This year proved to be as informative as ever and had somewhat of a climate of anticipation as the so far un-named release date of Adobe Flash CS4 appears to be but round the corner. In fact one of the prizes given out in the final raffle was a boxed CS4 Studio set which implies package design and production has already begun to some extent.
I had the pleasure of spending some conference time with Todd Yard, Software Architect at Brightcove, who is incredibly knowledgable about all things Flash and also makes a fine drinking and dining companion!
As for the sessions - I was particularly impressed by Jeremy Thorp and his seminal work with visualising 'colour trading'.
Erik Natzke is a phenomenon!
Robert Hodgin really impressed and muchos respect for being open about his own sexuality when at least one speaker was heard to make an old school homophobic quip on stage.
And of course, the usual FOTB suspects were as clever and entertaining as ever...(except for the ones that repeated last year's presentations almost verbatim!).
On the down side - no attendee list published, which would have been extrememly handy to promote networking, the goody bag seems to diminish every year(!) and the evening arrangements were decidedly lack lustre as has largely been the case for previous years. Of these complaints, the first one was the most irksome!
At the end of the day, I may be able to fault FOTB on detail but it certainly wins outright as the best Flash / Flash-related conference in the UK, even if it is the only contender!
Shouts out to the indomitable Tink and Adam of Magnetic North.
The image below was created using Jeremy Thorpe's Plumage app using the word 'Brighton' as a seed - love it!
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