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Leonardo Sketch 1.0 Released: Drawing the Future

We are proud to announce the release of Leonardo Sketch 1.0.  Leo is a open source cross platform vector drawing tool built for designers and programmers.

Amino 1.0 is released: A scenegraph for Java and JavaScript

After several months of work, nestled in between getting webOS 3.0 out the door and prepping the nursery for the pending arrival of my first child, I am happy to announce the release of Amino 1.0.
I have been eagerly following the development of HTML 5 Canvas support in the major browsers as well as ensuring the

Amino + Swing = Crazy Delicious

For the past few months I've been working on an open source UI toolkit called Amino. It has lots of cool features like a scenegraph, CSS control skinning, and dynamic translation editing. You just have write your app in Amino and you get the cool stuff for free. But what if you have an existing Swing application and don't want to rewrite it? Don't worry, Amino's got you covered.

Leonardo needs a server side engineer

We are making progress on the next release of Leonardo, an open source desktop Java drawing program. One of the key features scheduled for the next release is a webservice that lets users save and share reusable symbols they've created. For example, someone could create a set of GWT mockup widgets, then share this set with others.

Ruby Red is Here!

Ruby Red, the first full release of Leonardo Sketch is ready for download. Leonardo is a desktop open source drawing program written entirely in Java. In this first version of Leonardo, features include:

When Commented Out Code Attacks

AKA: a Teachable Moment in Performance Tests, Profilers, and Debugging statements.

The Deprecation

The Deprecation

If you're reading this blog then there's a good chance you've heard Apple has deprecated their implementation of Java on the Mac. Contrary to the resulting outrage over the last few days, I don't find change to be a shocking surprise.

Leonardo Beta 2 is Not a Witch

When you go to the polls today shouldn't you make sure you have the support of a drawing program that will fight for your interests in Washington?

Announcing Amino, a new UI toolkit for Desktop Java

A decade from now 90% of people will use phones, slates, or netbooks as their primary computing device. This is a very exciting development in the software world and promises to reshape the way we make software (check out the great stuff our lead developer is doing in his day job at Palm), but Amino isn't for that world.

Anouncing Leonardo

Today I am proud to announce a project I've been working on for the past few months called Leonardo. I've long believed there's a need for a good desktop drawing app that is completely cross platform, free, and open source. Leonardo is that app.