MediaSlurp was developed with communities in mind. We saw a need, a need for a tool that aggregates community-driven multimedia content. The tool had to be easy and fun to use, and provide timely information relevant to the user. Our goal is to provide that tool to you and enhance it over time with your feedback. MediaSlurp is built on Adobe AIR™ using the Flex SDK. The first version was built in approximately three weeks by three developers, attesting to the rapid development capability that the Adobe platform provides.

The MediaSlurp Team

Ben Farrell

Ben currently works as a Flex/Flash/Javascript/UI developer at Digitalsmiths in Durham, NC. Prior to Digitalsmiths, Ben worked at 360KID in Boston, MA where he helped create educational games and applications for top publishers like Pearson and McGraw Hill, Nickelodeon Jr., and Sesame Street earning multiple awards including two Emmy Nominations. Ben is currently working on a side project of his called Blastanova, where casual games are matched with songs to create a music video-like experience for independent artists. Ben is also very interested in music as well as musical/UI experimentation. He has written several codebass.net articles on dynamic music creation in Flash, and has given a talk at NCDevCon on the subject. Ben is also currently working on Flashamaphone, an open source Flash live instrumentation engine.

Vicky Ryder

Vicky is a freelance developer who began her I.T. career as an MCSE certified network engineer, eventually working her way up to a managerial position. While serving in this role for a major financial publishing corporation’s Washington, D.C. office, Vicky taught herself ColdFusion and developed applications that improved workflow up to the corporate level. Her most notable application garnered a regional Advancement of Technology award. Since then, Vicky has broadened her knowledge of Social Media and now runs CodeBass, a team blog focused on music, sound, and the cross-promotion of Adobe technology platforms of which she is both a devoted user and fan.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank a number of people who have supported and continue to support our efforts in a variety of ways. Some helped us beta test, some helped us with branding and promotion, others provided reliable resources.. you name it. This list will surely not be complete.