Macromedia Product Managers Lucian Beebe and Jennifer
Taylor.
What's
New in MX 2004?
Think
designing Web sites is challenging? Try designing the
software that creates those Web sites. The countless hours
of programming and GUI design behind each neat little
palette in your Web app. are only part of the picture.
Factor in additional countless hours of market research,
user feedback, usability analysis, marketing, beta testing,
and customer support for every software release. Then
get ready to do the same thing every 18 months or so.
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| "We
need to be a lot closer to our customers and open
an honest conversation with them. This is just one
example of this. Watch for us to keep up this type
of direct communication."
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| Lucian
Beebe, Macromedia Senior Product Manager |
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The developers at Macromedia do this year in, year out—and
do a pretty remarkable job of reaching out to the design
community to find out what features designers and developers
need to get their work done. How did the company's latest
MX 2004 product line come about? Tara MacKay and David
Witt interviewed some of the Product Directors at Macromedia
to find out.
Our
thanks to these Macromedia staff for their insights: Lucian
Beebe, Senior Product Manager, and Jennifer Taylor, Product
Manager.
Read
the interview with Lucian Beebe and Jennifer Taylor
http://www.sessions.edu/newsletter/Macromedia_MX2004/interview.html
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Artist Profile:
Stephen Voss, Photographer
How
did you get started in photography?
My friend (now girlfriend, soon to be fiance, funny how
that works) suggested I take a B&W photo class in
college. I was studying Computer Science, but soon had
a darkroom set up in my apartment. By the time I got my
degree in CS, I was working for a photographer and knew
that was the life for me.
What
other photographers do you most admire and why?
I admire Eugene Richards for his ability to gain people's
trust and produce intimate, compelling images of their
lives. I also like the way he puts together pictures to
tell stories. If I strove to emulate anyone in my photography,
it would be Gene.
I admire James Nachtwey for his commitment to his profession
and his steadfast determination in documenting the horrors
of the world.
I admire Alex Webb for using color in a new way in his
photography.
Finally, I admire Robert Frank for blowing the lid off
of documentary photography in the 50's and making it something
entirely different and new.
What
are your favorite locations and subjects to shoot, and
why?
I really enjoyed taking pictures in Hawaii this past summer,
I like the pace of life there.
Mostly, I'm interested in people and in social issues.
I take pictures because things concern me, or sometimes
just interest me strongly. I stumble across most of my
stories by just walking around a lot.
What
type of camera/s do you use?
I use a Canon 10D for my everyday digital camera along
with a few lenses (usually a 24mm/1.4 and 50mm/1.4). I
have a Leica M6 for the occasional times when I want to
shoot film. I'm still waiting for someone to produce a
light, small digital camera that takes great pictures
and that I can mount my Leica lenses on.
What
are you currently working on?
I've just been finishing up with editing some photographs
I took on the Burnside Skatepark. It's a really interesting
place, hand built illegally by skateboarders with leftover
cement from trucks.
It's
dirty and incredibly challenging to skate, even more so
when there are four people skating so fast in such a confined
place, trying to pull something off and avoid hitting
each other.
Some
of the best skateboarders I've ever seen skate there every
day, without any interest in being a professional skateboarder,
and I like the purity of that.
I've
also been working on a grant-funded documentary project
on people experiencing homelessness in Portland. I'm hoping
the project will be wrapped up this year and appear in
a major U.S. magazine upon completion.
Stephen
Voss Profile: http://www.sessions.edu/faculty/facultysbios/svoss.html
Stephen
Voss Photos: http://www.stephenvoss.com/photo/
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