flashforward
mar
02
2006
ff06: day four and wrap-up
Today was the final day of the Flash Forward conference. My favorite sessions of the day were Hillman Curtis’s talk about his recent digital filmmaking projects and JibJab’s presentation about its history and creative process. It was interesting to attend …
ff06: day three
I’m a little behind in my recapping… My “monolith” moment of the day came in John Davey’s Flash/MySQL session, where he demonstrated how to hook Flash up to a MySQL database using PHP as an intermediary. It was actually more …
ff06: follow the free food
They’ve been particularly generous this time around with the free food at Flash Forward. On the more minor (but greatly appreciated) end, I’m loving the tiny (and chilled!) bottles of water at the back of each conference room. And then …
ff06: flash film festival
Thanks to last night’s Flash Film Festival, I’m now the proud owner of a Flash Forward-branded kazoo. Meanwhile, 16 design groups were the proud winners of large orange rubber arrows recognition of their work from the festival judging panel. There …
feb
28
2006
ff06: day two
Today’s festivities kicked off with the Adobe keynote, featuring an introduction by Homestar Runner and Strong Bad in a funny animated “retrospective” of technology conferences. Kevin Lynch’s keynote included an overview of the merged Adobe/Macromedia product suite, an early preview …
feb
27
2006
ff06: day one
I’m in Seattle with a coworker for the Flash Forward conference, a twice-yearly gathering of Flash designers and developers. We spent most of the day at Robert Reinhardt’s workshop on Flash Video. The first half of the session was, perhaps …
jul
11
2005
ff05: day three wrap-up
The wifi in the hotel room died on me Friday night and was still out by the time I had to check out Saturday at noon. Yesterday was all about playing catch-up and getting ready for the week ahead, so …
jul
08
2005
ff05: day two, part two
Internet connection has been dicey in the hotel room, so I’m playing catch-up now… Using a PC with a Mac OS X skin, Aral Balkan offered a spirited introduction to object-oriented programming, and offered the quote of the day: Polymorphism. …
jul
07
2005
ff05: day two
Day two of the Flash Forward conference in New York. The first session of the morning was the Macromedia keynote, which featured a stunning demo of the new Flash 8 Player and authoring environment. Lots of cool video and image …
jul
06
2005
ff05: day one
At the moment, I’m sitting in a conference room at the Flash Forward conference in New York. The current session is about object-oriented programming, which I’m pretty fuzzy on, but I want to learn more about. However, the presenter lost …
apr
02
2003
san francisco pictures
Touristy photos from my trip to San Francisco.
mar
30
2003
at the starbucks
I’m sitting in a Starbucks in San Francisco, checking my e-mail via my laptop and their wireless Internet service. Sitting next to the computer: my wallet, my cellphone, and a Starbucks coffee cup. God, I’m such a yuppie.
mar
28
2003
an evening in san francisco
After the convention wrapped up, I headed out for dinner. Shawn had recommended Zuni, a cafe just a few blocks from Herbst Theatre, on Market Street. It’s a charming little cafe in the corner of an odd-shaped building. It’s specialty …
ff2003: interaction less ordinary
current session: “Interaction Less Ordinary,” presented by Erik Natzke, of Natzke.com. Creating engaging experiences is not solely a burden for design or technology, but rather the ways in which the two are combined. Exploring how these fields can be more …
ff2003: oop, design patterns and application development
current session: “OOP, Design Patterns and Application Development” David Yang, Quantumwave Interactive. Design patterns are time-tested solutions to common software design problems and are important for rapid application development. This session will explore some of the essential patterns in building …
ff2003: building rich internet applications
current session: “Building Rich Internet Applications: A Development Handbook,” presented by Brian Ghidinelli, of IconMediaLab Rich Internet Applications (RIA) are becoming a popular way to improve the user experience across many devices and platforms. This practical session will focus on …
ff2003: remoting and rich application development
current session: Remoting and Rich Application Development, presented by Mike Chambers, Macromedia. Flash Remoting simplifies the Flash application development process by providing a powerful yet simple programming model and runtime enabling Macromedia Flash MX to connect to remote services exposed …
mar
27
2003
ff2003: flash film festival
The Flash Film Festival is a semi-annual event honoring Flash-based websites held in conjunction with the Flash Forward conference. This time around, there were four finalists for each of 15 categories (plus a “People's Choice” best-of-show award).
ff2003: watching the alpha geeks
current session: “Watching the Alpha Geeks,” presented by Tim O’Reilly of oreilly.com. A big part of what we do at O’Reilly is watch how hackers are using technology, since people who can make computers do what they want without waiting …
ff2003: integrating flash and cold fusion
current session: “Integrating Flash and Cold Fusion,” presented by Christian Cantrell, of Macromedia. Developing applications in Flash often requires integration with another technology in order to achieve the desired results. This session will explore the reasons why full-featured Flash applications …
ff2003: collaborative e-learning
Current session: Collaborative E-Learning, presented by Samuel Wan, of samuelwan.com. With the advent of Flash Communication Server, developers now have the opportunity to redefine the concept of distance learning. FlashCom technology is exciting in its depth and potential, but designers …
ff2003: keynote (part 2)
Other things of note from the Macromedia keynote: New components - Fellow DC-er Mike Chambers, rich media community manager for Macromedia, said that the next Macromedia Developer Resource Kit would be coming out soon. The new kit will include 8 …
ff2003: keynote
Current session: Macromedia Keynote, by Kevin Lynch of Macromedia. Join Macromedia visionary Kevin Lynch as he discusses the future of Flash MX and give a sneak peak at new technology and trends hot off the drawing boards from Macromedia. The …
mar
26
2003
ff2003: creating rich media in flash mx
Current session: Creating Rich Media Applications in Flash MX, presented by Simon Allardice (Clingfish.com) and Robert Reinhardt (The Content Project). Today, knowing Flash is not enough. With the introduction of Flash Communications Server MX and Flash Remoting MX, more and …
ff2003: video in flash mx (part 3)
Current session: Video in Flash MX: Creating, Developing and Deploying, presented by Mike Davidson and Danny Mavriotis of ESPN.com. Set the mood with another ‘Daily Show’ clip. Then they set about demonstrating exactly how they made the player. The video …
ff2003: video in flash mx (part 2)
Current session: Video in Flash MX: Creating, Developing and Deploying, presented by Mike Davidson and Danny Mavriotis of ESPN.com. The second session started off with a “bakeoff,” comparing Flash video, Windows Media video, and RealPlayer video. They started out by …
ff2003: video in flash mx (part 1)
Current session: “Video in Flash MX: Creating, Developing and Deploying,” presented by Mike Davidson and Danny Mavriotis of ESPN.com. With the Flash 6 player starting to reach the high penetration rates of previous versions, deploying video in Flash MX is …
no flowers in my hair
Greetings and salutations from lovely San Francisco, California. I’m in this nifty city, where hippies and techies converge, for Flash Forward 2003, a conference for Flash designers and developers. I went to Flash Forward 2000 in New York City, and …
