My apologies for the lack of posts lately – things have been comfortably busy, with client projects, and a few other endeavours, one of which is a new advanced Flash course I will be instructing at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in January and February ’04.

If you’re an intermediate Flash developer in Edmonton or area, check it out – it might be “the course to take your game to another level”. It also helps that NAIT is running it for an amazingly good price.

Read on for the full press release from NAIT…

Grant Skinner to Deliver FlashMX2004 Course at NAIT

Eagerly anticipated upgrading opportunity for Flash developers launches in Edmonton

October 30, 2003 NAIT IT Part-time Studies, in conjunction with NAIT�s Digital & Interactive Media Design program is pleased to announce that internationally respected Flash developer and educator, Grant Skinner, will be delivering an all-new 36-hour course to Macromedia Flash users.

Entitled, FlashMX2004 Enterprise-level Development, the course will help prepare intermediate Flash developers for the growing enterprise-level sector of the production market. Students will be introduced to innovations in the MX Professional 2004 version of Macromedia�s flagship Flash application. More than just providing an understanding of the tool and advanced programming with ActionScript 2.0, Grant will be imparting production management skills such as planning and team coordination strategies, usability considerations and post-deployment evaluation techniques.

If you are a serious Flash developer with prior experience using the Flash IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and ActionScript, this is the course to take your game to a higher level.

Grant Skinner (gskinner.com) has extensive education and production experience, fueling his reputation as a world-class authority on Flash coding, design and production deployment. He has been recognized internationally for his work, including awards in the Technical Merit and Application categories of the Flash Film Festival at FlashForward 2003 San Francisco, and for Technical Excellence in the 2003 Flash in the Can awards, where he presented �Object-oriented Concepts for Flash Applications�. He recently spoke at FlashForward New York 2003 and at SIGGRAPH 2003 on enhancing Rich Internet Application (RIA) usability. Grant presently operates on a free-lance basis, working with top international agencies and progressive corporate clients on cutting edge RIA conceptualization, usability, development and deployment.

Course Dates:

Jan 26 � Feb 23

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (excluding Feb 16)

6:30pm � 9:30pm

Tuition: $550

Participants are encouraged to register early as space is limited. For availability and course information, please contact:

Course information:

Jim Foley

jimf@nait.ab.ca

Digital & Interactive Media Design

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

(780) 378-5356

www.dimd.nait.ab.ca