May 2008

Wii Be Not Fit

by A.J. Wood May 31, 2008 Editorial

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 [...]

Tagged as: exercise, Fitness, fitness goals, Gaming, training, Wii, Wii Fit

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NTPC Meets June 12th

by A.J. Wood May 30, 2008 Events

Reuben has asked me to be the speaker for the next NTPC meeting on Thursday, June 12th. I will be giving an overview presentation of features in Photoshop CS3, and doing a general Q&A session. NTPC information can be found on their website, and their Meetup community page.

Tagged as: community, photography, Photoshop, user group

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Outlook vs Thunderbird vs Entourage

by A.J. Wood May 28, 2008 Editorial

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 [...]

Tagged as: contact management, email, entourage, messaging, outlook, thunderbird

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UPDATE – IDUG Dallas Meeting is June 10th

by A.J. Wood May 22, 2008 Adobe

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 [...]

Tagged as: Dallas, IDUG Dallas, InDesign, meeting, user group

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Movie Review – Prince Caspian

by A.J. Wood May 19, 2008 Arts/Media

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 [...]

Tagged as: movie, movie reviews, narnia, prince caspian

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POW! BAM! ZING! Updated Website!

by A.J. Wood May 16, 2008 Editorial

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 [...]

Tagged as: Announcements, blog, theme, website

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Using Keyboard Shortcuts

by A.J. Wood May 15, 2008 Tutorials

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 [...]

Tagged as: Adobe, Illustrator, InDesign, keyboard shorcuts, Photoshop

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The Tutorials Are Coming

by A.J. Wood May 14, 2008 Tutorials

Yes, the rumors are true. I will be putting up responses to student questions as written tutorials and video podcasts. Expect to see this section populated in the upcoming weeks.

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