!!blue’s blog

Yeah, when someone at your work says to you, “We need to make sure that’s fixed” they really mean, “You need to make sure that’s fixed.” So why do they say we when they mean “you?” When I say “we” I mean “we,” as in, ‘I’m capable of doing this as much as you are so either one of us can do it. It’s cool.’

Some people say “we” and mean, ‘You have to do that because I don’t want to/don’t care/don’t know how.’ Jeez.

Pierre Nel posted What’s in My Bag on his Flickr account which shows five out of ten web designer tools that I have.

1. Cederholm: Web Standards Solutions
2. Zeldman: Designing With Web Standards
3. Shea: The Zen of CSS Design
4. KNOPPIX - Live Linux Filesystem On CD
5. USB memory stick

Last night one of my dreams involved many animals and a central theme. This guy from work and I were in a barn with his baby (he has kids but not a baby) and two horses. He would have the horses lie on their backs and he’d put his baby in between the two horses. He kept wanting to have me take a picture but the horses wouldn’t last long on their backs and stand up again. I was scared for his baby, but he seemed fine with it. After putting the horses on their backs again, he sat in between them with his baby and my dog sat there too. But the horses were scared of my dog and almost kicked her while trying to get up yet again.
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Adobe buys out Macromedia for $3.4 billion and I don’t know what to think. Firstly I use applications from both companies and similar ones for different reasons. Adobe ImageReady for one thing and Macromedia Fireworks for other things.

Adobe posted answers to alleviate some fears: Adobe — Macromedia Acquisition Agreement FAQ’s (pdf) which includes the following mission: “for web developers, a better workflow with tighter integration and easier repurposing of content.”

I’m still reeling from the news and am scared to think what the worst could be. The optimist in me thinks of the possibilities. But, I remain, truly a web developer, scared.

UPDATE The web development community reacts:

• Adobe to Buy Macromedia
• Macromedia and Adobe Join Forces!
• Macrodobia
• Macromedia + Adobe
• Adobe Buys Macromedia
• Adobe gobbles up Macromedia in pure-stock buy out worth US$3.4 billion