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Change is in the air… CS4 soon to be released…

Seems like everything is changing right now. The economy, the presidency, how business is performed, new trends in technology. This morning I watched the Web broadcast of the Launch of Adobe CS4. I must say, it looks like a very exciting software package. I’m excited to see the new functionality of Dreamweaver. It sounds like they focused more on CSS, which I always thought was one of Dreamweaver’s weaknesses. I’m also very excited about the new Flash 10. They promised it was much easier to animate in, and requires much less programming than the older version. They also incorporated inverse kinematics to do the animation. I’m familiar with inverse kinematics from using 3DS Max for animation. No word on making the new Flash compatible with the iPhone however. I won’t let this deter my excitement from using it. I put in a request this morning to preorder the upgrade at work.

Another thing that there is much buzz about is the new Google phone. I haven’t had a chance to see anything about it. I’m surprised, because most of the buzz has been word of mouth. It seems like I saw a lot more marketing for the iPhone when it was coming out than the Google phone. Of course this could just be because I havne’t been watching much television lately. I seem to be in a vacuum where I haven’t had time to update my blog, watch tv, or update my website, but I couldn’t exactly tell you where the time has gone.

Tomorrow evening I plan on attending the new Refresh Miami at Yahoo Latin America. Last month I gave a speech on Human Factors, this month they have:

– Alexandra Leite is going to describe what it’s like to work in global virtual teams; – Jeffrey Sass of Myxer will talk about dealing with the complexities of mobile content;

– Jose from the Knight Foundation will present the Knight News Challenge Garage and give information on how you might win part of $5 million!

Should be some exciting stuff. It will be good to get out of the house for a bit.