Snow Leopard Digital Classroom

Hello there!

Wow! It's been a while since my last post and I'm not going to bore you with my excuses or my promises to be better about posting to my blog more regularly, but… I do plan on posting to my blog more regularly! This post is to announce the release of my first official book. The Mac OS X Snow Leopard Digital Classroom. It's been a lot of work and has taken longer than I thought it would but it's finally available at all of the major booksellers.

About the book

I wrote this book as a companion for people who've recently purchased a mac whether they be a new Mac user (switcher) or simply are upgrading to a new computer. I often hear from people who are frustrated because they don't feel comfortable using a their computer or want to know more about their computer and what they can do with it.

The book covers new features of Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) as well as features that have been available in the Mac OS for several versions. It's a nuts-to-bolts how to book that walks you through lessons step-by-step as if I were sitting there next to you. If you want to know how to back up your computer or how the new Quicktime player can help you edit your video or how to set up your e-mail account or how to take advantage of the new version of the Safari web browser, this book is for you!

I hope you enjoy it and please recommend it to your friends. I encourage everyone to go to Amazon.com and post a review of the book. I also encourage your comments here on the blog, I'm anxious to hear what you think.

Until next time!

Cre8 2009 - A great time!

Well, I'm sitting here at the Orlando International Airport and thinking back to the past week and about the events that took place. It was great to see familiar faces from Cre8 (and PDF Conferences) of past years and it was also great to meet new people who were attending for the first time.

I presented five sessions this year, all on different aspects of Adobe InDesign CS4.

• Master All that InDesign has to offer


• Repurposing Content in InDesign using XML


• Improving Editorial Workflows with InDesign and InCopy


• Taking Advantage of Styles in InDesign


• InDeisgn Take it to the Max!

I think the sessions went really well and there were a ton of great questions from enthusiastic attendees looking for answers to existing problems and looking for newer, more efficient ways of getting things done in InDesign.

The conference wasn't all work and no play mind you. There were several meet and greets at the end of each day and there was an abundance of meeting and greeting going on!

I'm once again hoping to improve the frequency with which I post to this blog in hopes of answering questions both basic and advanced that can help people work better and smarter in InDesign and other Creative Suite applications. I'm going to push Rob to do the same as well. I think in the past I wanted every post to be a complex, problem-solving, and in-depth post but have realized that small tips and tricks could be just as valuable. That's not to say that I'm forgoing any detailed posts… I've just decided to mix it up a bit.

I encourage your comments! As a matter of fact I depend on them. Your questions and comments will help me to create interesting and valuable posts that will appear on this blog. Send your ideas! Tell us what you think! We look forward to hearing from and seeing you all in the future. Thanks again for a great conference!

chad