As I mentioned a couple posts ago, FiTC is coming in latish April. FiTC is a technology and design conference that originated in Toronto, but has since expanded to other cities in the US and Europe. Originally Flash-focued, it has evolved into a more opened ended format highlighting all manner of multimedia.

I am particularly excited about this years FiTC. Many major influences in my coding style and design aesthetics will be speaking. Of course, the always impressive Erik Natzke will the there showcasing his unique blend of painterly sensibilities combined with a strong technical foundation. Beautiful stuff!

Also present is Mario Klingemann. I hadn’t seen Mario speak in a long while but had the pleasure of seeing him give a talk at Flash on the Beach last year. Such a bizarre blend of comic quirkiness and absurdly intelligent subject matter… Mario is unlike anyone I have ever met. So very humble and so goddamn smart.

New to the Flash conference scene this year is friend and coworker, Andrew Bell. What can I say, this man is a force to be reckoned with. Prior to joining Barbarian, he was doing motion graphics work for Method Studios in Los Angeles. He was looking for a change and we seemed to fit the bill. He works out of our New York office, but if I had my way, he would move to San Francisco and be my partner in crime. In his presentation, he will be talking about Flash, Processing, openframeworks, Python, Maya, and OpenGL shader language. Crazy! I have the pleasure of working with him every day, and I am still looking forward to his presentation. He has taught me a great deal in the short time he has been at Barbarian and I am glad to see him represent Barbarian in Toronto. Do check it out.

Also representing Barbarian is none other than Benjamin Palmer, the CEO of Barbarian Group. It was Ben’s brainchild to start up this little company of ours and we spent our first few months working out of his apartment in Boston. He will be speaking on a panel on the last day of FiTC.

So there you have it. Id mention each and every person I am looking forward to seeing but there are just too many. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, do it soon. Oh, and I have the pleasure of letting you all know that if you use the special discount code ‘flight404′, you can get 10% off any ticket. Go go go!

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