Category Archives: Events

The Joys of All-Nighters.

It’s been an intense couple of months leading up to the Adobe Omniture Summit. There’s honestly something enjoyable to me about an overbooked day and occasionally followed by an all-nighter. At least I get to listen to a lot of … Continue reading

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Adobe MAX

Excited to be starting into another Summit for Omniture—now the Adobe Omniture Summit. This time around brings a new aspect in working with some different groups of people for the event. As part of the new structure, Adobe opted to … Continue reading

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Brom

Attended a really interesting presentation last week by Brom. Speakers like these always want me to get involved with illustration again, good reminder to make a more concentrated effort to be sketching. Working in sci-fi and fantasy illustration, he cited … Continue reading

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Post-SXSW

Overwhelming. My first word for SXSW. After five days of the interactive conference, I have a long list of sites, apps, and ideas to be checking out for awhile to come. Originally in the mindset of handing out some business … Continue reading

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Omniture-Adobe Summit ’10

For the third year, I was fortunate to be involved with designing for the Omniture Summit, which wrapped up a week ago. Odd to replace the familiar green Omniture branding with the grey and red Adobe preferences. It’s one of those … Continue reading

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New plans

New year and going out for some new things. On the smaller side is a portrait/portfolio contest by Artists Wanted. It’s one that I don’t really think I’m going to fit too well, but I figure there’s a better chance … Continue reading

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Scott Gustafson

UVU hosted the second illustrator program I was able to attend this week. Scott Gustafson, children’s illustrator, presented a contrasting style to Jon Foster from the other night. These oil or acrylic pieces and series involve weeks and months of … Continue reading

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Jon Foster

This evening, I went to a program hosted by the Illustration Department at BYU by fantasy/sci-fi illustrator Jon Foster. It was fascinating that although highly proficient with computer software for his work, he doesn’t seem set on any one medium, process, … Continue reading

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Green to the Extreme: Omniture to Adobe

This past evening was the “Green to the Extreme” Omniture celebration party remembering the past thirteen years and marking Omniture’s transition to an Adobe company. As a contractor, it’s fantastic to be invited and mingle with the sea of green. … Continue reading

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Details at Buckingham

Again I was a bit touristy yesterday and visited Buckingham Palace. The State Rooms won’t be open for a few weeks, I went over to the Queen’s Gallery, not quite sure what I was going to see. Not that I’m normally … Continue reading

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The British Museum

During my visits to the British Museum this last week, there were a couple times that I was struck with how much history we have exemplified by rooms filled with categorized items which, of course, only make a small sampling … Continue reading

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“Smash your brand”

After a couple intense weeks of working on pieces for the Omniture Summit, I was able to attend some of the events yesterday. It’s an interesting sensation to walk into the event venue and be surrounded by all this signage … Continue reading

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