Archive for November, 2008

San Francisco: Day Eight

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Today was my last morning in San Francisco. I had a little bit of time to kill, so I decided to say good bye to the sea lions. All in all: an excellent birthday present to myself / conference trip. I could easily go back to San Francisco any time! It’s also nice to be [...]

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San Francisco: Day Seven

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Today I rented a lovely little Nissan Versa and drove to San Jose to view the Winchester Mystery House. This house seems very creepy on TV shows, but having now toured it and learning more about Sarah Winchester, I think the mystery of the house has dissipated. It’s a very lovely place — full of [...]

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San Francisco: Day Six

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Today I left Union Square (noisy and sort of smelly) to stay in a hotel near Fishermans’ Wharf (touristy, but warm and less creepy). The new bed is bigger than my apartment (king size) and it’s fabulous. There are four pillows! I had breakfast at the Pergamino Cafe before walking up a gigantic hill to [...]

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Adobe MAX: Day Three

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Today’s sessions and labs were: Flash CS4 Professional for InDesign Usershosted by Chris Converse Building Desktop Applications with Dreamweaver CS4 and Adobe AIRhosted by Justin Nemeth Common Mistakes Print Designers Make on the Webhosted by Stephanie Sullivan Fireworks Mock-Up Labhosted by Jim Babbage It was a pretty quiet day, overall. There were no group programs [...]

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Adobe MAX: Day Two

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Today’s general session was hosted by Adobe’s Tim Buntel and Ben Forta. I unfortunately didn’t grab any video, but it was also very clever. They acted out a scenario that would involve a design team, a development team, and a deployment team to create one product with a seamless workflow. It was great to see [...]

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