For those living near Cologne, Germany, I’m stoked to announce I’ll be speaking at FFK (FlashForum Konferenz) this year. I’m particularly excited, as last year’s edition is still one of my best experiences in 2010, even though a certain Eyjafjallajökull caused an interesting aftermath for many . Titled “Keeping it Real”, the session will mainly revolve around mimicking reality using real-time computer graphics. So expect a lot of experiments that’ll hopefully show that beauty’s perhaps not always in the entirely abstract!

What’s more, apart from a session, my good friend Frank Reitberger and I will be co-hosting a workshop “Das Efx” on Thursday. It’ll be all about playing around with graphics and 3D rendering, ranging from relative basics to more advanced topics. So if you’re into this stuff, but don’t really know how to get started, be sure to come!

Finally, the next part on Hacking The Light is still in the works. Sadly, there’s a lot that keeps me distracted in the meanwhile, so hang in there!

Hope to see you at FFK!

The summer holidays aren’t even over yet and September already seems like it’s going to be a great month! Apart from the fact that I’m going to Flash on the Beach, there’s also something for us Belgians that’s a bit closer to home: the annual Adobe User Group meeting & barbeque on September 12th! And as it happens, I’ll be speaking there alongside much more impressive names as Seb Lee-Delisle and Niqui Merret

What to expect? Here’s my session description:

“In his session, David will walk through some of the experiments and projects he has done over the past year while elaborating on the concepts behind them. Without getting too technical, he will explain his motives, his love affair with Pixel Bender and the big looming question: “Mmkay, but what’s the use?”. Using experimentation as the main thread, he will try to show how going off the beaten path can take you to sweet little places you didn’t expect, and finally, offer a sneak-peak at some of the more useful projects he ended up doing as a result.”

In short, since it’s my first public session, I figured I would give a bird’s view of my philosophy concerning after-work development, and show some cool things I have in the pipeline at the moment (so even if you follow this blog, there’ll be something new to look at ).

Don’t forget to register here if you want to come (and gloat) – and if you do, I’ll see you there!