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Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Flash on the Beach ‘07

Ok, the second Flash on the Beach conference..

Was it better than last year? Well, it was different (so no comparisons here). Having attended both conferences, I really enjoyed this year’s creative and inspiring input. The fact is that the countdown has already started for next year’s Flash on the Beach, which I believe is getting stronger and..sunnier, as it slowly moves towards the summer months!

3+1 amazing days of a mixture of workshops, Adobe teaser presentations, presentations from leading people of the industry, targeted for developers, designers and the people who just do both, giving advice and tips, while others being more technical, and sessions just to get you inspired. In fact most of the sessions were meant to get you inspired and challenge you to break the default.

John Davey did an amazing job bringing all these talented people together, and all speakers seem to love him and say the best words about him. They also seem to believe that it is the best flash conference.

It was also a great opportunity to network and meet like minded (and not) people from all over the world. It is funny when you hear people asking; ‘what do you do?’ and the answer is ‘Flash stuff!’.

I should also add that Charis designed the flyers for the 2 party nights of the conference.

A list of my personal highlights:

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