Wow! Last night I won Best Canadian Developer (which of course really translates to Best Canadian Flash Developer) at the FitC awards show - quite an honour (eh?). The award is supercool - an old-school can opener embedded in a block of clear lucite. I'll add a picture of it here after I get back home.
I'd really like to thank my fiance Bobi for putting up with my nerdy Flash obsessions, and a fair amount of neglect over the past few years. I'd also like to thank everyone that's contributed to this fantastic industry - it's pretty cool to have a job that you actually look forwards to each day (well... most days), and one where you can meet up with so many great people at these events.
I'd also like to (belatedly) thank my amazing team at gskinner.com, their great work has let me focus more of my time on the community, and on pushing the boundaries of the technology with experiments and cutting-edge corporate projects. I wouldn't be able to do what I do without them. Thanks guys!

Comments (16)
gCongratulation!
Posted by: Danger at April 11, 2005 10:31 AMURL: http://www.dengjie.com
Congrats man!
Posted by: Keith Peters at April 11, 2005 11:12 AMURL: http://www.bit-101.com
Congratulations!
Posted by: thomasglyn at April 11, 2005 11:30 AMSounds like youre having a great time at FTIC!
URL: http://www.thomasglyn.com
Nice work Grant. It will look nice up on the shelf with all the others :)
Posted by: Lanny at April 11, 2005 11:44 AMURL:
Hey,
You forgot to mention how awesome your Flash team is and how they make you look so good, and that you wouldn't be anywhere without them, Phil is the greatest, blah, blah... ;)
Posted by: Philter at April 11, 2005 01:08 PMURL: http://www.philterdesign.com/
Definitely lots of thanks go to my amazing team at gskinner.com, their great work has let me focus more of my time on the community, and on pushing the boundaries of the technology with experiments and cutting-edge corporate projects. I wouldn't be able to do what I do without them. Thanks guys!
Posted by: Grant Skinner at April 11, 2005 01:22 PMURL: http://gskinner.com/
Congrats!!! Way to go, grant!
Posted by: Kristin Henry at April 11, 2005 02:51 PMURL: http://www.galaxygoo.org
Congrats, Grant! Glad to see you getting the (Canadian) recognition! Well deserved.
Posted by: Jason Nussbaum at April 11, 2005 04:01 PMURL: http://www.jasonnussbaum.com
SWEET! Well deserved. Congrats Grant.
Posted by: Randy Troppmann at April 11, 2005 04:02 PMURL:
Grant
Posted by: Jim bachalo at April 11, 2005 04:43 PMEnjoyed your presentation at FITC immensely.
Congrats on the award.
URL: http://www.bitstream.ca
Hey dood,
Congrats on the prize!
Posted by: Eric Chan at April 12, 2005 09:41 PMURL: http://ericchan.ca
Congrats,
Congrats my man, job well done. Can't think of anyone else who deserve's this award more than you.
ciao,
Posted by: Samuel Agesilas at April 13, 2005 07:37 PMsam
URL: http://www.qyucorp.com
Congrats!!!!!!!!!
Can i be in your team or atleast of any help?
Posted by: Parag at April 14, 2005 03:52 AMParag
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I have been a longtime fan. Nobody better could have deserved this award as much as you Grant. Congrats.
Posted by: Todd at April 14, 2005 07:16 AMURL: http://www.haleypro.com
Way to go Grant. As a junior developer with the Federal Government here in Edmonton, I was thrilled to see the article about you in the Journal this morning. Congratulations!
Posted by: Paul at April 27, 2005 06:56 AMURL:
Its a great honor to have another Canadian attain such a name. God Bless you!
Posted by: Renato at April 29, 2005 10:24 PMURL: http://www.ru-ready.net