Last week we posted a podcast interview with Brendan Dawes and told you a little about the session he’ll be presenting at Flashforward2006 Austin. But this will be more than just a presentation — Brendan will be celebrating the launch of his brand-new book of the same title, Analog In, Digital Out.

Among his other activities at the conference, Brendan will be reporting on his Flashforward experience on the Amazon blog associated with the book.

He’ll also do a signing, and New Riders will be running a competition to win one of four exclusive signed prints featuring artwork from the book.

If you’re not excited about AIDO yet, check out Brendan’s “official site” for the book — fascinating snippets of found video.

You can also look at some Flickr photos Brendan posted, sent to him by the publisher so he could see how it turned out.

Join us in Austin and help Brendan celebrate this amazing new work!

In this podcast, Lynda interviews Trevor Dodd of Digett, who will present the session “Flash for Designers (Learn to love AS)” at Flashforward2006 Austin. Trevor tells Lynda a bit about the web design community in Texas, his company’s work with music clients, and why he’s excited to participate in Flashforward Austin.

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PS: That picture? Not Trevor Dodd. But please attend his session anyway.

In this podcast, Lynda interviews Paul Matthaeus of Digital Kitchen, who will present the session “Designer as Auteur: The Recontextualized Filmmaker” at Flashforward2006 Austin. Paul elaborates on this topic and the award-winning work his company has produced for film and television.

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In this podcast, Lynda interviews Mordy Golding of Design Responsibly, who will be joining us at Flashforward2006 Austin to lead the “Flashing with Illustrator” workshop. Mordy discusses his experience with both applications, his books and video training, and future projects.

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There’s a nice new interview with Flash animator Chris Georgenes of Mudbubble over at WebProNews: “Flash As A Big Ball Of Clay.” Chris talks about how he transitioned from hyper-realism to a his current style; how he approaches Flash as a tool for animation (online and off); and how he perfected his Nelly impression. He also proclaims, “There’s more you can do with a hammer than just driving nails,” which is true but somewhat troubling.

Chris will be on-hand at Flashforward2006 Austin with his colleague Gary Goldberger to present an unabridged version of these insights in their session titled, “Characters, Motion Graphics and Production Techniques.” That’s just one among many great animation sessions in our schedule, so if animation is your field, why not join us?

(Thanks for the link JD!)