Last night Adobe celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a BIG party for the employees! Wow! What a night. Not too many high tech companies can come close to the success of Adobe and we at Adobe have a lot to be thankful for. We’ve had good times and we’ve had bad times. Last night we reflected on the company’s 25 year history.
partying with a couple thousand of my closest friends
Everyone in the room was upbeat and having a good time. The mood and the party got even better when Adobe’s founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke took the stage!
John and Chuck reflected upon the early days and how they never imagined (back then) that Adobe would be what it is today. It was truly an honor to be in the company of these two Silicon Valley pioneers/inventors.
Adobe’s new CEO Shantanu Narayen took the stage and offered a toast to all of us and to our continued success!
There was also a surprise guest…
Smash Mouth rocked the house for the rest of the night!
I got a chance to spend a little time with some of the great people that I admire:
Adobe co-founder John Warnock (a true visionary – the inventor of PostScript) and Terry White
Adobe co-founder Chuck Geschke and Terry White
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Terry White and Adobe’s former CEO Bruce Chizen
Photoshop product manager John Nack & Terry White
Marianne & Adobe’s Sr. Creative Director, Russell Brown
Mo & John Warnock
Addy, Fred, Julieanne Kost, & Chuck Geschke
of course no Adobe event would be possible without a little Acrobat….
Like I said, it was a great night! I’m looking forward to the next 25 years and the innovations yet to come from this fantastic company and the people that work here! Thank you to all the customers who buy Adobe products (and keep me employed 😉 )
Cuz the Adobe 25th Anniversary Party don’t stop !!
WOW, looks like so much fun !! Adobe ROCKS : )
WoW!!! Adobe does rock with its cool products and people! That Russell Brown…and Terry White are two examples of Adobe’s cool people who have great people and tech sklils!! Best wishes…
Hi Terry,
I noticed your admiration and interest in John Warnock. Back in 1986 I interviewed John Warnock for a book I did entitled Programmers at Work. He was a real inspiration. Anyway, at the urging of many developers, I’ve recently set up a web site to make the book and interviews available online and I thought you and your Adobe colleagues might be interested in checking it out. Just today I posted the John Warnock interview. You can find it at this address:
http://programmersatwork.wordpress.com/
Also, if you know what John is up to today and how I might get in touch, let me know. I’d love to try to get him to do another interview today.
enjoy!