Adobe

1 Jan 2010

Go read Lee Brimelow's latest blog post to understand exactly what's wrong with Adobe today.

Lee, who works at Adobe as a Platform Evangelist for Flash, has this to say:

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I’m not on Adobe’s Christmas card list anymore :)

"With us or against us" didn't work for the Bush administration, I don't think it's going to work for Adobe.

29 Dec 2009

I initially wrote this as a comment in my previous post: Why Adobe's mobile strategy is fundamentally flawed as a response to Rachel Luxemburg's comment but it grew somewhat so, in the interest of keeping comments short and succinct, here it is in its own post:

"Frankly, if you’re that convinced that Flash simply isn’t suitable for the mobile space, then you’re right, you’re going to get very frustrated at Adobe for not giving up and going home." (Rachel)

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Follow-up: Why Adobe’s mobile strategy is fundamentally flawed

I'm not asking you to give up and go home. I'm asking you to stop playing the wrong game.

24 Sep 2008

I had an absolute blast previewing my new talk, Aim for the low-hanging fruit (or 5 rules for Hedonistic Developers), at the Adobe User Group events in Amsterdam and Ghent during the Adobe CS4 launch.

I always love presenting in both the Netherlands and Belgium -- you guys are so awesome -- and this time was no exception.

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Amsterdam and Ghent was so much fun!

23 Sep 2008

Cs 4 Logo

The economy must be worse than we imagined if Adobe has to resort to having first-year typography students design the logo for their new product line. I mean, really, what's the deal with the new logo? Is it a 4 with an Elvis hair cut? A face? Is the CS spitting out the 4 (or, goodness forbid, throwing it up?) Why is Adobe, a company that makes kick-ass design products, entirely constipated when it comes to branding its own products?

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Is Adobe taking the piss? Unimpressed with the new CS4 logo.

1 Jul 2008

Adobe

I'm happy to announce that Adobe is sponsoring the Singularity web conference as a platinum sponsor. Our sponsorship agreement also gives Adobe global rights for venue sponsorship.

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Announcing Singularity’s latest platinum sponsor: Adobe