Macromedia Keynote
Kevin Lynch from Macromedia promoted Flash for mobile devices. He also showed the new Flash player. Here is some info about the player:
Click here
Drag Slide Fade 2.0
Brendan Dawes from magneticNorth demoed some Actionscript classes that seemed somewhat useful. It inspired me to start building a class library of commonly used functions.
Evolving Computational Creatures
This was AMAZING. Jared Tarbell from www.levitated.net demoed some examples of Flash organisms.
Lunch
We walked for a few blocks to Carl's Junior. I had a guacamole 6-dollar burger. Mmmmm. I'm sleepy.
A Close-up View of Type
Matthew Carter, a famous type designer who designed Verdana and other popular fonts, gave a lecture about the nuances of designing type. He showed a cool font that has interchangable serifs. It is not available, but I WANT it. Here is a specimen:
http://www.feelgoodanyway.com/identity/walker1.html
Here is a Matthew Carter bio:
Click here
3D and Games
Patrick Gardner of http://www.perfectfools.com/ showed how he did some of his award winning games for Coca-cola and other companies. This was insiring to see how 3D and "2 1/2-D" are being used in Flash to simulate depth.
A Warped Look at Flash
Ze Frank of www.zefrank.com showed some extremely funny work on his site. He uses Flash in very innovative ways. To me he was hilarious and is an exceptional improvisational actor. Be warned that his web site is a little too harsh to be viewed at work. Wade carefully.
Flash Film Festival
Flash pieces were shown and designers recieved awards:
Click here
Our music Flash application (http://www.lds.org/cm/display/0,17631,4996-1,00.html) was one of the finalists but didn't win.
Dinner
My brother Mike was in town and he picked me up and we went to an Italian restaurant and then he blazed down Lombard Street.
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