This weekend marked the 8th annual Flash in the Can (FITC) festival in Toronto where designers, developers and enthusiasts came together to get inspired, learn a little something, and nerd out on all things digital - from code as art, to process, to agency infrastructure and everything in between.

There were endless sessions to choose from making it difficult to pick any one to attend. Some of the usual suspects included a red bull infused presentation on "space" by Joshua Davis, a behind the scenes view into creative exploration from Big Spaceship, and an audience controlled game of breakout presented by Balazs Serenyi of sourcebinder.org.

What was most interesting about FITC was the intense amount of community surrounding the event. With a new site launch, constant twittering, blogging and a newly founded Ning community, there were endless ways to connect both online and offline with new faces, old friends and interesting people.

To top it off, Odopod walked away with two FITC Award honors - 3D Flash for NVIDIA Speak Visual, a collaboration with our friends at Cutwater SF and Flash Animation for White Gold, another collaboration with the team at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

At the end of the day, it wasn't just about Flash or Flex or Air or anything else in the arsenal. It was about the energy around innovation and what we're able to do with the toolkits that made us all excited to be working together within the digital space.