From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Everyone Can Use My Credit Except Me

by A.J. Wood August 31, 2008 Ramblings

If you followed me on Twitter yesterday, you know I was at the Apple store trying to purchase an iPhone. I bounced in about 1PM, and after talking to a couple of store reps decided to take the plunge. What followed next was the longest 2.5 hours of my day. I’m going to link you [...]

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Dallas Photo Walk Winner

by A.J. Wood August 28, 2008 Adobe

I’m sure many of the city leaders will blog the same opinion, but to say choosing a city photo walk winner was difficult is an understatement. I hope to NEVER choose a winning photo ALL BY MYSELF ever again. There were a number of excellent photos, and it was not an easy decision to pick [...]

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Dallas Photos from Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk

by A.J. Wood August 26, 2008 Adobe

It’s been a few days since Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk, and photos are appearing in the Dallas Flickr group. Tomorrow I will have to pick one photo, a singular selection amongst a collection of fine photography, as an entry for the grand prize contest. Lord help me. There are 300+ images to go through, [...]

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Photoshop Elements 7 & Photoshop.com

by A.J. Wood August 26, 2008 Adobe

Adobe has announced version 7 of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements as well as a mobile strategy for the Photoshop.com website. Looking at Adobe’s site it appears that these version upgrades are only for the Windows platform. While I understand the rationale, WAAAAAAYYYYY more Windows consumers in the global marketplace, it’s a little disappointing that [...]

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Are You Ready To Photo Walk?

by A.J. Wood August 22, 2008 Adobe

Greetings all! I hope you’re as excited as I am to meet up for the Photo Walk this Saturday. The weather has been pretty wet all week, but I’m hoping we will catch a break. On the upside, the rain should make for a cooler evening. Here is a daytime picture of Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse [...]

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Technology… Equalizer or Divider?

by A.J. Wood August 14, 2008 Ramblings

I recently stumbled upon a thread in Twitter, an apparent flame war between several patrons of Twitterland. It didn’t affect me personally, but I was drawn in by the vile language and extreme rage being thrown out on both sides. At different points in the threads I read, links were tossed out as “evidence” to [...]

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August 12 – IDUG Dallas Meeting

by A.J. Wood August 11, 2008 Adobe

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. It would seem everything is on the rise. Gas prices are up, Texas weather is gettin’ mighty warm, and your humble Adobe Instructor is hopin’ to kick off another IDUG (InDesign User Group) meeting chock full of information. The Dallas chapter of the InDesign Users Group will meet on [...]

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