This week I finished the short film project I was working on. It is titled, “The Robbery”. This short film is about a desparate man pushed too far who decides to take matters into his own hand through a little home invasion.

I learned a lot from putting this together. I used a Canon XL1 to shoot the DV. Editing was down in Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas. Let me know what you think of my first film project in quite a while. It won’t be the last as I am already doing pre-production on the next one.

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As luck would have it, I am off to a Flash convention this weekend in Toronto. What is FITC? Here’s a brief summary of what to expect.

The FITC name was derived from the first show that was produced in 2002 called ‘Flash in the Can’ — a reference to Adobe’s (previously Macromedia’s) Flash software. This inaugural event focused strictly on Flash, but the scope of future events has broadened with the explosion of interactive media to include all platforms including mobile, installations, motion graphics and games.

FAST FACTS: FITC Toronto Design & Technology Festival

What is it?
A “Do It Yourself” festival for new media designers and developers who will learn the latest in interactive techniques and technologies and how to apply them to their own work. World-class speakers, Canadian debuts of new media art exhibits, a prestigious international awards show and late night mixers round out the festival, providing an energizing round-the-clock experience for the delegates.

Since I’ve never been to Toronto or a Flash convention, I am very much looking forward to this. I plan on attending a few workshops on building games in Flash, working with video in Flash, and overall learning out new features and AS3 programming for Flash coolness.

If your going too, let me know and I’ll meet you there.

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Zen Habits has a great list of the top 50 productivity blogs. I highly recommend checking these out. I’ve been a fan of one of the sites on the list…Steve Pavlina for years.

Now if I can only make this list.

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I recently finished designing a new website for my father’s online sign company, MiniTrafficSigns.com. His metal miniature replica and specialty signs have been a hit on Ebay for years. I designed his original site, but it was time for an update. Using Web 2.0 look and feel, I coverted the site to CSS standards and brought in the gradient-glossy design. I built a Flash 3D sign carousel to spice up the site. Finally we added a PayPal powered shopping cart functionality to increase our sales potential.

You can visit the new site here. Be sure to check out his CuteZ sign series for cute animal-powered signs.

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My latest website design project, ScottySaysRadio.com was featured in the CSS-gallery site CSSclip last week.

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