I regret never getting a picture with you, and sorry for sleeping out on the Halo Game night at "W" that night. First jet-lag experience in my life and learning to adjust. Edit: I think I'm mixing up the timelines but the gist of story remains. I do not have the email archives prior to 2006, and I lost all emails from brajeshwar.com, and the photos metadata are scrambled after a crash-recovery around 2006-2007.

spoonjim 4y ago
FYI for people who haven’t pieced it together, the letter in the photos from BRajeshwar was sent by Mesh.
- martin_a 4y ago
  This is a very nice moment. Meeting each other on the internet after all those years. Nice.
mesh 4y ago
It really cool to hear from you. Was excited when I saw your post. Such amazing times!

ed_elliott_asc 4y ago

The Macromedia suite was so cool at the time, remember be awed by what it could do.

pixelbath 4y ago

Wow, both you guys were (a couple of) my heroes back in the Actionscript days. Thanks for all you did back then, because it gave my coding skills a heck of a boost in my early career.

Brajeshwar 4y ago
Awesome. Thank you for your kind words. I'm flattered and you made me smile.