My Journey to become an Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign CC . . .

5 months

694 flash cards

3 electronic study guides, supplemental books, online tutorials, and practice exams

over 80 minutes per day/night studying

numerous well wishes and positive energy from my son, in-laws, out-law, closest of friends, and kisses from my cat

incalculable love and moral support from the love of my life, Terri

1 difficult exam

. . . 

Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign CC

Adobe and the 50" Hi-Def Drafting Table

via nytimes

“When I entered the office of Kevin Lynch, Adobe Systems’s chief technology officer, on Friday in San Francisco, I was immediately caught off guard by a large high-definition television hiding in the corner of the room. It was at least 50-inches wide and propped up at a 45 degree angle on a drafting table.

“What is that!” I asked.

Mr. Lynch paused and looked at me as if I had just seen a Christmas present before it was wrapped and placed under the tree. “Ummm, that’s the future,” he said. “It’s a drafting table running Photoshop Touch where you can essentially draw and create on a screen.”

The future, for Adobe, it turns out, is in the past…”

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