FITC (Flash in the Can) is one of the largest and longest running events for the design and technology community. The 2009 Toronto event celebrated what it means to “live, think and play outside the lines” this year, with three days packed full of inspiring sessions focused on the art and craft of interactive design and technology.

Interestingly, the “Flash in the Can” name is a reference to Adobe’s Flash software and CAN – taken from Canada. The inaugural festival previously focused strictly on Flash. However, the scope of events has broadened to include motion design, creative inspiration, mobile and gaming technologies as well as other forms of interactive and digital media technologies such as Flex, Air and others.

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I stumbled upon this discovery earlier today while reading “Video Game Design Between 1990-2008” on Webdesigner Depot. While there are numerous debates over what the first video game was, the answer depends largely on how you define “video games”. The first truly interactive video game was “Tennis for Two” and this was also one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display.

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