Here’s a YouTube version of the intro I did for the Remember the Future website.

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I just finished the redesign for Remember the Future, my family’s Alzheimer’s Association fund. All donations made to Remember the Future go directly toward the Association’s advocacy initiatives, urging Congress to appropriate more funding toward Alzheimer’s research and patient care.

One of the biggest issues regarding Alzheimer’s disease, aside from the disease itself, is the huge burden it puts on our health care system. Right now, the total cost of Alzheimer’s to Medicare, Medicaid and businesses with employees caring for Alzheimer’s is $148 billion annually. Meanwhile, as the baby boomer generation ages, the number of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s is expected to more than triple in the next 40 years, reaching 16 million by 2050. So increasing funding for research is a must.

But I digress.

If I can geek out for just a minute — I built the site with Flash CS3, and honed some serious actionscript skillz in the process, mostly in the intro. It was the first time I’ve used TweenLite, and certainly won’t be the last. That saves some serious busywork. One major lesson I learned is that audio and animation are nearly impossible to keep in sync for more than 30 seconds, whether you’re streaming or attaching a sound object. Needs some serious attention from Adobe.

So check out the site and, if you can, make a donation to Remember the Future. You can also join our team for this year’s Memory Walk, on Treasure Island, SF on October 11.

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