Dreamweaver

Hey, Martini Nation. Sorry this week's Martini Hour is coming to you a day later than usual. Deke and I are in Las Vegas for Photoshop World and spent yesterday with some awesome dekeLounge denizens at our live show. In our excitement followed by exhaustion, it took us a little extra time to pull this week's show into alignment. But it's a good one: a fun conversation with Garrick Chow, one of Deke's fellow lynda.com trainers, as well as fine representative of the band The Jellybricks, who created the music for both dekePod music videos (101 Tips and The Droplet Song) and those catchy jingles for Deke's Photoshop Top 40.

We chatted with Garrick the last time we were in the San Francisco dekeLounge: Read more » 

Ah, doesn't it just feel better to slink into the 'lounge on a Thursday? The weekend's in sight and it's time to unwind. Of course, anytime is good for kicking off your shoes, pouring yourself a relaxing beverage, and talking to your friends. But somehow this Thursday spot just feels more festive. And if changing the day isn't enough to shake up your world, this week we go where Martini Hour has never gone before, to a discussion of Dreamweaver (yes, Dreamweaver!) with the wonderful web guru James Williamson.

Some of you may know James from his Dreamweaver videos at lynda.com and he's also the Director of Training at Lodestone Digital, but frankly until James walked into the lounge I had barely done much more than launch the program. Here's what Deke, James, and I covered over fine microbrews: Read more »