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.
Ian's portfolio site
iancoyle.comIan's Session:
Design, The Importance Of
- 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
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Max Kaufmann holds a dual degree in Art and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and builds video games as a technical artist and programmer at SilverTree Media in Pittsburgh. Having migrated over from the Processing community, he has acted as technical director and consultant on ActionScript and MMO game development for Disney, OMGPOP, Adobe, The Barbarian Group, and others.
Despite Max's expertise in video game and software development, this will be his first opportunity to share this knowledge and experience with a Flash crowd. In his spare time, Max trains his seedling pea plants to take over the world, fancying himself an evil genius/gardener.
Max's Session:
Developing MMOs on the ActionScript Platform
- Seb Lee-Delisle
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Seb has been working in digital media for over 15 years and is one of the founding partners of UK Flash specialists Plug-in Media (pluginmedia.net), working with clients such as BBC, Sony, Philips, Unilever. and Barclays.
He is also one of the developers of Papervision3D, the highly successful open source realtime 3D actionscript library.
Seb’s work with Plug-in Media has pushed the boundaries of 3D and gaming in Flash. He has recently completed the live 3D GameDay visualisations for Major League Baseball and a ground breaking realtime 3D website for the BBC kids’ show Big and Small.
He is a regular face on the international Flash conference scene, and has presented at Flash on the Beach, FITC, and FlashForward. He is known for his ability to communicate seemingly complex subject-matter in a friendly and accessible way. He is the manager of FlashBrighton, a Flash platform user group.
www.sebleedelisle.com
www.pluginmedia.netSeb's Session:
Work/Play
- Wayne Lincoln
Bio coming soon...
Wayne is a co-founder of the Pittsburgh pittmfug.org.
Wayne's Session:
Beginning ActionScript 3.0 Workshop
- Dan Mall
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Dan Mall is an award-winning interactive art director, designer, and developer. He works as a Senior Designer at Big Spaceship, a digital creative agency that creates relationships where brands and consumers meet. 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.
Aside from work, Dan enjoys spending time with his amazing wife Emily, being a technical editor for A List Apart , 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
- Odopod
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Damon Nelson, Associate Creative Director
Damon lives and works in San Francisco as Associate Creative Director of Odopod. He has been at Odopod since 2005 working on projects like NikeSkateboarding.com, WhiteGoldIsWhiteGold.com, and Playstation.com. Before Odopod, Damon ran his freelance studio which focused on motion graphics, flash production and photography. When not staring at a computer, Damon likes to snowboard, make cocktails, and dance. Often in that order.Boris Pique, Lead Developer
Boris Piqué is a Lead Developer at Odopod. He has developed multiple award-winning Flash websites over the years. Some of his recent work includes White Gold, Liquid Awesomeness and Speak Visual. He has a BFA from the Barcelona School of Design in Electronic Art & Digital Design. Focusing on the relationships between creativity and technology, he has been able to explore different digital disciplines over the years. His background includes digital design, 3D animation + modeling, and video editing + postproduction among others. His fascination with logic and architecture finally lead him to focus his career on front-end development, getting his start during the good old days of CD-ROM creation using Macromedia Director.Odopods' Session:
Odopod: Innovation and Storytelling
- 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.
blprnt.comJer's Session:
Hacking The Newsroom
