Where are you from?
Australian born and bred

Where did you grow up?
I grew up on the Gold Coast and just recently moved to Sydney to study and work

What are your pastimes and interests?
Besides enjoying my beanbag I like music, illustration (more doodling in a pad), cartoons and picking stuff from my belly button. Oh and Mame.dk I can't get enough old video games on my harddrive.

What's your favorite saying or cliché?
I seem to call everything "Awesome" and swear a lot.

What's your favorite movie?
Indiana Jones trilogy, even though I haven't seen them in ages. The Indiana Jones pinball machine rocks too

What's your favorite cocktail?
Milk and Milo with a twist of ice cream

When did you first get involved with flash?
August 1999 while studying design. I spent my weekends working night shift at a printer and doing flash everyday from 10pm to 7am. I still remember my first button : )

What is your view of the current use of flash?
I'm glad Flash designers just design flash.

Who do you feel is advancing the use of flash the most?
Macromedia. Without them supporting all the users and making it safe for clients to use a plugin. They have allowed so many flash sites to exist. They are also hindering it the most by releasing a buggy program and crappy player

Who has been your greatest inspiration?
My mate Andrew who studied above me in college who told me to look at flash.
Rob here at Hyro. He showed me that money isn't everything and helped shape my attitude towards the web industry. He's also a funny guy and everyone owes Yugop a big hug.

Where do you see the future of flash?
I see people understanding it a lot better and avoiding a lot of the problems that come with not knowing the program well enough.
Also the acceptance of the plugin becoming even more widespread.
Hey look, flash in my microwave display

What advice would you give to budding flashers?
Learn director before it's too late : )

What can FK01 attendees expect from you?
Besides an eye candy feast of man hunk hehe : )
Rather than wank about how good I am and stuff I hope to actually help people have an understanding about what's involved in making a flash-based game.

People can download code from nearly everywhere now but you can't download the knowledge it takes to build a game from start to finish. I'll be talking about the mechanics and ideas behind the games rather than trying to teach a tiny flash trick that will forgotten in 2 minutes.

Any closing words?
Remember Flash is flash.
It won't save your life, sort DNA, or fly you to the moon.
It just moves stuff around on the screen.

If you would like further information on speaking opportunities please contact: Mark Fennell(webmaster@flashkit.com). We have conferences planned in LA, Sydney, and Europe and Asia as well, so let us know your interest!