Emilie has put up some pictures she took during Flashtival on the London MMUG web site and finally, it appears that we have proof that Peter Hall actually *is* a computer. Peter Hall with AC plugged in. That sort of brain power must require some serious juice! See all the pictures on the London MMUG web [...]

Note: At the request of Harold, I have temporarily removed this post. Harold has assured me that the Flash Europe organizers will be making a public announcement next week, after they have personally talked to all the speakers and attendees currently registered for the event and I, for one, am willing to support them in [...]

Wow, what a day! (Or what a wonderful couple of days!) Emilie and I have been in Holland since Saturday and we've been having the greatest time. Everyone on the Flashtival team has been so friendly and it was wonderful meeting such interesting (and might I add, multitalented) people! Special thanks to Elmer for inviting [...]

Peter's showing us his document-based Flash system (DDF) -- using a single HTML file that can either render as HTML or as Flash in the browser (yes, it's as cool as it sounds and I am sure that we will see some real community development around this once he's released the source. The thought going [...]

I'm sitting in Ola Bergner's session at Flashtival and watching some amazing animation being deconstructed. Ola's stuff is amazing. He uses shape tweens almost entirely to great effect. Here are some pictures: Ola and Owen right before the session. One of the first animations Ola showed. Of a bumblebee and a flower. Beautiful! Ola presenting. The 13 minute animated movie [...]