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Last week Dan and I were having dinner with Gaetano at a local sushi restaurant that we frequent. Gaetano is only five but he loves sushi and has been enjoying it for two years now.
Dan and I were talking about how we feel sorry for some people who have significant others that don't like sushi as much as they do. Often one person loves sushi and the other one doesn't want to go out for chicken teriyaki more than once a week (if that much). Its so sad...
So we told Gaetano that it is really important that he finds a girlfriend that likes sushi as much as he does so they can go out for sushi together. We were just including him in conversation, not really expecting him to take it to heart.
A couple nights later he comes into our office and tells us, "I hope Taylor Mae likes sushi." Instantly I knew what he meant and asked him if he wanted her to be his girlfriend. He nodded and grinned.
The next morning (which was this past Friday) he talked to us some more about Taylor Mae liking sushi and it was important. Uh boy... He then tells me that he's going to ask her if she likes sushi and if she hasn't tried it she has to.
Dan walked him to class and I stayed in the car. When they got there, Gaetano went up to Taylor Mae and asked if she liked sushi. She told him that she tried it and it was "blech" as she made her most disgusted face while sticking out her tongue.
Gaetano wouldn't take that for an answer. So he told her that she'd only tried salmon eggs (since that's one thing he doesn't like, that must be what she tried) and that she had to try a different piece. She just had to like it.
Well today we saw her dad and told him this little story. As it turned out, she loves sushi just about as much as Gaetano! Did she somehow know why Gaetano was asking and decided to fib about it? Who knows...
Now we just have to wait and see if Gaetano finds out she really does like sushi and what he'll do then. Perhaps he'll offer her his jacket. He just might do that since last night Dan told him that you're supposed to let your girlfriend wear your jacket because I was wearing Dan's. I bet that sunk in too!
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Comment from
mobile notary
on 1/4/2007
that is such a cute story. and I agree with Gaetano sushi is the best.
Happy Birthday to my Dan, I love you! (This post is 2 days late, but as the saying goes...)
Anyhow, if you haven't been to a Melting Pot yet and there's one near you, you're missing out. I've never been to a fondue restaurant before, in fact I didn't know such a thing existed... Dan and I went on Wednesday night for his birthday and it was fantastic.
If you download their menu (we went to the Irvine, CA location) there's a Big Night Out four course meal. That's what we had except we substituted the Snickers fondue for White Chocolate with Amaretto. Yummm...
The setting is cozy, intimate even. I don't know if all locations are like the one we went to, but you could see only one table from ours and only half of it at that. It felt very private, like we were the only ones there. (Well, except for some woman in the next room who seemed to cackle at everything that was even remotely funny. It was so hard to ignore her! I so could not be friends with someone who laughed like her...)
We're definitely going again as soon as we can manage it. It's pricey, but definitely worth it. Oh, and their martinis are fabulous. Try the Apple Carmel martini if you go.
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Comment from
Irvine Notary Public
on 1/4/2007
I've been to the location in Irvine. I love that place!
Comment from
Eric
on 11/14/2005
I've been to two Melting Pots in Colorado and I'd have to agree its pretty much da bomb.
I'll be trying another one in Thousand Oaks, CA in a few weeks. So it's good to know they're good elsewhere and it wasn't just the one I went to. Thanks for leaving your comment Eric.
By the way, I like the name of your blog. :-) ~Angela
I'll get right to the point. There will not be a Dreamweaver 8 Killer Tips so buy MX 2004 if you haven't already. For the full story, visit DWKillerTips.com and have a laugh or three.
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There's a bunch more interviews up on SYS-CON.TV from MAX, including one with Dan Short who is the Lead Developer of Cartweaver, a coder extraordinaire, and more. (Yes, I am quite biased!)
Find out why Dan's asking for "more love" and from whom. View Dan's interview or check them all out, whatever you'd like...
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First print ads, now I'm on TV! Ok, so it isn't regular TV, it's SYS-CON.TV but its still TV...
On Tuesday (October 18, 2005) at about 5:45pm I was interviewed by SYS-CON.TV's Jeremy Geelan, live and unscripted. The interview was recorded at MAX 2005 right there in SYS-CON's booth. The interview appears to be completely unedited*, lasting a bit over 5 minutes.
*The interview is a bit of a blur, I was so tired at the time. To the best of my memory, everything recorded is being played.
I think the camera added a good 10lbs., I say "um" and "uh" a whole lot, and my grammar could have been better if I'd thought a bit more before answering, but otherwise it was pretty good for me. (I'm probably my worst critic...) Once you watch the interview, feel free to leave a comment here on my blog to let me know what you thought.
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Comment from
Eric
on 10/24/2005
We continue to be wholly unworthy.
Not worthy? Puh...
I just did a Google search for your name and "not worthy" and just as I suspected, it seems there's many who feel that way about you Eric. ;-) ~Angela
Comment from
Rob
on 10/23/2005
I enjoyed your interview. I'm glad I learned about being able reorganize the document tabs. As far as how you looked on camera, i've always thought you were beautiful, and now seeing you on camera, even in black & white, I know you will always remain so, though I never had a doubt. I'm glad you're there. You've been very helpful to me, including with Cartweaver. Great job on your interview.
Rob
Thanks Rob, that's very nice of you to say. I'm glad to hear I've been of help and that the tip on reorganizing the document tabs was if particular interst. Talk about a hidden feature!
I've replied to a few people with your same first name in the Cartweaver forums and via support email. So please excuse me for not "recognizing" you so easily. You've an unfair advantage in that regard! :-)
At any rate, thanks again for the kind words...
~Angela
Comment from
Michael
on 10/23/2005
Angela,
You were being overly critical. The camera angle alone adds weight to anyone from that sightline. Don't sweat it.
Your grammer was fine. You umm'ed and uh'ed less than most CNN anchors do. It is tough to control those 100% when doing live Q&A. Very well done and well spoken.
I agree with your comment about Flex builder's similarities to Dreamweaver. I see that as two fold. 1. Why recreate the wheel with new code, etc. 2. Make the transition more familiar to DW folk to come to flex.
Macromedia had no trouble taking tons of resources and coders off of Director and focusing on flash years ago. As a director user this was somewhat upsetting to see weak updates and to see flash get all the love.
I see this exact transition from attention on DW to Flex as the future. Think of all the Web 2.0 stuff just covered. Macromedia didn't demo Dreamweaver 8. They demoed Flex. To me that was a pretty clear message as to where they will focus the bulk of new development energies.
Now of course DW will continue to be updated. Heck it is the standard in the industry. But I'm not going to ignore the transition this time around. I hung onto Director and the hopes Flash wouldn't continue to suck all the attention and R&D dollars every year, but it did. Max and Web 2.0 saw the Flex push. I think I'll pay attention this time around.
I'm not preaching, I'm trying to pay attention closer to the message this time. And Director didn't get thrown in the trash just like DW won't either. But the big guns and big new features push was Flash all those years after the first year they showed where the focus was going to be.
What's funny is how I've seen people mentining what can be done in flash now and with the coming AS3. I see Director blogs quoting Flash guys getting all excited about new features and abilities with Flash and Flex and then I see them say "...you've been able to do that in director for 8 years". and.... "Director was able to do that since version 7.".
I use Fireworks and Dreamweaver weekly, Director monthly. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and take a serious look at Flex and AS3. I'm not excited about yet another learning curve to undertake, but I think I'm finally learning that when Macromedia heads in a new direction... they run with it. (like Flash Video)
Michael
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the kind words. I had the feeling I was my worst critic! :-)
You know we're pretty much on the same wave length (with the exception of your insights as they relate to Director since I never used it). Flex Builder 1 (a.k.a. Brady) was Dreamweaver. Macromedia could have continued to build on that but they chose to go with a whole new IDE.
Sure, it would take a lot of work to bring Flex Buiilder all the features that Dreamweaver encompasses. I can't dispute that at all; I don't have the expertise or inside knowledge to know if it would be easier/better/smarter for Macromedia to retrofit Dreamweaver to optimize its current code base or if it would be better for them to build upon what they've started with Flex. It just doesn't seem like much of a stretch to me for Macromedia (soon-to-be Adobe) to move Dreamweaver in that direction. I can't ignore that possibility...
I've barely touched CFEclipse but I have seen it demo'd and it was impressive to say the least. If Dreamweaver was rebuilt on the Eclipse platform it wouldn't hurt my feelings! I can certainly learn to extend Eclipse just as I did Dreamweaver, so there's no worries there for me.
On a somewhat unrelated note... I must admit that even if Dreamweaver gets an extreme makeover, I'd hate for its name to be changed or its color. Five years ago I thought that "Dreamweaver green" as I call it, was a putrid color. Now its become somewhat of a sick obsession like that of a wacky fanatic.
Ok, back on track now... Dreamweaver is what it is today because of the hard work that many Macromedia employees put into it, but also in large part what it is because the feedback given by those who use it. Director didn't go away and neither did HomeSite because people needed them. Macromedia does listen and I'm hopeful that Adobe will too.
So, like you I'm keeping my eyes open for changes and am going with the flow. Whether Dreamweaver keeps growing or gets a complete overhaul, at this piint I intend* to be part of its evolution.
Flex certianly looks interesting and AS3 wouldn't be too much of a stretch for me, so I may be headed that direction too. Only time will tell...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me and my blog's readers Michael. It will be fun to look back on this post and its comments in a year or two to see how it all turned out!
~Angela
* I am a woman and as such reserve my right to change my mind! ;-) ~Angela
Comment from
Abdul Qabiz
on 10/23/2005
Cool! I think, I saw you while during one of the sessions. You were doing something in dreamweaver :)
Never realized I would see you on TV...
-abdul
Thanks! Yes, it was Dreamweaver Killer Tips. (No worries; I know how conferences can easily become a blur,) ~Angela
Today I gave my Dreamweaver Killer Tips session twice at MAX. During the second session someone asked about changing the order of files once they're open. I joked about how Adobe has that technology and since a merger is pending there's hope for that feature in the future, the audience all chuckled and that was pretty much that...or so I thought.
After the session, Jen Taylor (Dreamweaver Product Manager) and Alain Dumesny (Dreamweaver Engineer) came up and informed me that the feature is there; Alain added the ability to drag document tabs to reorder them as a last minute new feature. Way to go Alain! I'm glad it is in there (even if it isn't obvious since there's no gripper indicator or other visual queue... hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
I would not have minded one bit if Jen or Alain chimed in to say the feature was added in there at all. I love learning new tips as much as my audience. If I didn't, I wouldn't be doing what I do...
Most importanly I'm hoping that the 300 people in the room forgive me for my mistake! I am blogging this for you in hopes that I've made it up to you.
I'm truly sorry I missed that feature, but hopefully your feedback to Macromedia will help show them that there needs to be some little enhancments to make the feature more obvious. (Click-n-hold an open document's tab while dragging it where you want. Release your mouse when the filename tab is where you want it.)
Thank you Jen, Alain, and all of the Dreamweaver product team for all the "lesser known" features in Dreamweaver and even a few of the "bugs" which I consider to be "undocumented features" (like docking the Code inspector to the right or left of the document window).
The team has done a great job listening to the community. For that I thank Macromedia for hearing us and I also thank everyone who fills out the wish form to report both features and flaws. Keep up the good work!
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Like most kids his age, Gaetano just loves to touch things when we're out shopping. A few nights ago I felt like a recording stuck on a loop playing the words, "Gaetano, please don't touch. Don't touch please. Gaetano, didn't I say don't touch?".
As we walked through the store I noticed that I had encountered some static electricity and decided to use it to my advantage. The next time he touched something, I reached over and touched his arm.
His eyes widened and he just looked at me like, "how did you do that?! " Then in my best matter-of-fact/trying-not-to-laugh tone I told him, "Did you feel that? Didn't I tell you 'don't touch'? I shocked you. Mama has super powers." He wasn't sure if I was teasing or serious, so I guess he decided to play it safe and not touch anything the rest of the shopping excursion.
I thought for sure he would know I was teasing... Hope he doesn't have this to get over in therapy some day!
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I can't believe I forgot to blog this, so rather than update the original post...
I showed Gaetano the MXDJ and told him to look at all the pages. He flipped through them and commented about various things that he saw. When he came to the "MAX is Angela Buraglia" ad, he said to me. "That looks like you mama... That is you!" It was too cute :-)
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Comment from
Raymond Camden
on 10/14/2005
Heh, I don't think mine became a print ad, but our ads were up on Slashdot as well, which is uber-cool. :)
Definitely uber-cool :-)See you in just a few days Ray! ~Angela