Having spent years as a multimedia producer and engineer, since arriving at Macromedia, his work includes the design and development of the V1 Flash Component Architecture and a central role in the development of the V2 Architecture. Nigel's work appears in many Macromedia products, including Flash, Flex, Central, Breeze, Cold Fusion, and Dreamweaver, and he continues to apply his passion for Flash Application architecture today on the Breeze Live team. Nigel maintains a blog on the subject of components and flash applications at www.markme.com/nigel.