Hello Everyone!
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted something, but I just wanted to let all of you know that I am alive and well, even though semester just started. Lots of work to follow, that’s for sure. Anyway, I’ve made a few changes to the site recently. I removed the About Me page and moved it over to the sidebar on the site. I’ve replaced it with my umm… Portfolio? Yeah, we’ll call it that. It was something I put together last year over a day or two and have modified a little recently, but it needs work. Lots of it. I plan re-vamping it to show off and highlight some of my work at Planet Label, but right now it’s not a top priority to update since I’d like to re-build it from scratch. It will likely be constructed in Adobe Flex again, but with a little more organization and consistency. I’d say, though, that it is a good start to something with potential, and lots of it.
Other than updating the site, I’ve been busy getting back into the groove of academic life and putting tutorials together for WDMD 302, a course that introduces our students to Adobe Flex. I’ve decided that I will be putting up videos with code for both Flex 3 and FlashBuilder 4, seeing we are at a transitional phase in the Adobe world. I will also be recording both lectures I will be giving weekly on the material to give people who visit the site an understanding of what the code is doing, rather than just viewing code captured in Captivate. The plan is that there will be two sections of one hour lectures a week where students can dive into what the tutorials are trying to convey, and to observe the big picture of the project. Both lectures each week will be recorded even though they will cover the same content.
As for Planet Label, things are going great, as always, but seeing that the release of Adobe CS5 is drawing near, I feel hesitant posting content on the blog that relates to Adobe CS4 material. Maybe I can spend more time and posting resources for designers or focus more on the label and sticker industry, we’ll see come Tuesday. As usual, here’s the list of posts I’ve written for the blog since last update:
Furthermore, I’ve been expanding the web presence for Planet Label by reviving the Plurk account; setting up Tumblr, ArtFire, SocialURL, and Flavors.me accounts; and bringing more people to our Twitter account. It’s been nothing short of a fantastic experience. The people are wonderful, and it’s one of the reasons why I love the job so much.
Anyway, it’s time for me to head out. It’s a bit late and I still have some work to get done for class later today. Take care!
i don’t know with other users but the new version of Adobe illustrator is a bit slower when it loads. ‘`:
I’ve noticed that a bit, too, with CS5. I really don’t mind it, though, because I think my desktop is getting old. My laptop loads all Adobe apps without any problems at all.