Technology kicked ass today

And so did 2M09 of course

As most of you might know, today(/yesterday) I attended 2M09, the biggest free multimedia-fest in Europe. I met a lot of cool people, it was really great. Too bad I had seen a lot of these sessions earlier this year at FITC Amsterdam. (But that’s no issue. I got to hang out with a lot of cool people, so all is good )

And let me add this: Big up to Koen and the Multi-Mania crew for yet another unforgettable edition of this amazing event. You guys are so bad-ass for doing this!

What is this really about?

Yesterday night I came up with the idea to broadcast a livestream using Qik on my iPhone. I found it to be a geeky idea, and heck it’s free, so why not?
And so it happened: At 9.30 AM this morning I was standing in the main room when I started the broadcast. I pushed an alert to Twitter as soon as the stream was up. Only seconds later the view-counter on my iPhone screen went up! 4 viewers… 9 viewers… 15 viewers… It peaked at 44 viewers. And not only were all of these people seeing what I was seeing; Qik was saving the video on its servers as I was streaming it, so others were enabled to view the video later on. After only one day, the video had 1300+ views! Read the rest of this entry »

MultiMania 2009 live coverage

UDATE: The video in this post was the actual livestream I was broadcasting during the opening keynote at 2M09.

Only a few hours until 2M09 opens its doors to the conference-day. I’m attending and I’m planning on shooting some video and timelapse coverage. However since we’ve got the technology to do so, I will be doing some live coverage too (which you can watch here, in the player below)!

If you couldn’t make it to the conference, this is your chance to see some live action! I’ll post a tweet as soon as I’m going to start a stream, so keep an eye on my Twitter updates (feel free to follow me)!

I (finally) got my 2M09 schedule

I know, I know… Registrations were open for at least 3 weeks… Anyway, I registered just a minute ago and I wanted to share my schedule with you guys. If you happen to go to one of these, let me know. I’d love to meet up.

09.30u / 10.15u – Adobe’s opening keynote
10.30u / 11.15u – Remember the magic!
11.30u / 12.15u – Flash Platform “Next”
14.00u / 14.45u – Chicks, tits & photoshop…
15.00u / 15.45u – Why nerds will rule the world. Conquering advertising first.
16.00u / 16.45u – Hanazuki behind the scenes
17.00u / 17.45u – CS4 Time savers + technology sneaks
18.30u / 20.00u – 2M09 AWARDSHOW + PARTY

Multi-Mania 2009: Let’s rock!

With only 15 days to go it’s about time: 2M09 registrations opened up a few days ago.
Multi-Mania is one of the fastest growing multimedia fests around and it just keeps getting better. This year, for the first time ever, Multi-Mania is a 2-day event! One day full of (free) workshops. One day full of (free) inspiring, technical, creative and educational sessions.

This will be the third time I’m attending Multi-Mania and the speakerlist just blew my mind: Aral Balkan, André Michelle, Rob Chiu, Peter Elst, Serge Jespers, Scott Janousek, Sakri Rosenstrom, Rob Bateman (how is this guy’s nickname not ‘Batman’??), Niko Stumpo, Thomas Joos and many others.
It seems like there’s no end to that list… I’m blown away…

Some people mind need a reminder: An event like Multi-Mania for free starts to make look other conferences look bad… Really… Think about it for a second. A big up to Koen De Weggheleire and all the rest of the Multi-Mania crew for making this happen year after year.

Multi-Mania 2009 will take place in Kortrijk (XPO). Make sure you mark may 18th-19th as 2M09… And don’t forget to show up. It’s a free event, but registration is required so make sure you don’t forget to do so.

See you there!