Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-31 Thread Anthony Pace
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-31 Thread Anthony Pace
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-29 Thread Ktu
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-23 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-22 Thread Ktu
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-21 Thread co...@moock.org
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

[Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-13 Thread Ktu
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

RE: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-13 Thread Merrill, Jason
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-13 Thread Matt S.
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-13 Thread Ktu
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