Jason Levine – Healing People Daily with the Power of Digital Video & Audio

My friends, it's wonderful to be blogging today, as Day One of MAX Europe has just ended, and quite frankly, WHAT A BLAST! The crowds were simply incredible; highly enthused, energetic, inspired, and completely thrilled to be here -- and more importantly, to have all the fine presenters from all over the globe, presenting for them, to them, in a relaxed but fun, information-filled fashion (nice alliteration there, eh?) really set the stage for the day. What else can be said?

Today, I conducted a series of CS3 Hands-On classes with my fellow evangelists Rufus Deuchler & John Schuman, and the attendees just rocked; and yeah, that phrase is getting darn tired...but you know what? I'm a musician, and I can call out when someone rocked...and WE did, and the attendees did. SO THERE. Cliche and passe? Nah. Just pure awesome, rocked-out fun.

But as if the response to learning workflows in CS3 Master Collection wasn't enough for us, Greg Rewis, Rufus and I conducted yet another 'Adobe Guru CS3 Shootout'. Similar to the one in Chicago, we once again had a standing-room-only crowd, and a raucous one at that! Seriously, (we) couldn't believe the response! People were literally shouting, cheering, whistling and 'woo-hoo-ing'; it was nuts, and we can't wait to do it again tomorrow. Thanks to EVERYONE for their enthusiasm, adoration for all things CS3 (including yours truly (wink) and Rufus & Greg) and for truly rocking MAX Barcelona off to a great start. And honestly, it's YOU (our customers, users, fellow bloggers and all) that made this day (and this event) what it is. So a sincere thanks, and just wait...more is to come!

On that note, I had recorded a short vid (which is now two days old! Argh) but I figured I'd post it; if nothing else, it'll give you a glimpse into my arrival in Barça after a rather dismal day or two of travel...

Now, upon arriving, we *did* get a chance to go out and eat some Paella (we were ALL craving it; seriously!). So, en route to downtown, Karl strapped his handy 10.1 megapixel cam to a lightpole, and we did a quick group shot...

Stef, Jase, Greg & Karl - Paella awaits!

Following the Paella, it was a rather early night, as we had setup (and files, et als) to prepare the next day. Rufus and John arrived, and I took a couple of quick snaps of this beautiful, breathtaking city. These are all from the hotel room windows, but I think you'll get the idea of the beauty; and seriously, the Sea just looked SO blue. Peace.

Deep Blue Sea...

She Came In Thru The (23rd Floor) Bedroom Window...

Beautiful Barcelona

Another from the Window...a little overblown, but still pretty

And on that note (and, seeing as it's 1:32am here in Spain) I'm off to bed!

I'll check back in the next day or two, so until then...

Blog on.