This is very cool. Innovative creative agency Big Spaceship’s “Minister of Technology”, Joshua Hirsch, is giving a workshop on Rich Media Content in San Francisco on February 24 - 25.

I’ve known Josh for a few years now and I know that he’s one of the best Flash developers out there. Plus, he has real world experience with leading the development effort of a large team working for very big name clients - so he can offer some insights from real-world situations. If you’re looking to hone your Flash development skills, or just learn more about architecting rich media websites, you’ll want to check this one out. Admission is US$500.

Register here.

This workshop will focus on what goes on under the hood of rich media experience websites and games deployed with Adobe Flash. We will begin with general concepts such as overall code architecture and file structure for a large scale, high functionality project and discuss the process and workflow between the various teams at Big Spaceship. The session will then move into specifics which will be largely determined by the interests and questions of the attendees, but should remain more focused on the development side of things.

The content of the session will mainly focus on Flash 8 and ActionScript 2, but attention will be given throughout to features and differences that will appear in ActionScript 3.

Topics may include:

* Object oriented architecture and best practices in ActionScript 2
* Optimization for performance
* Optimization of preloading sequences
* Rapid Prototyping
* Animating with code
* Preparing for ActionScript 3

Location: 785 Market, 2nd Floor (one block from the Powell Street BART Station) San Francisco, CA 94103

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