Final Cut Pro X – Where do you weigh in?

June 26, 2011

So FInal Cut Pro X is out and the uproar is dramatic. The infamous New York Times review, Pogue’s response from Apple engineer’s, and finally his mia culpa, the product’s not ready, seems to capture much of the mood. I’ve not heard of any broadcasters switching. Have you? If you define professional as someone who [...]

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Free HTML Resume template for designers

June 6, 2011

Graphic designer and web developers need a resume that not only lists their skills, but itself serves as a display of their talent. Several free templates are available that can help get you started. http://www.chris-creed.com/products/azuka/ http://sampleresumetemplate.net/ http://www.terrill.ca/articles/html_resume Speckyboy also has a list of 40 creative resume designs to use for inspiration then a link to [...]

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Twitter

June 6, 2011

I’ve recently become a lot more involved on Twitter. Followers are up significantly and now that the initial learning hurdle is cleared, I’m thinking this is going to be both fun and professionally rewarding. So first things, first. Follow @sjledet Here’s my recommended path for those who want to take the plunge. Now, start using [...]

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Technorati 2FNVFRZ3AXF7

May 31, 2011

Technorati is probably one of the most influential blog directories out there. Finally got around to adding this blog to it. The claim code I need to use for their spiders is 2FNVFRZ3AXF7

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Empire Avenue

May 26, 2011

{EAV_BLOG_VER:f28eeafaeebb8975} <- That’s proof to Empire Avenue that I’m a blogger. Empire Avenue is the best game I’ve found on Facebook yet. It has real world implications too, as it helps you build your social network with real marketers. I’m really enjoying it. Klout meets MafiaWars meets Motley Fool. Very entertaining.

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Free Jeffrey Zeldman ebook for Web Designers

May 9, 2011

Jeffrey Zeldman is an internet industry luminary. One of the reasons is his book, Taking Your Talent to the Web: A Guide for the Transitioning Designer. Although it was written in 2001, much of the content is still relevant. He made the PDF e-book version free in 2009. You can download it at http://www.zeldman.com/2009/04/16/taking-your-talent-to-the-web-is-now-a-free-downloadable-book-from-zeldmancom/ It’s [...]

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Review of HTML5 Step by Step by Faithe Wempen

April 18, 2011

This book is just not what I’m looking for to use in our hands-on training workshops. I did want something that was based on straight text editing (notepad is used as the editor in the books exercises) as opposed to Dreamweaver. I found this book to be a bit of a disappointment. It  doesn’t include [...]

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Adobe CS 5.5 training with iPads

April 11, 2011

Now that 5.5 is released, we can publicly talk about why we’ve been rolling out iPads in the classroom. Whether it’s ePub and DPS features in InDesign, Photoshop Touch features for Photoshop Extended, or Flash and Flex development for iPad, we want to be positioned where the action is, and for us, that means having [...]

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iPad Roll out

March 24, 2011

Our press release on the roll out of iPads to our classrooms has been picked up pretty well. It’s a hot topic. It’s also cool to see how many other trainers and training companies are offering iPad related training. Feels like 1984 (in a good way). We’ve got some pretty cool apps we’re already using, [...]

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Free iPhone PSD template and design prototyping workflow tool

March 6, 2011

Geoff Teehan posted a very high quality Photoshop PSD template with all the widgets you might need for developing an iPhone user interface. He has both iPhone 3 and iPhone 4 retina versions available. While it is a free tool, Geoff does ask for a Pay Wacha’ Like donation. To get pixel perfect design, a [...]

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