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This latest project, for the Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center, is a bit different than my usual work in that I played the role of flash developer rather than designer. I had 2 months to complete the 3 animations: Meet the Team, Visit the Locations, and Illustrated Conditions. The design and illustration was entirely handled by the amazing MGH Marketing Team, so I had the opportunity to flex my nearly atrophied flash actionscript muscles.

I needed to make sure that the content was easily editable by someone with little or no flash experience, so I used XML files to contain the data. I also was faced with some new challenges (for me anyway). I handled the Send to a Friend feature with an external SWF that calls an ASP file and then sends an email. I created the Print feature in a similar way, again using ASP to load the content from the XML files to create a text only page. This could also be used to link screen readers to the content of the flash movies an accessible format.

It was great, though a bit challenging at first, to dive back into Actionscript after a long hiatus. I developed my new portfolio with many of the skills I exercised on this MGH project, in the hopes of attracting more Flash design and development business. Hear that, internet people? I want flash work!! Please!?