6 posts tagged “urlaub”
I went to the early registration this morning to finally get my hands on this year's goodies - I wasn't disappointed!
- Everything was packed in a black backpack including a laptop compartment - what makes this IMHO stand out from the bags you get at other conferences is the FotB logo that's printed on the front :) - I don't know about you, but I think that if you are a designer or have any taste at all, the shitty logos of some other developer conferences are reason enough to not run around with their bags. In other words: I might really use this one...
- Inside were some product and sponsor flyers, a nice session scheduler and two FotB stickers. More importantly there were two things that perfectly match the "On the Beach" concept of the conference (honestly: I was already expecting these last year): a large bathing towel and a pair of flip-flops both of cource with logo prints. Great and not your everyday-giveaway.
- So much for the fun part but I kept the best until the end and I really wasn't expecting this. The backpack also contained a fresh new copy of Colin Moock's "Essential Actionscript 3.0", probably the no. 1 printed ressource on Actionscript there is. Ok, some of the attendees may already own a copy, but still this is great gift.
At 9:30am I attended the first part of Michelle Yaiger's introduction to AS3. I left after the first break - definitely not because of the quality of the workshop, I think Michelle was doing a good job - but because I realized she was covering very basic topics (when I booked the workshop as part of the enchilada package, I didn't really know what it was about - my fault).
Instead I enjoyed my last day of free time on the beach of Brighton together with my girlfriend who will be leaving tomorrow morning. We later met with some of the German attendees that I know in the lobby of the Old Ship where we also spotted some of the speakers enjoying a couple of beers.
I won't post "my" choice of sessions that I'll be attending in the next three days - basically because I haven't decided yet - but expect some posts live from the conference!
Not a cloud in the sky - but also not much wind. That's good, if you want to lie at the beach and read a book - but bad, if you want to fly a kite. Still, after running around for two days, we had a great time relaxing.
On the way back we took the bus all the way to the Marina east of Brighton and had some nice views of the white cliffs.
The day ende with a good vegetarian dinner at "Food for Friends" and going to the Odeon to see the movie of Neil Gaiman's novel "Stardust" (memorable highlight: Robert De Niro as gay pirate captain Shakepeare).
I haven't had time to see much of Brighton last year and the weather wasn't all that great - smart move, to make it happen in November this time.
From the Alvia Hotel we started a long walk down to the ocean, along the beach and Brighton Pier. We ate the notorious fish & chips for dinner while watching a beautiful November sunset, café latte and cookies for dessert. Even better than I remembered it and Susanne loves it, too - great first day, I wouldn't mind living here for some time.
We just returned to the hotel and we'll definitely fall asleep soon - after all, we had to get at 4:30am to catch our plane.
I've been quite busy in the months after my New Zealand trip, but I'll start blogging today about this year's "Flash on the Beach" conference in Brighton.
We just arrived in a sunny Brighton by train. Big surprise: free WiFi in the Alvia Hotel - woohoo! I didn't remember that from last year, maybe they didn't have it then. Anyway that's good news.
They put Susanne and me in the same room Thomas and I shared last year - it has been modernized a little including some very ugly fluffy torquoise pillows... :)
We'll relax now for some minutes, take off our winter clothing (it's much warmer than in Munich) and then leave to do some exploring.
Letzter Arbeitstag für dieses Jahr.
Heute morgen war die U-Bahn wieder ziemlich leer. Ich habe das Gefühl die meisten in München haben frei, nur ich gehe arbeiten. Wäre ja auch nicht überraschend, aber die Jahre zuvor ist mir das nicht so extrem aufgefallen. Oder war ich damals in der Gruppe der "Freinehmer"? Ich kann mich nicht erinnern...
