Aral Balkan

Yeah, Let's Do It!

Aral Balkan is a creative technologist, author, professional speaker and a Flash Platform veteran. He is the founder and coordinator of OSFlash.org , author of the pattern-based ActionScript framework called Arp, and the creator of the SWX data format (the native data format for the Flash platform.)

Aral is a published author and has contributed to several books and magazine articles. He is the author of the Adobe Flex 2 QuickStart Guides and has written six courses of his own that cover topics ranging from introductory Flash and ActionScript 2 to Flex 2, ActionScript 3, best practices and open source development.

Aral is a regular speaker at international conferences. In 2007 he spoke at (among others) Macworld, FlashForward (Boston), FITC (Toronto), Multimania (Belgium), Flash on the Beach (UK), MAX Chicago, and MAX Europe.

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9:45 Thursday, 8 May 2008

Bare-naked Flash: Dispelling myths and building bridges

Browsers Goldsmiths 2

Aral Balkan (Yeah, Let's Do It!)

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When did Flash grow up? From annoying ads and animations to RIAs, the Flash Platform has come a long way. Join Aral for an honest, entertaining, and inspriring overview of the Flash Platform. Experience RIAs with Flex, desktop applications with AIR, and mobile applications with Flash Lite. Review the state of accessibility, open source, mashups, video, and 3D on the Flash Platform. Read more.