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Adobe job cuts and the community
Posted on December 5, 2008 | 7 CommentsBy now you will probably have heard the news that Adobe is laying off 600 people, or about 8% of their employee base supposedly because of “weaker-than-expected demand for Creative Suite 4″ which started shipping in October. It came as a real shock to all... -
Thank You America!
Posted on November 5, 2008 | 12 CommentsThanks to all who voted, my faith in the US is restored after 8 years of failed politics — congratulations President Obama! I watched the election results come in on Twitter and arrived just in time at an internet cafe here in South India to... -
Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty
Posted on October 15, 2008 | 5 Comments“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life” - Nelson Mandela Today is Blog Action Day — thousands of bloggers will unite... -
Please do me a favor…
Posted on October 7, 2008 | 4 CommentsI don’t generally blog politics and this is going to be the one and only time I’ll bring up this years US Presidential election. While the campaign so far has arguably resulted in some of the best political satire out there, the world is facing... -
What have I been up to?
Posted on October 6, 2008 | 3 CommentsWhen you go to conferences as much as I do and meet up with old friends and acquaintances, the number one question is: “So, Peter what have you been up to?”. I realized that, unless you follow me on twitter and actually read the dozens... -
Flash vs Silverlight 2.0
Posted on September 26, 2008 | 29 CommentsApologies to my international reader base for not blogging in English, after reading the latest edition of the Dutch “inside digital media” magazine on Flash versus Silverlight I felt compelled to clear up some misconceptions. [update] the English translation is now available in the comments... -
Geographical pricing for CS4
Posted on September 23, 2008 | 58 CommentsWith all the talk about the huge difference in geographical pricing for Adobe’s products I wanted to do a quick comparison between what those in the US and those in Europe (or at least Belgium for as far as I can check) pay for some... -
Vote for your favorite video!
Posted on September 21, 2008 | 4 CommentsWhat can I say? I’ve really been overwhelmed by the great video comments you guys submitted. Thanks to everyone who took part, love what you did! I’m now opening it up for my blog readers to vote on the video they like best and help... -
Update on the giveaway
Posted on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment[update] Thanks to Powerflasher we now also have a license for FDT 3.1 Enterprise edition for one lucky winner! I’m happy to say that thanks to the friendly folks at Adobe I’ve now got two licenses of Flex Builder 3 Professional to give... -
Five years of blogging giveaway
Posted on September 14, 2008 | 30 CommentsI never thought I’d keep anything up for this long but today is the 5th anniversary of this blog! That comes to 383 posts (or an average of about 1.4 posts a week), 1482 comments/trackbacks and some 65.188 pieces of spam. Back in 1994 I...