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RTMFP, where did all my neighbors go?

David Moore — Sat, 14 May 2011 19:54:21 +0000

So while RTMFP is great for peer to peer connections, it does have some considerations that you need to take into account when using it. The biggest, knowing when peers connect and disconnect to the app.

When a peer connects, the app will receive a NetStatusEvent. The event’s info.code will be a “NetGroup.Neighbor.Connect”. You can use the info.neighbor as a unique identifier for the connected peer.

The nice thing, is if a peer comes in late to the p2p party, as soon as a peer sends a message that is received by yours, then the connect event will be fired. So you’ll always have a list of peers that have connected to your client.

When a peer needs to disconnect, it should call the NetGroup’s close() method. This will send out a packet letting all other peers know that it has disconnected.

The interesting thing is, this is RTMFP, so not all packets will get to all peers. So what happens if your client doesn’t receive the disconnect packet? How do you know that your list of connected peers isn’t stale? Good question. One I don’t yet have an answer to. So if any of you do, please let me know.

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Communication

David Moore — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:00:45 +0000

For a while now I’ve been thinking on communication. How, despite my father being a professor of communication for all of my life, I don’t seem to be an expert in it. In some cases, I’m not good at it at all. This is definitely my failing, not my father’s, just trying to put things in perspective here.

I am fine when it comes to speaking and talking with groups of friends. I am even ok when it comes to strangers, as long as I know what the heck I am talking about. If I don’t, then I use the old adage of “It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” I learn a lot by listening to others, and will eventually catch up.

The issue that I have been ruminating on lately though, is that of keeping up communication. I’ve always said I am bad at selling myself, when I was freelancing especially. A good part of that is keeping up communication.

So in an effort to be better at communicating, I will be restoring my previous efforts of posting to the blog. They will most likely be in audio format, since I have more time to record my thoughts than I do to type them.

The content of the podcast postings will be fairly random, but mostly be on the topics of: flash/flex and mobile development, writing, and perhaps some other bits and pieces from my life.

This is an effort to increase my communication skills, so if you like it, great. If you don’t then let me know.

A few other things that I will be doing to increase my communication with family, friends, and colleagues is to email or phone more regularly, to respond to their communications more frequently and in a more timely manner, and… well, I need some help on the rest. That’s why I’m posting, and doing this navel gazing introspection, right?

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-07

David Moore — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:59:59 +0000

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David Moore — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:59:59 +0000

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David Moore — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:59:59 +0000

I started @scalzi’s Old Man’s War for The Secret Lair, and I liked it so much that I am on book three now! #

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I’ve moved, to here!

David Moore — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:34:54 +0000

Hi all,

If you are reading this, you’ve made it over to the new blog location. If you didn’t do it manually, then you should be fine. If you did, then you might need to update your bookmarks.

Thanks,

David

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Twitter Updates for 2007-05-31

David Moore — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:59:59 +0000

Editing The Game Master Show session of Don’t Rest Your Head. #

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David Moore — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

@mightymur More than likely they yelled that you rock, and that they like your new tattoo. #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-05-26

David Moore — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

I am totally still up at 2:30am… good thing too evidently, I have to type up my essay for The Signal. #
Done typing in the essay, going cross-eyed from weariness, but more or less awake from coffee. Anything else I need to do? #

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David Moore — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

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David Moore — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

Wanting to be heading to Balticon… #
MMMmmm… cold, stale coffee. #
And… Evo-cons just aren’t hip right now. #
Back from lunch with Tabz! #
Gotten nearly everything I needed doing done today at work. It’s a good feeling. Project should be done ahead of schedule. #

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David Moore — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

At lunch, though the Team Building tv watching has reduced to one (me). #
Today is Evo-con day! Everyone change your icon to a picture of Evo! #
Evo-con day doesn’t seem to be working. #
@mightymur I would send you a pie in the mail, but I don’t think it would make it intact. #
Listening to Slice of Sci-Fi. #
@planetretcon I hope that is sushi gotten from the grocery store, and not sushi made from grocery stores instead of fish. #

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David Moore — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

Finding I really like Google Reader. #

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David Moore — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

Going out to shovel dirt and rocks at a friend’s house, again. At least he now has a pool. #

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David Moore — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:59:59 +0000

Had some coffee, I think I can function now. #
Back from yesterday’s CS3 conference in Chicago. Very cool stuff coming in CS3, I hope we get copies soon. #
Heading to lunch and brainstorm… #
@codeshaman I think you said something, but it was disturbing. #
“…In a corner forgotten by no-one.
You lived for the touch
For the feel of the steel,
One man, and his Honour.” #
@tabz I ducked. #
I have so much email to catch up on from missing it yesterday, #

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