Ben Forta's Blog - Adobe

Adobe Looking For Art Student Interns

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:58:00 -0400

We are looking for art student interns with expertise in any of our creative products. Interns will interact with our user communities by answering questions and providing learning content to our customers. They will use our products to create video tutorials, artwork, animations, and samples. Ideal candidates will have strong writing and communication skills as well as experience with social media, forums, or blogging. You'll need a strong portfolio that demonstrates talent and creativity in your major area of study, the ability to communicate patiently and diplomatically with customers, excellent writing skills, strong communication and inter-personal skills, the ability to work across teams with geographically remote team members, and 1-2 years experience in one or more of the following Adobe products: Lightroom, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash Professional, Acrobat, Adobe Premiere Pro. This internship opportunity is anticipated to be for up to 3 months between May to September this year. Interested? Go to the Jobs at Adobe site and search for job number 20458.

Ryan Stewart's New Role

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:50:00 -0400

I may be slightly biased, but ... it takes evangelists to get stuff done, and some of your favorite Adobe products are being managed by evangelism team alumni. The latest of our elite to make this leap is Ryan Stewart who recently announced that he the new Product Manager for Edge Code and will thus be joining Andrew Shorten's team working closely with Adam Lehman (who manages Brackets) and Raghu Thricovil (who managed Adobe Edge Animate and now manages the HTML Innovation Pipeline). And yes, Andrew and Adam and Raghu are all evangelism team alumni. See what I mean? Congrats, Ryan!

Create The Web Online

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:24:00 -0400

If you haven't been able to attend any of the Create the Web Tour events in person, join us tomorrow December 20th for an online presentation. This is part of a new Adobe TechLive program (as explained here by Alan Greenblatt).

Get Involved In The Adobe Translation Center

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:00:00 -0400

The Adobe Translation Center enables users all over the world to contribute translations for Adobe products and services, including some of our newest offerings like Edge Inspect, Edge Animate, PhoneGap Build, and Brackets. So far, almost 700 community members are translating and approving strings for 34 different products. More details on the FAQ page.

Sign Up For Create Now Live

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:28:00 -0400

Create Now Live is your chance to be one of the first to hear what's next in the Adobe Creative Cloud. See what's next in Photoshop, explore ways to take your design skills from print to online and mobile, learn how teams can work better together with Creative Cloud, and be inspired by Adobe evangelists and leaders in the field. Create Now Live will take place on December 11, 2012, starting at 10:00 am PST. Registration is required, and when you register, you'll receive a code for a $300 discount on a full conference pass to Adobe MAX 2013.

Creative Cloud Connection Now Available

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:58:00 -0400

If you've been wanting to seamlessly sync the files on your desktop with your data storage on the Creative Cloud, here's some good news for you. The Creative Cloud Connection is now available. It currently supports Mac OS 10.7 and 10.8 and Windows 7 and 8, and is available immediately to all Creative Cloud users. You can also visit the Creative Cloud Connection forum with questions or comments.

Marketing Is Not BS

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:32:00 -0400

I'm loving Adobe's new campaign around digital marketing. Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes explains the campaign in her blog post In Defense of Marketing.

Here's one video supporting the campaign:

The Create The Web Post Event Interview

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:05:00 -0400

Matt Rozen interviewed Adobe folks and guests at last week's Create The Web event. Hear what Grant Skinner, Divya Manian, Kevin Hoyt, Joseph Labrecque, Paul Trani, and many more had to say about the announcements and what they mean for you.

Adobe Social Launched

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:23:00 -0400

I've not posted much about Adobe's Digital Marketing offerings and services, but this new one definitely deserves a mention. Adobe Social is a new offering that can help integrate social media into digital marketing plans, turning social efforts into measurable business results.

Support For HiDPI And Retina Display

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:45:00 -0400

No, I am not a Mac user (shocked, huh?). But lots of you are, and lots of you have been asking about Adobe application support for HiDPI and Retina Display. Over on the Photoshop.com blog the team has announced that this is indeed in the works for Photoshop and Lightroom.

One Month Left For Creative Cloud Discount

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:30:00 -0400

Creative Cloud subscriptions usually cost $49/month. At launch we also offered introductory pricing of just $29/month (with a year superscription). Well, that $20/month discount expires in a month, so go register now.

Adobe Inspire Magazine Comes To iPad

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:18:00 -0400

Adobe Inspire is one of our most read and respected publications, created monthly and distributed online and via email. And now Adobe Inspire magazine has made its debut as an iPad application. Download and enjoy!

Ali Raza's Adobepedia

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:17:00 -0400

Adobe Certified Expert Ali Raza wrote to tell me that he had created Adobepedia, a free educational mobile application (iOS, Android and BlackBerry Tablet) that offers a minimalistic but intuitive approach to explore Adobe, its products, tutorials, tips and tricks, video lectures and everything in between.

Welcome Christie Fidura, Our New EMEA Community Manager

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:25:00 -0400

Supporting our community has long been an utterly critical part of what I and my team do. My own involvement with the community goes back to the mid-90s (before I joined Allaire), and between MAX and usergroups and community events and more, I personally remain very connected to the community. Indeed, having a dedicated team to focus on, and support, our most loyal and passionate users is a source of much pride for me. But, it's no secret that for the past few years we've not been staffed to provide appropriate local support for communities in Europe (and indeed, all of EMEA). And so I'm really pleased that Christie Fidura has joined our community team as our new UK based EMEA Community Manager. Christie has been with Adobe since 2009, and her prior role did afford her the opportunity for some community involvement, but now community is her full-time job. She has posted a hello message on the community blog, feel free to go by to say hi and welcome her to her new role.

Adobe Creative Cloud Is live

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:26:00 -0400

Adobe Creative Cloud, first introduced by Kevin Lynch during the MAX 2011 opening keynote, is now live, and waiting for you to subscribe.