FFK11 – beyond tellerrand is this week!
posted by robert | filed under design, events, flash/flex, general
I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve had no time to write anything here – but I can’t let this exciting event go without mention:
Yes: It’s already time for FFK11 – beyond tellerrand. I’m checked in for my flight tomorrow and all set for a week of learning, meeting up with friends old and new and having fun in Cologne!
The second conference of the year from Marc Thiele and Sascha Wolter, after the excellent one-day “beyond tellerrand – mobile” back in February, promises to be an exciting mix of Flash and other technologies in addition to a good healthy dash of design-related themes.
I’m attending two workshops – “Natural User Interface Design” with Prof. Wolfgang Henseler on Tuesday and “How-To Multi Touch” with Meiko Schimmelpfennig on Friday – both of which sound like they’re going to be not only really topical for me but also very interesting. I’ll be putting what I learn to use straight away and look forward to reporting back about programming for the Microsoft Surface platform after Friday’s workshop.
The conference part itself is going to be a nice varied affair. Here’s what I have on my session list at present:
Wednesday:
The Dawn of a New Era: Flash Builder and Flex SDK 4.5 – Deepa Subramaniam: Because it’s always good to be up-to-date with the old platform
Improved Technology – Joa Ebert: Because I live in the hope that I will one day understand everything Joa says 
Integrating Flash and HTML5 – Mike Chambers: Because this is an important theme and I’m keen to see if some of the hurdles associated with the plethora of video formats are being addressed.
P2P on the local network – Peter Elst: Because I know he’s been playing with some good stuff here and my friend Peter never disappoints
Beyond GUI – Wolfgang Henseler: To see more after the workshop…
Thursday:
Into the molehill – An inside view – Malte Beyer: Because I’ve been too busy lately to even look at molehill…
The game is on! – Michel Wacker: To see what it is he’s been tweeting about lately! 
Don’t Hate the Player – Lee Brimelow: Because there’s bound to be something interesting going on here…
Keeping in Real – David Lenaerts: Because I’m a firm believer in being inspired by nature and this looks like it’ll be an interesting session.
Exploring the Kinect OR Walking on Robotlegs: Because I simply can’t decide between fun and finally learning what the fuss is about with Robotlegs.
Fillings for Rectangles – Brendan Dawes: Because I do like his work. Basta.
It’s going to be a fun week and I’m looking forward to it. If you’re going to be there and see me, come and say hi
