Its now less than two weeks until 360|Flex and my excitement is getting tougher to contain. Not only am I super stoked to be speaking, but also attending. There is so much awesome packed into the 360|Flex schedule its ridiculous. The only side effect of so much awesome is the fact I’ll have to pick and chose which sessions to go to. So here’s what I think my itinerary may look like (although, it may change a little bit when the time comes).
In September I’ll be giving 2 presentations at 360|Flex. One of which will be showing a number of AIR applications which will have my desktop visible quite a bit. So here’s the deal, I’ll be selling ad space on my desktop wallpaper. All proceeds from ad sales will be donated to charity. I have decided on Seattle Children’s Hospital.
This is awesome. The 360|Flex speaker line up and schedule is up and on it you’ll find my name!
Not just once, but twice.
So, I’m pitching concepts for possibly speaking at a Flash conference. Throwing around some ideas on topics to speak on, I’ve landed on a few that I think people may enjoy. But now I need your help. Take a look at the list below and post a comment telling me which topic you would like to hear me elaborate more on if I get accepted to speak. Thanks!
1. Mobile UX: It’s About the User. From project flow to design to testing, staying focused on the user will better your applications and ensure the best user experience possible.
2. Designer/Developer Relations: Why Designers should learn some dev and devs should learn some design.
3. Designing for the iPhone using Flash CS5. (This is if CS5 is available, of course.)
4. Pushing the limits of Flash Player 10.1 for mobile. See how Flash Player 10.1 can be utilized for the web on mobile devices.
5. Using FlashBuilder/Catalyst as a Designer. Take Illustrator and Photoshop files from concept to fully functional applications with ease. Quickly and easily add Flash animations, design, and video to your applications.
6. AIR and Netbooks, Next Generation Apps on Next Generation Devices. Find out how AIR can be utilized on next generation devices such as netbooks and tablets.
7. Designer/Developer Workflow – Creating Custom Flash Components: Learn how to speed daily workflow by creating custom Flash components that are easy for developers to implement and simple for designers to skin.
Image care of Elad Elrom.
Not 20 minutes ago, I got off the phone with Elad Elrom who is organizing Flash and the City – a three day conference in New York this May. Elad told me about all the awesome events he has in store. So awesome, in fact, that he made me swear on possession of my soul not to tell. Since I would like to keep my soul, all I can say is: You HAVE to go to Flash and the City.
Not only will you learn so much your head will explode from some of the brightest minds in the Flash Community, but you will have so much fun all your friends/coworkers/neighbors/students/teachers/bartenders/hair stylists/pets will be olive green with jealously. You won’t be able to stop talking about it.
So, go and get your tickets. Get packed now, because you’ll be too excited not to.
