About
Name: Jack Doyle
Age: 34
I’m an odd mix of designer/programmer. I went to college on a graphic design scholarship but then after about 5 years of working as a designer in an agency, the internet emerged and I got motivated enough to order a few programming books so that I could produce the sites I wanted to create. Oh, and I HATE reading. It takes me a loooong time to read and digest the information. Well, I fell in love with writing code and here I am many years later doing exactly that every day. I still do design work for clients but the majority of my work involves dreaming up ways to accomplish advanced stuff in Flash.
Sometimes I dream in ActionScript. I know, it’s scary. And sad.
You can check out my web site (with samples of my work) at http://www.greensock.com.
As for hobbies, I play men’s volleyball (beach doubles and indoor 6’s) and basketball. Not that I’m that good, but I enjoy it. I played volleyball for Illinois State University back in my college days (when I could still jump – kinda).
I was an atheist for many years until I finally realized that I was completely ignorant of what I was denying. Atheism was my choice more for emotional reasons than logical ones. When I actually did some thinking and researching, I couldn’t remain an athiest without being intellectually dishonest. Deciding what I believed about who Jesus was impacted my life in some tremendous ways. Now a huge portion of my identity comes from being a Christian. Although I’m not an expert on the matter, I love discussing the issues related to what people believe (and why), who Jesus is (or isn’t), and how faith affects our lives in practical ways. Feel free to post questions related to faith here.
on November 6th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Heey MAN!
I’m a brazilian actionscript programmer, and i discovered your website from a friend.
I read your posts, I read your code! Heeey! It’s SCARY!!!!!
Your lifestyle, your lnowledge about Actionscript, your website :P is wonderful !
Here’s the thing: When I clicked on the link “About” on your blog, I expected to find out who was the programmer behind the monstrosity of TweenFilterLite … And what I found was not anything more than a simple sentence.
You should post more information about yourself!
We want to know!
A hug Mr Greensock!
on November 6th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Good point, Joel. I’ve gone ahead and added some info here. Thanks for asking. I didn’t think anyone really cared :-)
on February 17th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Hey Jack – I just wanted to say THANKS for writing TweenLite. I used it in AS2 and now I’m using the AS3 version. Both are absolutely awesome and have been a tremendous help to me in many projects. I pretty much never take the time to thank anyone for code I find on the internet, but yours is an exception. You rule.
Also, I just noticed your paragraph about being a Christian. How cool… I am a Christian as well and I try very hard to live every day for God’s glory.
Thanks again for sharing this awesome tool! –Ben
on February 24th, 2008 at 4:49 am
hey dude…
I’m sure you’ve tried your own tweener with: http://www.robertpenner.com/easing/
together, they’re like some unstoppable fusion of super guided movement. imaging a world where all movement in could be guided by an easing equation…I like this world.
on March 21st, 2008 at 5:09 am
Hi Jack,
I want to thank you for the nice work you have made available for us though your blog. I haven’t had the pleasure of using your tweening class yet, but using your XML parser has given me lots of programming joy.
Also, I think it’s admirable that you confess your faith. I am also a christian web developer — and once in a while I stumble about other developers that speak their faith freely. It’s always very encouraging.
Who said Jesus could not be preached in ActionScript?
Thank you for your effort. Now imagine all the people that want to thank you but don’t dare. — Simon
on March 25th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Jack,
Your the man!
Post Simple3D! We’re waiting!
on March 25th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I know, I know, Sean, I’m sorry it’s taking a while to get Simple3D launched, but I’ve been WAAAY too busy lately and I need to iron out one issue in the code before launching it. I just haven’t had time to even spend 10 minutes on it in the past 4-6 weeks. Plus I want to get some forums set up, etc. to better serve the community. Thanks for your patience! Stay tuned. If you want to see a sample of what Simple3D can do, you can check it out at http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/Simple3D/ (sorry about the silly video – it’s just one that I had on hand of my sons and I wanted to test performance to make sure the class could render things like 30fps video smoothly)
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:49 pm
hey jack,
well first of all … thank you soooo much for all you have gave to us … ok so far :) –
i’ve just watched the Simple3D demo … fantastic great. can’t wait to get a preview to work with … i think i would pay a lot of money to get it in a few days ! :) … deal or no deal :)
thanks … stay tweened
on May 27th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Hi Jack!
I’ve been using another Tween class for a while and I discovered your website some days a go…
TweenMax is absolutly awesome!!!
Thanks a lot for sharing it!!!
I will recommend this Tween class to everyone.
Cheers.
on June 13th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Hi Jack,
A tweener is very important tool in my development, I’ve probably tried them all, as2 and as3, at least one time in production. I dont know why I didn’t try yours before, maybe the word “lite” scared me :)
Anyway, when I saw some properties like delayIncrement, it made me think that this tweener has been done to be used in a real daily work, absolutely well thought in a lot of aspects. I made my life easier with complicated delay behaviors, reducing grantly the number of lines.
I didn’t understand why the overwrite property default wasn’t false (probably to keep the performances), but more I use, more I get good surprises.
Very good work, performances are excellent. Thanks for sharing, keep up your work.
Romu
on July 17th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Wow!!! I have no words, thank you Jack; these classes are awesome, ease to use and fast.
Thank you for taking the time to do something really useful.
It seems that we are neighbors, I am from Woodstock Illinois.
Thanks,
Fs_tiger
on July 20th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Hi Jack,
Incredible tween class. I am finding it easier than Fuse for many things.
Thanks Again for all your great work!
on August 11th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
dear Jack, i love your work, u r making our flash life easier…
i wonder whats next !
sometimes i dream on actionscript too… kinda weird
thounsand times: thanks! God bless your work.
on September 19th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Keep dreaming in ActionSript! Its good for us ;)
on November 15th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Jack, it’s nice of you to share your faith through this simple page.
I hope more people will get to know Jesus through you.
I personally find the book Know Why You Believe really interesting.
And oh, did I mention that your AS library rocks? :)
on March 22nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Hi, I’m a dreamer too. Well, I think I’ve never dreamed in code, but I dream videogames. I’m still looking for a great idea for a incredible huge casual flash game… waiting but hoping I guess :). Anyway, I just want to say thank you for the support you gave/give/will give for my projects. I can see the passion through the code lines and that’s what marks a great product from a normal one.
I won’t bother you with my thoughts about faith (men’s gods + me = pretty miserable match) but I wish it will bring you at least the same happiness your libraries brought to me :)
on May 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Jack,
I love these classes and appreciate your work. Your openness about your faith is fantastic and I applaud you for that more than any ActionScript you could ever write. Keep up the good work, I’ll make sure to donate to the cause in the coming months.
on May 26th, 2009 at 3:14 am
i can’t imagine i found this site just a few days ago after struggling with actionscript for years. i know it never too late.. Thanks for the classes! Can’t wait for the full version 11 :D
on May 31st, 2009 at 6:52 am
Just wanted to thank you a thousand times for creating these classes.
I am just amazed by your generosity.
Cheers.
DCL.
on June 11th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Jack – I already have much admiration for you! Not only are you a prodigy in AS3, but you profess your faith unashamedly, yet without condescension. That’s the best way to reflect the grace of our savior.
I have been getting into AS3 over the past year and have enjoyed every second of it. Your work has helped me learn quite a bit along the way.
Thanks again for all that you do,
- AR