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Colleen is currently trying to become a late-blooming Adobe InDesign expert, which is having the side-effect of making her a discerning consumer of software instructional material and a better, more compassionate editor. She is a regular contributor to the O'Reilly Digital Media and Inside Lightroom blogs. She considers herself lucky to work with smart, creative, geeky people all day, then go home to her son who shows definite signs of being all of the above
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Vizualization on Visual Innovation at VizThink 2009
February 24 2009
I attended a session here at the Viz Think conference yesterday, facilitated by Eileen Clegg and O'Reilly's own Robert Schanafelt. The purpose was to collaboratively identify trends in visual innovation, and then, well, put them together in a visual way that helped display the collaboration in a functional and informative… read morePromising Glimpse of Thursday Night's Apple Store Panel
January 06 2009
The intelligent, engaged crowd at, a fabulous old-school bookstore Book Passage in Corte Madera (Marin County) got a preview Sunday of an upcoming Macworld event. Derrick Story moderated a panel of our digital imaging experts, Lisa Snider-King (Photoshop CS4 Missing Manual), Mikkel Aaland (Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure) and Deke McClelland… read morePhotoshop CS4 from the Photographer's Perspective
November 03 2008
Good friend of O'Reilly and Adobe Photoshop PM Bryan O'Neil Hughes has written a guest post today on John Nack's blog, featuring all the things that are new and interesting for Photographers in Photoshop CS4 read moreCS4 Brings Some Upheaval to Familiar Photoshop Shortcuts
October 17 2008
The new shortcuts in Photoshop CS4 will bring relief to some and pain to others. John Nack explains the changes and some of the reasons behind them. read moreSeptember 17 2008
Want to know what's in store for the next version of Photoshop (or your other Creative Suite favorites)? Without a having a public beta this go around, we've been having to glean clues about what might be in store for Photoshop "Next" from a variety of sources. Next week on… read morePhotoshop World Vegas on the Horizon (and Free Expo Pass)
August 26 2008
Photoshop World returns to Las Vegas September 4-6. O'Reillians will be well represented. read moreAnchoring Comments for Editors Working in InDesign
August 19 2008
Over at Deke.com, I've written about how we use anchored notes to communicate between the team members who work on our bestselling One-on-One series. As much as I like having graphically oriented authors work directly with the layout, it certainly brings up issues when it comes to editing passes. Although… read moreGet a Video "Preview" of Tim Grey's Hot New Book
July 28 2008
For years, scads of readers have been receiving digital imaging guru Tim Grey's (almost) daily email newsletter Q&A; called DDQ: Digital Darkroom Questions. Each email takes on a single user-submitted question to which Tim provides one of his salient, to-the-point, trying-to-un-confuse-you answers. We've collected the best of these and published… read moreThe Making of the dekePod video: 101 tips
June 24 2008
DekePod is back with an insane vengeance. Here's a behind the scenes look. read moreLeaving the House without a Memory Card: So Glad It's Not Just Me
June 20 2008
In my day job, I get to read a lot of great stuff about how to establish solid work systems that will keep you photographically prepared. So why do I show up for the final baseball game of the season without a memory card? Because apparently, it happens to the… read moreJune 03 2008
The metadata table in Derrick's book proves it's not about the camera you have, but the one you have with you. (And knowing what to do with the one you have with you.) read moreComing Soon: The Return of DekePod
May 05 2008
Why is this man jumping off the wall? The return of DekePod. I shot this on the set of Deke's soon-to-be-released next installment of DekePod, a podcast from our own Deke McClelland that made its first irreverent appearance a while back to great acclaim. The latest round will feature plenty… read morePhotography Webinar: Five Ways to Impact Your Photos for the Better
April 09 2008
O'Reilly Evangelist Derrick Story brings his popular teaching style to a webcast, where you'll learn five great ways to make your photos stand out. read moreLightroom Beta Feeback Loop Begins at Photoshop World
April 07 2008
The feedback starts flying, from Orlando, Tasmania, and virtual points in between, as Adobe invites users to download the public beta of Lightroom 2.0. read moreUsing Bridge to View iDisk Contents
March 13 2008
I was pleased to actually find out I could get image previews of the contents of my iDisk folder via Adobe Bridge. read moreRecent Posts | All Posts

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