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In Portland for D&D | Congrats to Adobe Founders

 

Well my west coast tour continues. It began last week in Las Vegas for Photoshop World then I hopped over to Los Angeles to teach a couple sessions at Adobe MAX. Which, by the way, Mark Hamill made an appearance at one of the general sessions. Can you believe it? I saw Luke Skywalker in person. Anyway, now I am in Portland for the Down & Dirty Seminar Tour tomorrow and then I will finally be heading home. While in my travels I have come up with a load of new ideas for great tutorials. So be looking out for those in the coming weeks.

I also wanted to take a moment and give a big congrats to the founders of Adobe System Dr. John E. Warnock and Dr. Charles M. Geschke. Who, earlier this week, were presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Obama for their contributions to the desktop publishing revolution. I personally want to thank them because without them, I would not be here writing this blog. Way to go guys!!!

5 Comments

  1. Lewis said on — October 8, 2009 @ 10:59 pm

    Wow did you get the meet the founders of the Adobe? Those guys have to be geniuses in the true sense of the word. Hey did you get Mark Hamil to sign your light saber? I would have , lol ,.

    Anyways I definitely am looking forward to seeing new tutorials , your the best , you have a very relaxing voice for tutorials also, lol , . I do a tutorial every morning and every night . I definitely want to thank you , this is one of the best websites and most helpful websites on the Internet.

    Oh and where is this months contest I amost ready , lol

  2. emgower said on — October 9, 2009 @ 9:49 am

    Yeah! Looking forward to your tutorials.

    Any chance you’ll bring your tour to Hartford,CT?

  3. Bob Murray said on — October 9, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

    Thanks and admiration go to Drs. Warnock and Geschke for enabling millions of artists to create and distribute their art in media new to mankind. I dreamt of your inventions, but you made dreams come true.

  4. Buljung said on — October 13, 2009 @ 6:13 am

    chanks for your sharing

  5. henryPC said on — November 23, 2009 @ 9:47 am

    thanks for the blog Drs Warnock. I’m a tutor on photography holidays. Best job in the world! And this site is a good one to pass on to my students.

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