Where do you work and what keeps you busy?

Wells Fargo. Redesiging an internal application that is used by thousands of users to measure profitabilty.

What type of project are we showcasing today where Adobe Fireworks was used in the process?

Designing the next generation of this project using the Wells Fargo look and feel. Everyone in the wholesale design group uses Fireworks and there is an extensive library of Fireworks PNG files.

Are there features in Adobe Fireworks that saved you time and money?

There are so many!

• Dragging and dropping of Layers, Pages, and Frames
• Locking Layers and Sublayers
• Master pages
• Sharing Layers to Pages

What current web related technologies are most favored when designing and developing for the web?

Flex, Ajax and Flash.

Do you remember your “Aha” moment you had experienced when first opening up Adobe Fireworks?

Yes, my old boss gave it to me to design with and I laughed, but after using it for a couple days, I had the aha moment. I think it was when I realized that it combined the power of bitmap editing of photoshop/paint with the vector graphics of illustrator/visio. I no longer had to use 2 tools to create great mockups.

Are you involved with any communities on the web?

Linkedin,  Boxes and Arrows, and Baychi

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