Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
Truth about FITC: cons: -The workshops, even though they should be included, are overpriced. -Not enough technical presentations -Most of the presenters are just trying to build up their reputations, by telling you what they did, without actually telling you how to do anything. -Not sure which one it was, cause I am not going off of my note, but when I talked to people that rented booths, it is not a great place to have a book stand that competes with the event's 'official' FITC bookstand. -Rooms can get cramped during a decent presentation; yet, that can be said about almost any conference. -had to wait forever for the chartered buses to actually take you to an after party, and it's just better to take a Cab. -not much swag in the default FITC grab bag; however, RED5 gave me 5 shirts in total, and I think I still have them. -Beware of vapour ware. E.g. Saffron, was supposed to be released by the dude that runs http://www.levelofindustry.com (why they got this guy to present I will never know; his session was a complete waste of time.. thank goodness I only caught the last 10 min.) -It seemed like all the cool presentations were held at the same time. -If you are trying to recruit a real artist, you might have a hard time according to the dude at the Massive Black booth. He said it was a waste of time going; for, very few people had an education related to fine art, or any talent with a pencil. ( OT... I find it funny that in most Universities, even though the jobs these days are paying more if you have classical training, there is still such a focus toward layout, so called modernism, or the gestalt of it all, rather than focus on drafting, calligraphy, life art, and anatomy) Pros: -Great place to look for jobs -Great place to meet those bloggers you've been following -Great place to market yourself period, and quite possibly capture a few contracts -Decent after parties, and if you happen to decide to something outside the official FITC itinerary, there are a ton of clubs and bars (with or without live music), all over Toronto. -Occasionally a presentation is a little inspiring; even if it doesn't go into detail. -When there is a technical session, although it is often too short due to delays from the last session, they can occasionally teach you something useful. -A lot of the people are very nice - I was bought free beer like crazy. On 7/13/2010 3:37 PM, Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
Beware, the original message has tons of typos. I should have looked it over a second time before posting. On 7/31/2010 3:20 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: Truth about FITC: cons: -The workshops, even though they should be included, are overpriced. -Not enough technical presentations -Most of the presenters are just trying to build up their reputations, by telling you what they did, without actually telling you how to do anything. -Not sure which one it was, cause I am not going off of my note, but when I talked to people that rented booths, it is not a great place to have a book stand that competes with the event's 'official' FITC bookstand. -Rooms can get cramped during a decent presentation; yet, that can be said about almost any conference. -had to wait forever for the chartered buses to actually take you to an after party, and it's just better to take a Cab. -not much swag in the default FITC grab bag; however, RED5 gave me 5 shirts in total, and I think I still have them. -Beware of vapour ware. E.g. Saffron, was supposed to be released by the dude that runs http://www.levelofindustry.com (why they got this guy to present I will never know; his session was a complete waste of time.. thank goodness I only caught the last 10 min.) -It seemed like all the cool presentations were held at the same time. -If you are trying to recruit a real artist, you might have a hard time according to the dude at the Massive Black booth. He said it was a waste of time going; for, very few people had an education related to fine art, or any talent with a pencil. ( OT... I find it funny that in most Universities, even though the jobs these days are paying more if you have classical training, there is still such a focus toward layout, so called modernism, or the gestalt of it all, rather than focus on drafting, calligraphy, life art, and anatomy) Pros: -Great place to look for jobs -Great place to meet those bloggers you've been following -Great place to market yourself period, and quite possibly capture a few contracts -Decent after parties, and if you happen to decide to something outside the official FITC itinerary, there are a ton of clubs and bars (with or without live music), all over Toronto. -Occasionally a presentation is a little inspiring; even if it doesn't go into detail. -When there is a technical session, although it is often too short due to delays from the last session, they can occasionally teach you something useful. -A lot of the people are very nice - I was bought free beer like crazy. On 7/13/2010 3:37 PM, Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
I am going to FITC. I'm pretty styked. =] Also turns out I may have something better than a brick to play pong with too. Hope to see some of you there. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:52 PM, co...@moock.org co...@moock.org wrote: if your brick can send dtmf, yup! by the way, for the record, this will *not* be the world's first ever massively multiplayer, on-location game of pong. it turns out that at SIGGRAPH in 1991, loren carpenter presented massively multiplayer pong to an audience of 5000 using an object-recognition system called cinematrix. the audience used painted wooden sticks as controllers. http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/history/timeline/cinematrix.html http://www.cinematrix.com/whatis.html formal retraction here: http://moock.org/pipermail/moock-updates/2010-July/63.html sorry for the confusion, colin Ktu wrote: Can I participate in pong using a brick as my controller? Sigh... On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM, co...@moock.org co...@moock.org wrote: you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever 600-player game of pong! http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html this might help too: http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip : ) if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at the amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a 3-day bottle. imho, colin Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
if your brick can send dtmf, yup! by the way, for the record, this will *not* be the world's first ever massively multiplayer, on-location game of pong. it turns out that at SIGGRAPH in 1991, loren carpenter presented massively multiplayer pong to an audience of 5000 using an object-recognition system called cinematrix. the audience used painted wooden sticks as controllers. http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/history/timeline/cinematrix.html http://www.cinematrix.com/whatis.html formal retraction here: http://moock.org/pipermail/moock-updates/2010-July/63.html sorry for the confusion, colin Ktu wrote: Can I participate in pong using a brick as my controller? Sigh... On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM, co...@moock.org co...@moock.org wrote: you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever 600-player game of pong! http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html this might help too: http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip : ) if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at the amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a 3-day bottle. imho, colin Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
Can I participate in pong using a brick as my controller? Sigh... On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM, co...@moock.org co...@moock.org wrote: you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever 600-player game of pong! http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html this might help too: http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip : ) if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at the amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a 3-day bottle. imho, colin Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever 600-player game of pong! http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html this might help too: http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip : ) if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at the amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a 3-day bottle. imho, colin Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
Check on the Adobe Max page for convincing your boss. I'm sure there's some stuff in there you can steal: http://2009.max.adobe.com/cyb/ Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (Note: these resources are only available for Bank of America associates) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ktu Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 3:37 PM To: Flash Coders Subject: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
Consider yourself blessed to be working somewhere where you can worry about convincing the C Levels of the value of a Flash *Conference*. Alot of us are spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to convince them of the continuing value of *Flash*, period. ;) .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
true dat Matt. Hopefully that will change soon. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Matt S. mattsp...@gmail.com wrote: Consider yourself blessed to be working somewhere where you can worry about convincing the C Levels of the value of a Flash *Conference*. Alot of us are spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to convince them of the continuing value of *Flash*, period. ;) .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
