FITC Amsterdam 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009In one word, FITC was hectic for me. I spent the week before frantically preparing my presentation. Having ran into some technical issues, I was behind schedule. So much so that I spent most of sunday and monday in my hotel room cranking out code, slides and examples.
Here’s me rocking the Artemis hotel room:

I finished my last example Tuesday morning around 9, followed by a thrilling cab ride to FITC. Steven told the cab that we were in a hurry, and the driver certainly delivered : He ran 4 red lights, drove on bus and tram lanes, honked a lot, and seemed to just LOVE it all the way! He deserved a FAT tip
Alas, I was on time for my presentation. The “Tekenzaal” filled up slowly with hungover attendees.

I was worried that I wouldn’t have enough time to go through my slides, so, wired on coffee I managed to whiz through my slides in just 30 mins… Questions anybody?
I have to say that I’m a bit bummed about it, having put that much effort, only to rush through whilst forgetting half of what I was meaning to say. In the end, I got some positive feedback, and it seems there’s some genuine interest in my framework.
I won’t be posting my slides just yet, as it seems some of my examples fail on macs
Instead, I’m gonna be posting bits and pieces with code, in easily digestible portions.
After my preso I managed to catch a couple of really inspirational ones, namely Keith Peters “Art From Code” and Mario Klingemanns “The Tinkerer’s Box”. Got me all Juiced up for actionscript adventures
The evening was followed by an Adobe dinner… Om Nom Nom… Exhausted from the lack of sleep, we stopped by the party for a quick beer then retreated to our hotel.
All in all was a great experience! Thanks again Shawn!

