I’m excited to be presenting at Adobe MAX this week and honored to be a part of the Day 1 Keynote. If you’re not in LA for the show you can watch it here:
It will be streamed LIVE on Behance, max.adobe.com and youtube (above). You’ll see all the latest and greatest innovations and product updates. The show kicks off at 9AM PT.
It was a surprise low-key announcement by Apple. An upgrade to the MacBook Pro line. I wasn’t expecting it as everyone was telling me not to expect a MacBook Pro capable of supporting 32GB of RAM until 2019. Perhaps when Apple starts using their own processors instead of Intel. I was just as surprised as the rest of the world. I was also happy that the wait was over. I had been holding out going to a new MacBook Pro for years. I was still using my work Mid-2014 MacBook Pro 15″. At work we are allowed to upgrade computers every 3 years and unfortunately for me that was in 2017. Instead of going with a 2017 MacBook Pro (which wasn’t much better than the 2016 MacBook Pro), I opted to go with a 27″ iMac instead. Most of my day-to-day work and live streaming is done from my home office these days. I don’t do roadshows and tours like I used to. Therefore a nice fast desktop Mac was the way to go.
In 2016 Apple made the radical decision to redesign the MacBook Pro. In the process they did away with all the traditional ports and instead went with 4 Thunderbolt 3/USB C type ports. At the time this was painful for most users because it meant buying an adapter for every single peripheral that you wanted to connect. I was still intrigued until I talked with others that had the new one. The feedback was pretty consistent. I didn’t find a single friend/colleague that raved about the new 2016 MacBook Pro. Everyone I asked “so how is it?” the response was pretty much the same “it’s OK. It’s not really any faster than my previous model.” This coupled with having to buy a bunch of dongles and adapters AND still being limited to 16GB of RAM meant a pass from me. Apple upgraded the MacBook Pro again in 2017 moving to a faster Kaby Lake processor, but that was about it. It was still limited to 16GB of RAM and no significant speed benefit. There was also the problem with the design of the keyboard. I remember the day one of my colleagues sat down next to me and started working/typing on his 2016 MacBook Pro and the clicking/clacking was so loud that I wanted to scream. This coupled with the high number of people reporting keyboard failures meant another pass in 2017 and going with the 27″ iMac instead as I didn’t want to be stuck for another 3 years on 16GB of RAM.
I’m in my home office this week and that means I get a chance to do some live streaming/tutorials.
Here’s what I’ve got going this week:
Monday, 8/20 – Creative Cloud Tips and Tricks on the Creative Cloud Facebook Page
Tuesday, 8/21 – How to Design a Flyer in Adobe InDesign CC on the Adobe InDesign Facebook Page
I’ve been carrying a laptop Mac pretty much since the category was created. Although they have become thinner, lighter and much more powerful than the early days, mobile devices are just easier to bring along. I always have my iPhone with me and in most cases I have my iPad Pro 10.5” with me. The iPad is becoming more and more useful as a potential MacBook Pro replacement. As a matter of fact I’m on a plane as I write this post on my iPad Pro.
When I do a photo shoot on location I either shoot with my Nikon D850 DSLR
I’m finally back in my live streaming studio this week! That means that I have some live streams to do this week on the various Adobe Facebook pages:
Monday, July 9, 1PM PT – How to Add Your Own Branding to Adobe Spark
It was great seeing so many of you last week at Photoshop World. I’m back and it’s time to stream! I’ll kick things off this week on YouTube.
Monday, June 4 1PM PT – Tips and Tricks for Adobe Creative Cloud Members – get the most out of your membership.
Tuesday, June 5 1PM PT – How to Bring Those MS Word & Excel Files into Adobe InDesign CC
It’s time for one of my favorite conferences and once I again I get to teach some of my favorite subjects. If you’re coming to Photoshop World 2018 in Orlando Florida I’ll be happy to see you in my classes:
On Thursday, May 31 you can join me in the Partner Pavilion – Adobe Theater for “Seven Ways to Improve Your Photos with Lightroom Classic CC“
I’m back from my travels and that means that I’m back to my regularly scheduled live streaming.
Monday 5/21 – How to Automate Adobe Photoshop CC – on the Adobe Creative Cloud YouTube Page. Learn Actions, Droplets and more. Continue Reading »
This week I have the privilege of bringing in two members of the Illustrator product team to answer questions and talk about what they’ve been up to with Adobe Illustrator CC.
Wednesday, 5/16 at 9AM PT – Live with members of the Adobe Illustrator Product Team.
Apple Home App running on my iPad Pro.
I’m a huge fan of automation in general especially when it comes to smart home stuff. My new home was built two years ago in May 2016. I got the chance to start with a clean slate and put in all the smart home tech that I wanted pretty much from day one. Sadly the builder wasn’t really into smart homes (aside from running ethernet drops) yet so I had to do it all after the house was completed. When people think smart homes one of the first things that comes to mind is lighting and that is pretty much where I started too, but it didn’t stop there. Since most of the things in a smart home are controlled via your mobile devices I also wanted to make sure that most if not all things I did worked with Apple’s HomeKit since I’m an iOS user.
