March 20, 2006
Opinion: Research on Web useability is easy to find, but not so for operating systems and hardware. We need a new lexicon for understanding differences between devices.
Source: Publish
Written by Andreas Pfeiffer
In 2005 and early 2006, my company, Pfeiffer Consulting, conducted an extensive research project collecting information about Macintosh and Windows operating systems.
March 17, 2006
Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of its Creative Solutions Group has retired and will be replaced by former Sun executive vice president for software, John Loiacono (see CNET article. Bryan is a long time veteran of Adobe having served as Photoshop’s product manager for the first Windows version, Photoshop 2.5.
Very popular with, and supportive of the engineers on Adobe’s pro apps, Bryan will be missed. We wish him well and hope Mr. Loiacono can fill Bryan’s rather large shoes – literally (Bryan is a pretty tall guy with big feet).
:~)
Bryan from my Adobe Visit shoot.
Shantanu has some kind words about Bryan at Bryan’s retirement party in February at Adobe headquarters.
Bryan shows off a gift given to him at the party.
Bryan Lamkin.
We’ll miss you Bryan and wish you the best in whatever you do. How’s that new Canon 5D working out for ya?
Photos by George Jardine were taken at Bryan’s retirement party in San Jose during Adobe’s annual Tech Summit in February 2006.
See the April 5th, 2005 PSN interview with Bryan.
March 17, 2006
Former Sun Executive John Loiacono to Head Adobe’s Design, Web, Imaging, Video and Audio Business
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 16, 2006–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE – News) today announced the appointment of John Loiacono as senior vice president, Creative Solutions. In this role, Loiacono will have responsibility for the development, delivery and marketing of Adobe’s entire creative software portfolio, including flagship brands such as Adobe® Creative Suite, Macromedia® Studio®, Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe Premiere Pro®, Macromedia Flash® Professional and Macromedia Dreamweaver®. Based at the company’s headquarters in San Jose, he will report to Shantanu Narayen, Adobe’s president and chief operating officer.
March 17, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif. –(Business Wire)– March 16, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it will Webcast its first quarter fiscal year 2006 earnings conference call on March 22, 2006.
March 17, 2006
Press Release: Aperture 1.1—the first Universal version of Aperture—offers increased computer and camera compatibility. The upgrade allows photographers to run Aperture on both PowerPC-based and the new Intel-based Macintosh computers, including MacBook Pro. Developed in consultation with pro photographers, Aperture 1.1—scheduled for release in March—will be available for $499. Current owners of Aperture 1.0 can upgrade to Aperture 1.1 via Software Update. In addition to enhanced compatibility, Aperture 1.1 also provides a variety of significant performance and feature enhancements.
March 17, 2006
Source: CNET
Written by Stephen Shankland
John Loiacono, Sun Microsystems’ executive vice president for software, is leaving the company to join Adobe Systems as senior vice president of its Creative Solutions Group, CNET News.com has learned.
March 16, 2006
Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase
Issue: When you install Mac OS X, you receive the error message, “Adobe [application name] cannot be installed on this computer. Please install the BSD Subsystem.”
March 16, 2006
Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase
To install Photoshop, you must be logged in to Windows with Administrator rights. To use scratch disk files, ICC profiles, preferences files, and application files, you must have read and write access to the folders listed in the table below.
March 15, 2006
Left to right is Kevin Tieskoetter-Lightroom engineer, Mark Hamburg-Lightroom “Founder” and Jeff Schewe-photographer. Photo by George Jardine.
George Jardine, Pro Photography Evangelist of Adobe has posted two new iTunes Podcasts about Adobe Lightroom.
