Flash Chess What nobody thought was possible? Chess in Flash. These guys did it with the new Flash MX using Actionscripting. Quite a kick, however, I won easily. I played the hard version and the computer just moved its Queen around and tried to take pieces. It even missed some obvious opportunities.

Macromedia the edge newsletter May 02 This is a great way to do a web version of an email newsletter. I think Macromedia did a great job with the “loading” screens. The gradient moving across is superb.

IDEO Did anybody notice? IDEO has a new site. Check it out. If you haven’t read the book about this company, I highly suggest you get a copy for yourself.

Rockport Publishers This company has a neat logo that looks like a sailboat, notice how the ‘p’ in the logo acts as a keel? Pretty clever.