Martini Hour 027, In Which Colleen Struggles Gracefully with Her Raging Sibling Rivalry

David Futato can see White Russians from his front porch. He also figures out everything about InDesign that the One-on-One team ever needs to know. (Case in point this week's post from David about the new cross reference feature in InDesign.) David is only person imposed upon Deke (ahem) by his publisher whom Deke ultimately deemed worthy of both personal and professional comraderie. (Listen to the show to see how Deke slithers out of that one.) How, you might ask, do I, stalwart hardworking editor/sidekick, manage not to seethe with jealousy in the face of Deke's obvious reverence for his beloved "Design Mastermind." Well, David also happens to be a kind, compassionate, knowledgable, hardworking guy who unquestionably deserves his Golden Child Status.

Here's what David brings to the lounge this week:

David explains this week: What it's like to design a template for use by "non-designers," the kinds of things he has to anticipate and plan for. How he survives the last-minute chaos of being part of teamDeke during a book cycle. What's it like to be the pre-press guru to the man (Deke) who knows just about everything else but would be lost without David's ability to handle that last minute communication with the printer.

And in the course of things, learn all about our dirty family laundry.

Where else can you Colleen dealing with her insecurities, hear a true print design mastermind, and never miss a sip of your drink? Here's the regular-quality (192kbps) audio file. You can stream, or for best results, right-click and choose Download or Save.

For you geek-loving audiophiles out there, here's the high-quality (320kbps) file. Definitely download this one (as opposed to streaming it).

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