CreativeTechs Tips

CreativeTechs is taking a different approach to professional training. We’ve organized our materials into dozens of smaller, bite-sized modules. The results are shorter, focused sessions, which let you get the training you need, without setting aside an entire day away from the office.

Download a PDF of our Training Brochure and see what upcoming workshops catch your eye. Then join us Wednesday and Thursday mornings for the fun:

CreativeTechs Training Feb08.pdf

Missed a good one? All our topics are available for one-on-one training. Email training@creativetechs.com or call 206-682-4315 to schedule a personalized training session.

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If you don’t have a full hour-and-half you can dedicate to watching Steve Jobs’ latest keynote at Macworld 2008, here is a great video that lets you catch the entire 90-minute speech in 60 seconds!

Remarkably all the highlights are there. If you feel inspired to watch the full version, here’s the link at Apple’s website:

Macworld 2008 Keynote Address

Tip: For the best part, jump ahead to 58 minutes into the presentation when Steve Jobs unveils the new MacBook Air by pulling it out of a thin envelope on stage.

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Mac OS X Leopard Server was released in October 2007. CreativeTechs’ Enterprise Consultant, Jordan Bojar, has developed a special series of hands-on workshops that dig into the most important new features, and covers in detail how they impact larger creative teams in the Seattle area.

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Our new 90-minute mini-workshop format appears to have been a hit last year. And as we usher in 2008, we’re expanding the topics as well as setting aside each Thursday morning for an ongoing series of Photoshop CS3 training workshops. Check out the list for a couple free topics as well.

Here’s the pitch: Join us Wednesday or Thursday mornings at 9:30am in our Seattle offices (sorry, not available remotely yet). Pick up a couple new skills, and get back to work before lunch. You can put what you learned into use the same day.

Sign up for a couple interesting topics, and check-off one to-do on your New Year’s resolution list!

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There’s nothing better on a cold winter day than gathering together in front of a warm crackling fire. Back in 1966, Channel 11 WPIX in New York City began broadcasting The Yule Log each Christmas Eve as a televised gift for people who lived in apartments and homes without fireplaces.

Today, over 40 years later, what could make a better Christmas-eve tip than a link for your own iPod-resolution version of that fireplace classic:

Original Yule Log for iPod (WPIX-TV)

In 2001, The Yule Log returned to TV sets in select cities with an updated edition for HDTV. The 3-hour recording of a burning log won its time slot in the Nielsen ratings each year since it was brought back. Wikipedia has a fascinating account of The Yule Log’s rise, decline, and revival.

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Seattle graphic designer Pat Hansen (the founding president of Seattle’s AIGA) has created a special line of personalized gifts. The deadline is closing fast for Christmas.

Personalized Gift Jars from Noteable You

Each individual gift includes dozens of your personal messages from you about your loved one. You choose the gift container, the design, the colors and up to 100 personalized messages. They’ll walk you through the ordering process. Whether it’s for a last-minute Christmas gift, something for the New Year, or just for a friend who needs a bit of cheer, Noteable You Gifts are the perfect item.

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A classic designer’s lament updated for the holiday season. Every time a bell rings, that’s an agency’s account executive caving in to this client demand…

Source: Thanks to Very Big Blog for the tip to this fun holiday video. Original video and song from World Wide Wadio. Of course don’t forget the original hard-rock edition. Seconded by Mac support specialist Tim Hannon of Sound Support.

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Check out this MP3 collection with almost 100 old spooky, corny and kitschy vinyl records from the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s. If you are the right age, you might remember a few of these classics from your own childhood LP collections.

The entire MP3 collection is available for free — just in time for Halloween parties. Download your favorites to your iPod, or burn CD’s right from your computer.

Jason at the Scar Stuff blog provides the MP3s in zipped files for each album. For immediate gratification, scroll down this post where you can play tracks from a few of our favorite albums.

Enjoy! And Happy Halloween from CreativeTechs in Seattle!

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Each Wednesday morning, CreativeTechs hosts a new 90-minute mini-workshop in our training room in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.

Join us Wednesday mornings 9:30am to 11am. Pick up a couple new skills, and get back to work before lunch. You can put what you learn into use the same day. The cost is $50 per workshop.

On October 3, we have a particularly fun topic. Our master retoucher, Jason Hoppe, will be leading a special workshop on retouching skin in Photoshop. This workshop demonstrates a wide range of techniques for dealing with the unique challenges involved in retouching faces and bodies.

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This week in Seattle watch for Metro busses carrying a new “Northwest Profiles” campaign for PEMCO Insurance. We mention this for three reasons:

#1: PEMCO Insurance is our client. We’ve supported their Mac-based in-house design department for years.

#2: The Seattle ad agency DNA Brand Mechanics, who helped create this new campaign, is also one of our long-standing clients.

#3: That’s our own hardware-guru Jasson Lewellen, proudly portrayed in Northwest Profile 12, as the “Ponytailed Software Geek

You can see more of Jasson by visiting PEMCO’s We’re A Lot Like You website and clicking on his profile.

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