Archive for Flash on the Beach
July 3, 2008 at 3:44 pm · Filed under Flash on the Beach
The work-in-progress Flash on the Beach 2008 schedule was posted this afternoon, and since I bought my ticket the day registration opened, you can imagine how I immediately went to the site to check out exactly who was speaking and when.
As expected, it looks like this year's conference is going to rock as much as last year's. An amazing line-up of speakers, a great new hotel right next to the venue, and even the 'inspire' sessions have made their way back this year.
However, I have to take issue with one particular time slot in the schedule:
Why would you have three of the most active Flash community members present during the same time slot? All three of these are speakers who could easily fill the room, and I'm disappointed that I'll have to choose to only see one.
Maybe this is indicitive of how popular the conference has become that two of the best known developers (Grant and Peter), and a designer/developer (Dr. Whoohoo) who has contributed largely to one of Adobe's most innovative new releases, Switchboard, could only be fit into the schedule at the same time. If so, that's great for the conference... but it is still such a Catch-22 for attendees to have great speakers and no way to see them all.
Update: I just got an email from John Davey, who runs FOTB, and he has updated the schedule so these three do not sit on the same timeslot! Thanks, John -- it is reasons like your willingness to take suggestions from the community which makes the conference such a great success.
May 7, 2008 at 5:45 pm · Filed under 360|Flex, Flash, Flash on the Beach, FlashForward Conference, Flex
Some readers may remember my previous post on the costs of conferences, specifically Flash on the Beach and 360|Flex compared to FlashForward. In short, FlashForward was more expensive... by a landslide... even when factoring in the cost of an international flight and 2:1 exchange rates.
However, when Lynda.com sold FlashForward to Beau Ambur and Metaliq a few months back, I was hoping things might be changing. Surely they wouldn't keep the cost of attendance so high, would they? I even had the thought that if the price got down to the $400 to $500 range, I would consider attending once again. So when I received an email today announcing FlashForward 2008 San Francisco festival nominations were open and providing a link to the pricing information, I was excited to see if changes had indeed been made.
Sadly, I was disappointed. Yes, the prices seem to have went down slightly. But the early bird price is still $899, and the cost goes all the way up to $1099 for at-the-door registration. I guess this year Flash on the Beach (for which I have already bought my 2008 pass) only wins by $464 instead of $664. That's progress, right?
November 20, 2007 at 6:44 pm · Filed under Flash, Flash on the Beach
"Building Red5 Applications" - Chris Allen
"Stylizing Flex Apps" - Joey Lott
"KlangFabrik" - Andre Michelle
"Touching the Future" - Richard Leggett
"Mario, Aral, and Brendan" - Mario Klingemann, Aral Balkan, and Brendan Dawes
"Algorithms to Fill Space" - Jared Tarbell
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November 18, 2007 at 6:00 pm · Filed under Flash, Flash on the Beach
"Flex and AS3 Worst Practices" - Ted Patrick, Adobe
"Perceptive Interactions and Alternative Interfaces" - Craig Swann
"Let's Talk About SWX, Baby!" - Aral Balkan
"Next Generation Sites with Papervision 3D" - Carlos Ulloa
"Flashing Flex" - Tink (Stephen Downs)
"Breaking Away" - Robert Hodgin
"Inspire Session" - Erik Natzke
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November 8, 2007 at 6:05 am · Filed under Flash, Flash on the Beach
"Adobe Keynote" - Richard Galvan, et al., Adobe
"50 Reasons AS3 Kicks Ass" - Grant Skinner
"Intro to AIR" - Mike Chambers
"Make Flash Games, Retire Early" - Keith Peters
"Dynamic Abstractions" - Joshua Davis
"If it ain't broke -- break it!" - Brendan Dawes
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November 1, 2007 at 5:35 pm · Filed under Flash on the Beach, XPLANE
Title pretty much says it all, but I'm in Madrid, Spain working with the XPLANE Madrid office for a few days before heading over to Brighton, UK for Flash on the Beach. I then come back to Madrid for a couple of additional days of work (...and Spanish wine and tapas) before heading back home to Portland.
If you plan on attending Flash on the Beach, shoot me an email (info [at] jonnymac [dot] com) and we'll meet up for a drink.
¡adiós!
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