geek love

Jason and I attended a seminar today at the Space Centre. An appropriate venue, I guess, considering were were in for a day of learning about 'space-aged' technology.

Bleh! Bad pun.

As we walked up to the Space Centre, j asked if I had ever been. I don't remember actually going inside, but I do have photos of my sister and I standing in front of the huge metal crab sculpture just outside the entrance when we were younger. j laughed because he has the same pictures from when he was a wee child. I wonder how many others have snaps of by the crab tucked away in albums from their youth.

Back to the seminar, which was basically a sales pitch for Adobe InDesign CS - an attempt to convert current Quark users to InDesign. Usually, I shun such events, but I was quite eager to attend this one in particular. I've already decided to make the switch at work, but not having used the program since I worked at the newspaper, I wanted to get a refresher and see a rundown of the new features offered in the CS version.

It was amusing to hear the ooohs and aaahs from the audience when a fetch new feature was demonstrated. These bursts of excitement were typically followed by collective laughter at how easily impressed we were as a group. I must admit that I uttered a quite a few surprised gasps and thrilled yelps myself. At one point, j leaned over and chuckled saying how everyone back at work would probably be shaking their heads and poking fun at how geeky were were. Oh, but how great it was to be surrounded by a room full of fellow geeks!

We broke for lunch, j and I grabbed some Indian food at Granville Island before heading back for the Photoshop part of the day. It was interesting to see some of the new CS features, but my heart belongs to InDesign. I'm completely enamoured - even more so than I was in the past!

I also got to catch another glimpse of my baby. She's so sexy! I can't wait to make her mine, so that I can have my way with her every day.

On the drive home, j and I lamented about not being able to work with other graphic designers on a more regular basis and constantly engage in geeky banter. At least we have the phone...