Speaker Bios
- Ian Coyle
Ian Coyle loves typography, baseline grids, newspapers, and beautiful interaction design. He is the Creative Director of Superheroes, a design consultancy and creative studio. He also runs three letterpresses and enjoys shooting medium format photography. Prior to launching Superheroes, Ian was the Creative & Technology Director and Co-Founder of FL2, an internationally acclaimed interactive agency.
- Julian Dolce
Julian Dolce is Director of Creative Technology at Fuel Industries in Ottawa. A lot of people ask what that title really means and the simple answer is "I make cool stuff", which could be anything from a microsite, game, desktop application, iPhone application, or interactive installations. He also runs www.deleteaso.com where he posts some of his findings.
Julian's Sessions:
iPhone Developement For Flash Developers Workshop
iPhone Development for Flash Developers
- Scott Janousek
Scott Janousek is the Founder, and Technical Director of Hooken Mobile; a Boston based company passionate about creating Flash based experiences across mobile, handheld, and other non-PC devices.
Scott is a Nokia Forum Champion, Adobe Community Expert for Mobile and Devices, co-author of two books on Flash across Mobile and Devices, as well as a certified Instructor for Adobe Mobile and Device technologies.
He also co-manages the Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices user group, and is a very active community leader and evangelist for Flash in the Non-PC realm.
His most active blog covering Flash across Mobile, Embedded, and other Portable Devices can be accessed at: http://flashmobile.scottjanousek.com .
Scott's Session:
Brewing Non-PC Flash Experiences
- Michael Jovel
In 2000, Michael created his first tween of a bouncing ball. Nine years later, he is still working with the Flash Platform as a developer. Michael has worked on several projects for a variety of clients from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. In addition to his project work Michael has taught courses on flash platform development at CDIA Boston University, EEI Communications and Kaplan University. Michael is also the founder and organizer of Baltimore SWF, Baltimore's Flash development user group. When not working or involved in the interactive community, Michael can be found at home with his wife and two kids.
Michael's Session:
Flash Video and FMS Workshop
- Phillip Kerman
After an eventful 15 years of teaching, writing, and programming Phillip Kerman has had enough! Sure he programmed a bunch of games on MSN and a real-time cattle auction featured on NPR… but what does he do now? Still programs when he must. But his new gig is making anti-technology satire videos! Check out the (nearly 100) videos at http://www.youtube.com/phillipk
- Max Kaufmann
Bio coming soon...
Max's Session:
Developing MMOs on the ActionScript Platform
- Wayne Lincoln
Bio coming soon...
Wayne's Session:
Beginning ActionScript 3.0 Workshop
- Dan Mall
Dan Mall is the Interactive Director at Happy Cog, a user-centered design agency based out of New York City and Philadelphia. Working for a range of clients from Fortune 500 companies to mom-'n'-pop shops, Dan has a passion for playing matchmaker between engaging art direction and intuitive interaction design.
When not at work, Dan enjoys being a newlywed, being a technical editor for A List Apart, singing/playing keyboards for contemporary-Christian band, Four24, and writing about design and other issues on his industry-recognized site, danielmall.com.
Dan's Session:
Flash and Web Standards: Getting Along on the Playground
- Stacey Mulcahy
Stacey Mulcahy is a Flex and Flash developer who once had a torrid love affair with Macromedia Director. When she's not building immersive interactive experiences, she can be found showing others how to do the same thing as a Flash instructor. She and rants more than raves on her Flash-centric blog bitchwhocodes.com and is currently working at Teknision.
Stacey's Session:
Plays Well With Others
- Josh Sager
Josh Sager, Multimedia Instructor for the Pittsburgh Technical Institute, is an enthusiastic interactive developer with a passion for sharing. By day he can be found beaming Actionscript to the brains of his pupils and by night you might find him in various coffee shops on the south side building web applications. In 2008 he started an on-campus special interest group called The Grid, which researches alternative methods of user interaction with web technologies. You can find him at joshsagermedia.com.
Josh's Sessions:
Intermediate ActionScript 3.0 Workshop
Creative Interactions: Flash Experiments
- Jer Thorp
Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada. A former geneticist, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art. Thorp’s award-winning software-based work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia and all over the web. Recently, he has produced work for WIRED UK, written for The Guardian, and been featured by the New York Times Developer Network. Jer is currently artist in residence at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
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Hacking The Newsroom
