Category Archives: Events

Looking back at Flash on the Beach

I’ve been lucky enough to attend all four editions of Flash on the Beach since it started in 2006, three of them as a speaker and hope to get invited to do many more. Looking back I can honestly say this year was the best one yet — it had something for everyone and think read more »

The Secret Life of a Flash Freelancer

This year I did a completely different session at Flash on the Beach, talking about what it takes to go freelance as a Flash developer — what are the challenges and opportunities that await you. It seemed to go down really well and was very happy with the feedback I got. For those of you read more »

Looking back at The ActionScript Conference 2009

I was very happy to be invited to speak again at this second edition of The ActionScript Conference in Singapore. This year they even made it a two day event at an amazing venue overlooking Marina Bay. I have some video recorded that I’ll upload soon. Shunjie and the rest of the team do an read more »

Flash on the Beach 2009 schedule

Its that time of the year again, just two weeks to go before this years edition of Flash on the Beach takes place. Here’s the list of sessions I plan to attend: September 20th iPhone App Development for Flash Developers workshop – Julian Dolce September 21th Adobe Keynote – Richard Galvan Casual Game Architecture – read more »

Looking forward…

I just wrapped up a fascinating 6 months as a lecturer to first year “Digital Design and Media” students at the Technical University College of West-Flanders. If there’s something I’ve recognized from my time there is that passion and commitment are determining factors for being successful in what you do. There certainly was no lack read more »

Adobe MAX 2009 Predictions

Less than 50 days to go before this years Adobe MAX in Los Angeles — time to go on the record about some of my predictions. I expect the following focus areas: Mobile and devices Open Screen Project AIR 2.0 Definitely See Flash Player 10 running on Android, Symbian, webOS and Windows Mobile Early builds read more »

The ActionScript Conference 2009 Singapore

We’re about a month away from the next edition of “The ActionScript Conference” and I can’t wait! This conference has fast become one of my all time favorites and this year will no doubt be even better with two days of sessions scheduled in. The speaker lineup looks excellent and includes people like: Ryan Stewart, read more »

Help community members attend Adobe MAX

There’s a bunch of people in Adobe’s community programs that volunteer a good deal of their spare time answering questions, blogging, organizing a local user group etc. If you are planning to attend Adobe MAX and want to help them make it there as well — its easy. When registering for the conference, just be read more »

Upcoming conferences

After SOTR London in June I scheduled in a few months to recover but a new round of conferences is fast approaching. Prompted by Scott Janousek doing a similar post here is my list of conferences for September and October:  September 14-15 – The ActionScript Conference – Singapore September 20-23 – Flash on the Beach read more »

Flash at the Lake – looking back

I returned yesterday from an amazing four days in Zurich, Switzerland where I spoke at the first edition of “Flash at the Lake“. Its always difficult to know what to expect from a first time event, but I really think the organizers did an outstanding job. One thing I found particularly interesting is having workshops read more »