Adobe and Macromedia

Adobe purchases Macromedia. It took almost 9 months (from announcement to close) – and it feels like we’ve just given birth to a new company. Yesterday, Day 1, was a whirlwind of new products, people, processes, phonecalls and general excitement. Due to the strict laws in regards to mergers, it has been easier to let other post about the impending birth.

I’ve been using 30-day trial versions Dreamweaver 8 and ColdFusion for some internal projects to wrap my mind around some of the web tools; Mark Szulc has been posting Flash 8 video on his site. There is a myriad of other new toys to pick up, play with and understand where they fit into this new universe of Adobe.

I strongly suggest listening to Bruce Chizen’s Breezo (new term, the noun for a Breeze presentation) and reading the Acquisition FAQ.

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InDesign and Doohickeys

John Dickinson, the master of After Effects in Australia has a blog: Motionworks Blog

Kris Coppieters from Rorohiko in Wellington, NZ sent me an email on a new set of InDesign CS2 plugins. My favourite is the Place Auto-Synchronize plugin.� As an old MacOS guy, and fondly remembering System 7’s Publish-and-Subscribe model; the Auto-Synchronize plugin brings an element of that live-ness to your InDesign placed files.

time to stop bagging

Time to stop bagging Apple over the iTunes Music Store for Australa, and start buying! Yes, iTunes Music store is now open for business in Australia. As I have a spare 3.5Gb on my 40Gb series 3 (so unhip) iPod, time to start the fillin’