A few days ago, when I initially requested my new Desigo license, the firs response that I got from someone in the main Siemens office was, “Do you really need this?”. They were balking at my request, I guess because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After I finished this comic I realized that I’ve been using Photoshop and Illustrator since the mid 1990’s. In fact, when i first started using Photoshop it had NO layers and had only FIVE undos. It was extremely non-user friendly. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Overall I guess this was a successful trip. Yes, a lot of what was presented in this training course was aimed at technicians, only a little was helpful to Graphic Designers, but I’m still glad I came. Though as I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those of you not that familiar with the work and films of Monty Python (and if you’re not, shame on you) Mr. Creosote was the over-fed, over-stuffed, over-obese character portrayed by Terry Jones in the “The Autumn Years” segment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last year when I was here, I was here with my former Supervisor Christian, but now I’m here solo. That’s not bad, I’ve traveled so many times on my own, it’s pretty natural for me. Also, since I’ve been here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I couldn’t help but put myself in Jim’s shoes, as he went through his first days here at Siemens. Though with me being here, with over a year under my belt, and the ability to have this instructional class, it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was if the entire office was paralyzed! They couldn’t read and send new e-mails. They couldn’t access anything because they couldn’t get onto any of the drives. Second day of the new year and this happens? Eventually many people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure, I had some hours of sitting around again today, not getting anything productive done, but it was all worth it when I finally began working on the new laptop. The speed of the new computer, the ability to utilize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, that old pain-in-the-ass laptop finally died today. Fortunately, it waited to bite the dust after I’d backed up all of my projects onto a USB memory stick and for the arrival of my new Z-Book Laptop. Now I just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you ever find yourself in the Beltsville, MD area (and who knows, it could happen) stop in at the Hard Times Cafe. We didn’t get the opportunity to try any of their alcohol beverages, after all we had a four[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…