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A (hopeful) farewell to spam
Entry posted on Feb 17 by robhuddles

A few minutes ago, I deleted the email accounts info@sierrammug.org and rsvp@sierrammug.org. Together, they accounted for something like 98% of my daily spam, while receiving close to zero legitimate traffic. We'll see what happens.

Adobe Now Offering Members 15% Discount
Entry posted on May 20 by robhuddles , tagged News

I'm happy to announce that Adobe is now offering user group members a 15% discount on purchases made in the Adobe store. This applies to any single order (which can contain multiple items) up to $10,000. It applies to full versions of new software such as Creative Suite 5, upgrades, books, and anything else on the site.

To redeem the discount, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/cspartners and complete the form. In the "Association" field, type "user group", and in the validation code field, enter 72360. You will receive an email with a code to access the store in such a way as to reflect the discount. Please note: do not enter the name of our group - just enter "user group".

Adobe is being very generous in extending this offer to us, and we need to not abuse it so that we will get more deals like this in the future, so please do not share this information with anyone outside of the group.

Adobe Touch Apps now available!
Entry posted on Nov 15 by robhuddles , tagged Design,Mobile,News

Late last night, Adobe released the Adobe Touch apps to the Android Market. If you were at the meeting earlier this month, you got a taste of what the apps can do. I for one can't wait to start playing with them!

(And if you've been waiting for a reason to get an Android tablet...)

http://blogs.adobe.com/creativelayer/2011/11/14/adobe-touch-apps-now-available-in-android-marketplace/

Another round of BrowserLab registrations now available 2
Entry posted on Jul 16 by robhuddles

BrowserLab is open for registrations again! Hurry - they will only be open until about 7pm Pacific.

http://browserlab.adobe.com

Recent Comments (2 of 2)
07/16/09 by robhuddles: Good! I don't know if I can take credit or not, but I did ask the team to d...
07/16/09 by Fred Ryals: Rob, I just got back from walking the dog. Perfect timing... I'm in! ! !

BrowserLab Open for Registrations Temporarily 3
Entry posted on Jul 07 by robhuddles

BrowserLab has once again opened its doors for new registrations. If you'd like to start playing around with it (and it is a pretty awesome tool), then head over to browserlab.adobe.com and sign up. They are only going to be open until 12PM today (July 7), so hurry!

Recent Comments (3 of 3)
07/07/09 by waltdietric: I agree Rob... just don't have the daytime access to the outside world anym...
07/07/09 by robhuddles: Fred, My understanding is that they are going to continue these short-noti...
07/07/09 by Fred Ryals: Rob, It sure would be nice if they'd open for sign-ups in the evening. Th...

CS5 Now Shipping
Entry posted on Apr 29 by robhuddles , tagged Design,Development,Event,News,Print,Rich Internet Apps,Video

As of 9pm Pacific time tonight, CS5 is officially out there in the wild!

You can go to www.adobe.com to purchase your copy or download trials of the various products.

Our next user group meeting (next Weds) will be all about CS5, and we have some amazingly cool things to give away, so watch your inbox for more details in the next day or so!

Diane Blakley's Web Resources 1
Entry posted on Dec 02 by robhuddles

Diane provided a list of her favorite web resources, and generously agreed to make them available here.

Convert web safe colors to hex/RGB: www.seoconsultants.com/css/colors/web/safe

Color schemes:
colorschemedesigner.com
kuler.adobe.com
www.avivadirectory.com/color

Keyword tool to get new keyword ideas:
adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

CSS to Typography to ...
alistapart.com
www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/27/css-typographic-tools-and-techniques
www.sitepoint.com

Accessibility - color blindness:
colorfilter.wickline.org

Inspiration:
www.csszengarden.com
www.haystack.com

Relaxation/fun:
fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf

Recent Comments (1 of 1)
01/03/10 by Mtndi: I came across another weblink for accessibility issues. There's a toolbar a...

Flex 4, Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder released
Entry posted on Mar 22 by robhuddles

This morning, Adobe announced the release of the Flex 4 framework, and along with it the newly-rebranded Flash Builder 4, the IDE for building Flex applications. (It's the new version of the tool formerly known as Flex Builder.)

Adobe also announced the release of ColdFusion Builder, a brand-new IDE for developing ColdFusion applications.

You can read all about all of these new releases at http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/.

Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder can be purchased as a bundle for $299 if you currently own Flex Builder 3. Students, teachers and those recently laid-off from work, however, can get them for free (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/free/index.html).

60-day trials of Flash Builder and ColdFusion Builder are available as well. Of course, the Flex platform itself remains open-source and free.

Important News
Entry posted on Nov 11 by robhuddles

Members,

A lot has been happening over the last couple of weeks at Adobe, and I wanted to take a moment to share some of the news with you.

First, I have gotten a lot of feedback about our November meeting and our guest speaker, Doug Winnie. I am very glad you all enjoyed his talk so much. Doug is a good friend, and while I was very bummed that I could not make the meeting, I knew you would love it. So, it is with a great deal of sadness that I let you know that Doug was one of the 750 people laid off by Adobe this week. I have no doubt that he will land on his feet, but I know his contributions to Adobe will be missed.

Second, I am sure that a lot of you heard the "news" yesterday about Flash. Unfortunately, as with so much else these days, a lot of organizations and individuals chose to pass off rumor and their own biased opinions as news, rather than reporting facts. So here is the realty: Adobe has announced that, after the next release, they will discontinue development of Flash Player Mobile, the version of Player that currently runs on Android and Blackberry devices. This is no means spells the death of Flash; quite the opposite, in fact. Rather, it is an acknowledgement that the world is changing, and that most people would rather consume rich media content on their mobile devices through native apps, rather than the browser. The simple reality is that very few - if any - organizations were creating mobile-optimized Flash sites. By discontinuing Flash Mobile, Adobe will be able to focus their resources on continuing to push the W3C to make HTML5 live up to its promise, while pushing Flash Player on the desktop even further. On the mobile side, Flash will continue to be one of the best options for creating native mobile apps, thanks to the continuing development of AIR for mobile.

Third: Doug spoke at the meeting about Adobe Creative Cloud. For those unable to attend, Creative Cloud is a new initiative from Adobe that will bring Creative Suite, the new Touch Apps, and more to people in some innovative ways. Most importantly, you will be able to access Creative Cloud next spring for a subscription of about $50/month. That means that you will be able to get the entirety of Creative Suite Master Collection - along with a lot more - for about $600/year, a tiny fraction of the cost of purchasing a traditional license. Best of all, if you continue the subscription, you will automatically receive future upgrades. For those interested in continuing with the traditional model, Creative Suite will still be available in a boxed edition, but here too they have made an important change: beginning with CS6, only those customers who have purchased CS5 and CS5.5 will be eligible for an upgrade. So, if you are still using CS3 or CS4 and were hoping to upgrade to CS6, you will either need to switch to the subscription model or purchase CS5.5 now. The good news here is that Adobe is offering a 20% discount on CS5.5, but only through the end of the year. (That said, the subscription model really makes sense in a lot of ways; I suspect that very few people outside of large corporate organizations will opt to get CS through the traditional "boxed" model.)

If you have any questions about these issues, please feel free to contact me directly. You are also welcome to "like" our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/sacramentoadobeusers, and start a conversation there. I have been and will continue to share a lot of this breaking news on Facebook and Twitter, so if you want to be kept up-to-date, "like" us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/sacadobeusers).

Thank you.

Rob

P.S. My apologies for forgetting to send this to this list in the first place. :)

June Meeting Recording and Links
Entry posted on Jun 12 by robhuddles

The recording of our meeting on Flash Catalyst and BrowserLab can be found at http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p34661172/.

The BrowserLab preview is currently closed, but you can check on the status to see when they reopen it by visiting http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/browserlab. If you are a Twitter user, you can also follow @adobebrowserlab, @sfegette (Scott Fegette, the Dreamweaver product manager), or @robhuddles (me) for updates on its availability.

You can download the free preview (beta) versions of Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder from Adobe Labs.

Information on us joining Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk will be following soon.

Thanks to everyone for showing up and being understanding about the last-minute venue change. Have a great summer!

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