Comments on: My Decade at Adobe

By: Scott Barnes

Scott Barnes — Sat, 08 May 2010 21:25:46 +0000

Happy Decade! :)
Also just down the road from that bridge is where the boathouse from the movie Sleeping in Seattle is.. I was walking around there one afternoon and noticed it! :)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:53:36 +0000

I wasn’t around the web side of things when Live Motion was out so I have no idea what it was like, but I suspect I’d have preferred it over flash. All the difficulties I have with using Flash I think are due to it’s Macromedia legacy, it just doesn’t fit with other Adobe products which I think generally have a better interface (for me anyway). Dreamweaver is alright though. What would be great in my dream world is a new product to be developed to replace Flash directly. Do all that Flash does and more (the whole HTML5 thing, whatever it means to do that) but built differently and more like an original Adobe Product. Having seen InDesign rise from the ashes of Pagemaker and Premiere Pro from Premiere 6.5, Adobe does a great job when they can start from scratch (m.

By: Martin Schaefer

Martin Schaefer — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:15:43 +0000

Chief Executive Community Motivator .. that’s what you are, John. Thanks for many years of brilliant work and I’m looking forward to see you go to the next level. And I’m pretty sure you’ll make us say “Wow”. :)
Cheers,
Martin

By: Jim Thibert

Jim Thibert — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:23:05 +0000

Happy Anniversary John.
Every morning I start my day with my e-versions of newspapers and then to your blog.
Thanks for the insight and thanks for the interesting blog.
JImmy

By: David

David — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:28:13 +0000

“the same ol’ Ballard drawbridge”
Isn’t it the Fremont drawbridge?
Love Adobe’s location right there on the Burke-Gilman trail. Visit the area every summer and stop by.

By: Gregory Wostrel

Gregory Wostrel — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:06:16 +0000

(I really liked LiveMotion – great idea, clever concept that made much more sense to me than the Flash interface at the time. worked well, fast, clean, flexible…)
John, you are a quality guy, great attitude, generous with information, a real asset to Adobe. Looking forward to your next “thing.”

By: Trevor Morris

Trevor Morris — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:57:21 +0000

Congrats, John! And I echo all of the sentiments and kind words above. Here’s to another 10 years! Best of luck with whatever life throws your way.

By: Herman

Herman — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:24:41 +0000

(Nice read about livemotion there – was the macromedia merge 5 years ago already!? damn, time flies :)

By: Herman

Herman — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:23:08 +0000

Congrats! :) -And joining everybody above, please don’t leave this post!

By: PECourtejoie

PECourtejoie — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:12:34 +0000

John, Congratulations for those 10 years, thank you for your most excellent work driving the Photoshop team.
It was a pleasure to work in the Prereleases…
I hope that you won’t be too far away of the Photoshop universe, maybe leading the Creative Suite? Cheers, and thanks!

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:55:37 +0000

Here’s to many more! Whatever that may be.
And yes, you’re a good Photoshop communicator.

By: Coşkun OLCA

Coşkun OLCA — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:09:27 +0000

Congratulations, Happy Anniversary:)

By: K Brown

K Brown — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:11:17 +0000

Well done John!
But the real question, after all that time at Adobe, in the great Pacific Northwest, best asked by that immortal journalist is……..
If you were a tree, what kind would you be?

By: Laurent

Laurent — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:24:26 +0000

Dunh dunh duuuunhhhh….!!!

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:18:24 +0000

As long as you don’t dare leave Adobe. Okay???