A hectic schedule, drinking, and poor diet habits, have led to a lifestyle that is a lot less fit than in my 20′s. While I wouldn’t consider myself obese, it wasn’t until a few months ago I realized just how much larger I had become. My friend Ricardo graciously offered to take some pics of [...]
NTPC Meets June 12th
May 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Outlook vs Thunderbird vs Entourage
May 28, 2008 By 3 Comments
I shot a question off on Twitter last week simply asking for a decent Outlook replacement on the Mac. I received a few recommendations, mainly Entourage & Thunderbird. I thought it best to detail my needs in a blog post to solicit more detailed responses. I have email correspondence dating back to 1988, when my [...]
UPDATE – IDUG Dallas Meeting is June 10th
May 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Dallas chapter of the InDesign Users Group will meet on Tuesday, June 10th at the Clampitt Paper Creative Center. Your humble chapter leader will be delivering a presentation on using styles in InDesign CS3. We will discuss paragraph styles, character styles, object styles and I’ll mix in some next style techniques. If time allows [...]
Movie Review – Prince Caspian
May 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Plot – It’s been over a thousand years since the High Kings & Queens ruled Narnia and it is not the same magical place. Telmarines have invaded & conquered the land, leading many Narnians to go into hiding. It is only when Prince Caspian, heir to the throne, is betrayed by his Uncle Miraz that [...]
POW! BAM! ZING! Updated Website!
May 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Between clients, the birth of my daughter Sydney, finding time for Michelle, school, frequent air travel, and well, that which we call having a life, it’s taken several weeks to get the website redesign flushed out. But here you have it. I chose to build the site using Brian Gardner’s Revolution Theme set. Overall, it [...]
Using Keyboard Shortcuts
May 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It’s inevitable. If you’re going to take on Adobe products, you’re going to get your hands dirty (and your head full) of keyboard shortcuts. The following shortcuts work in Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign. Knowing the shortcuts for the toolbar is a good start, and then I would commit CMD+Spacebar (for the Zoom tool), and Spacebar [...]
The Tutorials Are Coming
May 14, 2008 By 1 Comment
