Almer/Blank Labs

LAFlashapaloozastock IV was last Saturday and it was a fantastic event. As with LFPS 1 in October 2005, this event was timed to precede MAX, in part to bring some of MAX to the members of the community who do not attend the conference. The talks throughout the day were really well received. Autodesk opened up with some really neat stuff, including a Flash workflow, and extended clips from 2012. Chuck Freedman from Ribbit demonstrated some really fun interaction between Flash and the microphone. Matt Snow from Adobe showed some really cool work of Flash working on set-top boxes, integrating with HD video. Joshua Hirsch from Big Spaceship discussed maintaining a creative environment, and showed off a really neat twitter application that pings tweets and averages out emotions from emoticons. And we closed with 'the Joshua Davis show', which is always a blast and a source of inspiration to a ton of Flash designers and developers out there. We closed with a party -- and quite a party it was. Certainly the wildest we've had in the four years we've been doing this. Featuring Influxis-powered kegs, MTV-infused martinis, and a great American-style BBQ dinner, we lubricated attendees for the main events of the night: a burlesque show, featuring a pole dancer, a funky magic show, and quite the limbo contest. Videos from these are posted below. I wish I had time to post more on the event. But it was a great time with a great turn-out. Again, a special thanks to all sponsors, without whom it would be simply impossible to throw an event this large and cool for the community FOR FREE. Particular thanks to Adobe, Autodesk and Ribbit for stepping up as main sponsors, and Influxis (who sponsored the party) and MTV (who sponsored the martini bar). Of course, big shout out to Almer/Blank for hosting! I've posted some of my photos of the event on Flickr, and we'll be posting more photos as we have time to compile them. That said, my favorite photo of the night is this one, in which one LA Flasher reviews his new book from O'Reilly (which he won in that night's raffle), proudly ignoring the pole dance going on right in front of him. This is exactly how you can tell you're at an LA Flash event. My favorite video of the night is this one, in which Joshua Davis contributes his graffiti to the LAFlashapaloozastock Art Wall. Two more videos from the party are compilations of the pole dance and the limbo contest. Share and enjoy! Pole Dancer Limbo

The event program for LAFlashapaloozastock (Saturday, October 3rd, 10:30A-10P) went to press last night. Gonna be an exciting event this year. Special thanks to Evan Squire ( evansquire.com ) for producing the hottest creative we've yet had for an LFPS. A preview image is included, and you can download the high-res PDF.

On October 3rd, Almer/Blank is very pleased to once again host LAFlashapaloozastock, the best FREE Flash event in the world, now in its fourth year. Running from 10:30A-1oP, featuring five outstanding speakers including Joshua Davis and Joshua Hirsch, and an outstanding street party. Don't miss it!