R Blank is CTO of Almer/Blank, an Adobe Solution Partner based in Venice, California that specializes in video and application development for the Flash Platform, for clients including E! Entertainment Television, Microsoft, Apple, and IKEA. For over 12 years he has been an interactive designer, developer, consultant, teacher, and author, specializing in the planning, development and release of rich interfaces; R has specialized in Flash since 1999. R holds four Flash Certifications, was one of the first 50 Macromedia Certified Flash Developers in the world, and is a contributing author f...