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I quit scripting to ‘engage in other interesting stuff’ at the time Flash 6 came out. Yes, we’re (almost) talking the previous century here. So I went to the conference not exactly knowing what to expect. But as it turned out, this conference actually was a match for the Web 2.0 Conferences hosted by O’Reilly. There’s 3 sessions in particular which stuck with me.

Joshua Davis definitely rocks.

Joshua Davis

If you haven’t heard about Joshua Davis yet, you’re missing out big time. The 38-year-old-skateboarder is interesting to look at: he can no longer possibly cover his tattoos with clothes. He is really funny and entertaining. And he’s got a very interesting and inspiring story to tell. Not to mention the fact that he’s a great artist. He was trained as a painter, teaches art in NY, draws in illustrator and has Flash randomly generate art with his vector drawings in an über-controlled way. Well, kinda.

You’re in luck: his session was recorded.

Cross-device Campaigns for Deeper Brand Engagement.

Richard Lent of Agencynet struck a chord with me. I can always appreciate someone who speaks his mind, refuses to show commercials because ‘he hates disruptive advertising’ to promptly and exclusively focus on the stuff that really engages consumers.

You can watch his session here.

Reaching users on social networks and mobile devices.

Of course, Adobe had some of it’s own people host quite a few sessions. I attended the session by Mich Green about ‘Adobe Flash Platform Services’. The idea of having an app store scattered all over the internet in order to get relevant apps to a much broader audience faster really appealed to me. And the idea of cross promoting apps really sparked of a couple of very usable ideas.

You can watch his session here.

Read ‘The Fun Part (which was interesting)‘.