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