Thanks to everyone who attended my session at FB08 – I will get my lecture notes and demo files up here over the next few days.
I am still basking in the warm afterglow of a really outstanding conference. Dave Schroeder and his crew deserves a full basket of kudos for continuing the tradition of awesomeness at this now-famous event.
Since I spoke first thing in the morning on Monday, I managed to watch more presentations than I usually do during these events. Though there were too many to list in full, here are a few selected highlights:
- Phil Van Allen's Tuesday morning talk on New Ecology of Things. Phil is a researcher at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. It was great to hear someone speak so succinctly about the issues surrounding tangible computing and pervasive technology.
- Julian Dolce's talk on… physical computing! It was good to get an all around review of the available options, and some code demos of integrating tech with Flash.
- I think pretty much everyone left André Michelle's talk feeling inadequate. His work with Hobnox is nothing short of awe-inspiring. the man may quite possibly be a machine.
- Robert Hodgin's closing keynote. Though I had seen most of that was shown before, it was good to get some insight into Robert's process. Did you know that he owns 10,000 dice, and hates ants? It's true.
One of my only regrets is that I missed Mario Klingemann's presentation on Tuesday morning (did I mention I finished on Monday?). Luckily I'll have a chance to make amends in a few months at Flash on the Beach.
In summary: FlashBelt 2008 was superb. I'm already looking forward to next year!!
