September 7, 2006
Digett’s Creative Director to speak at 2006 Flashforward Conference and Film Festival Boerne – Only the best of the best are represented among the panel of speakers at the annual Flashforward Conference. Boerne’s own Trevor Dodd ranks among the elite whowill be presenting at this year’s event in Austin. As the Creative Director at Digett, alocal interactive marketing firm, Dodd is widely recognized in the world of Flash design for not only his cutting-edge design, but his talent and passion for creating flashanimation. Next week Dodd will share his expertise in writing the code behind such animation at the largest international Flash-related film festival on the planet. Flash is a popular browser plug-in that helps web site builders present complex movement, animation and interactivity to web users relatively painlessly. With the latest improvements in the tool, created and sold by Adobe Systems Incorporated, its popularity as a means of delivering audio and video along with traditional animation has reached an all-time high. It is estimated that over 95% of internet users take advantage of flash,whether they realize it or not. This is Austin’s first go at hosting the Flashforward Conference and Film Festival, slated for September 11-14. With a focus on Flash as a platform, the conference brings together the best minds in the Flash design and development community. Flashfoward dedicates itself to provide education and inspiration for the beginner and professional. Past attendees of the conference have come from companies and disciplines from as wide variety as AT & T to the United Nations. Dodd will present a session entitled “Flash for Designers (Learn to love Action Script)”. In a podcast interview conducted by Flashforward,(http://blog.flashforwardconference.com/2006/08/11/podcast-trevor-dodd-interview/) Dodd tells about the web design community in Texas, Digett’s work with clients, and why he is excited about the conference. Digett’s clients include noteables such as the Kentucky Derby, Jackson Browne, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Dodd’s work has been highlighted on Commarts, published in Cutting Edge Web Design, and nominated for awards twice at Flashforward film festivals (Best Interactive and Original Music). Dodd has been a speaker/panelist at previous South by Southwest events, Flashforward, and Aspen Design Conference events and was a recent guest speaker at Incarnate Word in San Antonio. For more information about Digett, visit www.digett.com. For more information on Flashforward2006, visit http://www.flashforwardconference.com.