Meet Michael Williams! Activetuts+ Technical Editor

Activetuts+ Editor on Feb 16th 2010 with 19 comments

We have big plans for Activetuts+ this year and we’ve started by adding a new member to the team! Michael Williams, who’s written a number of tuts for us already, has jumped on board as Technical Editor. He’ll proof-read the technical aspects of each tut, ensuring the ActionScript is up to scratch and that best practices are adhered to. What does this mean for you, the reader? Put simply, you can expect more content and improved quality.

For the last couple of weeks Michael’s been working alongside me and is doing a fantastic job, confirming the adage that two loaves are better than one..

Meet Michael Williams

An Englishman (a gentleman?), a freelancer, a cook, but crucially; a Flash developer. Michael has been using Flash since version 5, though began seriously developing with it from CS3 onwards. Before that his programming experience lay within the server-side realms of ASP and C#, but these days he enjoys nothing more than developing Flash Games whilst teaching others how to do the same. He believes that games are a strong context for learning programming and maths.

You can visit his blog to dive into his AS3 tuts for beginners, see his work on flashgamelicense.com and follow his ramblings on twitter (@MichaelJW). You can also expect more great tutorials from him on Activetuts+!

Meet Michael Williams! Activetuts+ Technical Editor

 
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Discussion 19 Comments

  1. Rasmus Wriedt Larsen says:
    February 16, 2010 at 2:29 am

    Hurray for MJW :)

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  2. fatih says:
    February 16, 2010 at 3:51 am

    best choice for activetuts

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  3. Bram says:
    February 16, 2010 at 4:30 am

    Winner!!

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  4. Peter says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:08 am

    Hi Michael /wave ;)

    Good to have you on board
    I hope this stop all the negative comments of people that clearly miss the meaning of certain tutorials and expect out of the box downloadable content. (ok and speaking for myself, my first tut here wasn’t really THE best example of code, but it was more showing the method, but boy some moaners here) … look at me, who’s moaning now haha. ;)

    I myself learn each day on writting better code so I am eager to learn.

    welcome!

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  5. Ryan Henson Creighton says:
    February 16, 2010 at 8:33 am

    MJW FTW!

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  6. Dario Gutierrez says:
    February 16, 2010 at 9:34 am

    Bravo Michael, congratulations.

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  7. Daniel Apt says:
    February 16, 2010 at 9:51 am

    Congrats Michael on being the new technical editor :D!

    Really have had great correspondence with you regarding some tutorials, so you’re already now doing a great job!

    Keep up the good work ;)!

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  8. Michael Williams says:
    February 16, 2010 at 10:53 am
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    Thanks for the welcome, everyone :)

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  9. Clemente Gomez says:
    February 16, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    Hey Welcome Mr Williams, I promise one day veeeery soon you’ll be proofreading my tuts, as soon as I can scrape up some free time =/.

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  10. Bloggerzbible says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Welcome michael

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  11. Reaper-Media says:
    February 17, 2010 at 3:14 am

    Congrats Michael for becomming the new ActiveTuts Tech Editor! :)

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  12. Bruno Crociquia says:
    February 17, 2010 at 3:19 am

    I must say its well done for active tuts for taking this weight out of you Ian. Welcome Michael :) you’re doing a great job for what i could see.

    Talk to you soon.

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    • Ian Yates says:
      February 17, 2010 at 4:10 am
      Author

      My idea actually – it seemed the obvious way to boost volume and quality control at the same time. I knew Michael from his writing and he was a clear first choice. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but I’m really pleased with how working as an editorial duo is going.

      Now we just need a few more quality regulars, such as your good self Bruno, then we’ll be sorted :)

      Expect significant growth from Activetuts+ in 2010!

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  13. lawrence77 says:
    February 27, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Before that his programming experience lay within the server-side realms of ASP and #C

    #C???

    anyway all the best Michael Williams!
    Well done Ian

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