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AdobeMAX Los Angeles
AdobeMAX (Monday [Oct. 5] – Wednesday [Oct. 7, 2009]) – approximately 4,000 people attended this event. One constant theme from this and previous AdobeMAX conferences is that the tools we use to solve business problems matter. Similarly, what is made with those tools matters. The people at Adobe really understand […]
Read MoreLos Angeles Events (with AdobeMAX)
I participated in AdobeMAX 2009 (Los Angeles) in early October. Without a doubt, this was a great conference. Some of the highlights are listed below. In addition to AdobeMAX, I was able to participate in a WOW Summit (Sunday), an Adobe Community Managers meeting (Sunday), a reception for educators and […]
Read MoreAdobeMAX – Wednesday
Wednesday was the last day of AdobeMAX. I participated in a number of incredible sessions. Here are a few photos from the day. I will be posting a summary of the conference soon. www.flickr.com
Read MoreAdobeMAX – Tuesday
Tuesday, Oct. 6, was the mid-point of this year’s AdobeMAX. In addition to the general session, there was also a sneak peeks session where a number of possible technologies were presented. This year, there was a Star Wars theme. Mark Hamill (Luke) presented the AdobeMAX Awards. In addition to the […]
Read MoreAdobe iPhone Announcement
While attending AdobeMAX this week, I sat in on the announcement for Flash on the iPhone. Here is a video of this presentation. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did when watching the original.
Read MoreAdobeMAX – Monday
Monday, October 5 was the first full day for AdobeMAX. The keynote started late and ran over about an hour. The rest of the day all the sessions and labs were off on their starting times. Sigh. Overall, a lot of great material was covered today. We also got a […]
Read MoreAdobeMAX – Sunday
Most of Sunday was spent in several different meetings. Since I started an Adobe User Group in January, I participated in the Adobe Community Manager meeting. I had to exit from that meeting after lunch to participate in a WOW Advisory board meeting in the afternoon. Finally, there was a […]
Read MoreAdobeMAX – preconference
I am presently in Los Angeles participating in the AdobeMAX conference. I spent some time wandering around downtown Los Angeles yesterday. I took a number of photographs and thought I would share a few with viewers. www.flickr.com
Read MoreIllinois Web Accessibility Conference
The first Illinois Web Accessibility Conference was held on Sept. 29, 2009 in Urbana. Victor Tsaran (Senior Accessibility Program Manager, Yahoo!) gave the keynote. One of the main points of his presentation was that for individuals without disabilities, using technology is an option; for those who have disabilities, it makes […]
Read MorePeoria Fine Art Fair
My wife and I spent part of the weekend at the Peoria Fine Art Fair. These are a few of the photos I took of the various exhibits. Some of the artists expressed a desire not to have their work shown online and I respect that (so I have not […]
Read MoreCommon phrases
See how many of these well known phrases you can recognize/ decipher without the use of a dictionary or a thesaurus. Scintillate, scintaillate, asteroid minific Surveillance should precede caltation Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately […]
Read MoreHappy 40th Birthday Internet
If I understand correctly, the Internet is 40 years old today (born Sept. 2, 1969). A Cambridge based company – Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) won the initial contract to design and implement and deploy the first computer connected to the ARPANET. A Honeywell minicomputer was selected for this initial […]
Read MoreFall, 2009 semester starts
As we begin the fall semester, I wanted to share a few thoughts with students taking my classes in the ICC web curriculum. First – welcome to class. I am here to help you better understand the material and apply it to real life situations. If you ever have a […]
Read MorePeoria Rock and Fossil Show
The Peoria Gem/ Rock and Fossil show was held at the Ramada Hotel on August 22 and 23, 2009. These are some of the photos I took while attending the show. Thought you might enjoy seeing these. Lots of interesting specimens on display (many for sale). www.flickr.com
Read MoreOWEA outreach at Hunter Museum
We met with the public at the Hunter Museum of American Art on August 6. The event was well attended by members of business and industry as well as numerous educators from Chattanooga, Atlanta, and surrounding communities. These are some of the snapshots taken during this time. I did ask […]
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Just returned from another trip to Alaska a couple days ago. Thought I would document and include some photos. Hope you enjoy.
https://24ak.net/day-1-september-5-2024/
Happy birthday grandson. I’m very proud of you and what you are accomplishing.
Happy birthday grandson! I am very proud of you and all you are doing!
Congratulations to the winners of our web design and development competition. Post secondary winners - gold (Idaho), silver (Kentucky), bronze (Pennsylvania). High school - gold (Missouri), silver (Tennessee), bronze (Kansas). Well done!
Excitement and anticipation is building to learn the winners of our national web design and development competitions in Atlanta. State Farm Arena is packed.
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