Thanks to everyone who joined us Wednesday night for Doug’s discussion of the new Adobe Acrobat 9 version. Even though I attended the Acrobat 9 kickoff e-seminar (available on-demand), there were so many new features in version 9 Doug talked about that I didn’t even know existed.
Here are some of the websites Doug mentioned in his talk:
- Doug Halliday at Adobe PLM and his Acrobat 9 post
- IT Matters blog - PDF and Security Matters
- Acrobat User Community - tutorials, forums, e-seminars
- Acrobat.com - free online community and library available to Adobe Reader and Acrobat users
For those interested, the Denver Acrobat User Group will hold their June 26, 2008 meeting online, with a presentation of Adobe Acrobat 9 Extended. Information about the meeting is available at Acrobat User Community Events, along with instructions on how to join the meeting remotely.
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Recap of Adobe Acrobat 9 Presentation
June 19, 2008
I have written a recap of the Adobe Acrobat 9 Presentation on my blog, I discuss the ways that Adobe Acrobat 9 will make web design and development easier. It was a great presentation and interesting to see where Adobe is taking their long standing product.
Job opportunity - Lead Systems Integrator
June 9, 2008
The Computing and Information Technology Division at Wayne State University is looking for a Lead Systems Integrator. This position has lead web designer duties responsible for designing rich and full featured user interfaces for internally developed enterprise-wide web applications.
Successful candidates will have extensive experience designing unique and innovative web sites using all the advanced tools available today. This position works as member of a team of application developers charged with enhancing existing applications and creating new ones when needed. For more information or to apply visit Wayne State’s job opportunities page, Posting Number: 035332.
Mark your calendar! The next Refresh Detroit meeting will be 6:30pm, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at Ann Arbor SPARK in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are fortunate to have Adobe representative Doug Halliday lead the presentation.
Doug will highlight the exciting new features in Acrobat 9 including:
- Flash integration with PDFs
- Forms - simplied workflow to create forms, new ways to collect data
- PDF Portfolios
- Real-time collaboration for shared reviews
- Improved print workflow
- Adobe Presenter
- and many other new features!
Adobe expert Greg Pisocky will join our meeting remotely to explain the accessibility features in Acrobat.
Location
Ann Arbor SPARK
330 East Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Doug Halliday is Business Development Manager, Manufacturing, at Adobe Systems Inc. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving customer awareness of Adobe solutions in manufacturing, developing partner relationships and formulating strategies with key customers, particularly in the automotive and heavy equipment sectors.
Greg Pisocky is a Business Development Manager in Adobe Systems’ Corporate Product Management Group. As an accessibility specialist, he advises Adobe’s customers on techniques for developing accessible content for those with disabilities.
Ann Arbor Startup Weekend
June 3, 2008
We’re putting our heads and our ideas and our skills together to launch startup companies in one marathon weekend. Startup Weekend has been bringing these exciting, community-building weekends to cities all across the country. More than 100 people from all kinds of industries and skillsets will launch 10-12 companies. Friday night we’ll vote on ideas and choose the top dozen or so. After that, you’ll be able to choose which idea/team you want to work on and spend the rest of the weekend putting everything together for a launch. When all is said and done, you’ll be a co-founder of an honest-to-goodness startup. We need all kinds of participants!
We need idea people, marketing people, design people, technical people, business people, etc.; everyone can put their skills to work in creating these new companies. And this is a perfect time to try out something new - if you’re a techie who’d like to try graphic design or an accountant who’d like to try a little marketing, this is an excellent opportunity to expand your horizons. Through the enormously generous support of McKinley, Inc., we’ll be holding the event in office space at Liberty Square, next to the McKinley Towne Centre. There’s plenty of room for us to spread out, good access to public transportation, as well as easy parking.
The registration page will ask you to choose a general area of skill that you’re interested in. You are free to choose whatever you’d like to work on, and during the weekend, you’ll be free to explore different roles on the team(s) you’re working on. Think of the choice as an indication of general direction, not a declaration that locks you into a certain role. Pick what you would like to spend your weekend doing, not necessarily what you do for your day job.
FAQ Why should I attend?
1. Be a part of your local tech community, help build it and connect people.
2. What did you do last weekend? Experience an amazing energy, it could change your life.
3. Meet brilliant, amazing, motivated people. Find people that you know can work hard, finish projects and work well with an unknown landscape. Find a cofounder.
4. Be a part of something bigger, get excited.
5. When is the last time you had a challenge such as launching a company in 54 hours with 100 or so strangers? When is the last time you saw your company on the front page? (more reasons and links at startupweekend.com/reasons-to-attend/ ) Are you starting real companies? Yes. If you have an idea, you can find a team to make it reality. And if you have skills, you can join a team and be a part of something new and exciting. What happens after the weekend? Each team will decide for itself how to proceed. It may be that the team continues work on weekends, or some other structure or plan that works for everyone involved
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