Macworld 2010 will feature presentations by John Gruber, writer and publisher of “Daring Fireball”, one of the most respected commentaries on the Apple marketplace, and David Biedny, a digital effects, graphics and multimedia expert, IDG World Expo, owner of Macworld 2010, announced today. Gruber and Biedny join a line up of feature presenters, which currently include filmmaker Kevin Smith, New York Times’ columnist David Pogue, and This WEEK in TECH’s Leo Laporte. IDG World Expo also announced today that Microsoft will join a growing list of key industry exhibitors including HP, Other World Computing, Livescribe, Xerox, Shure, Boinx and Rogue Amoeba.
“Trusted industry visionaries John and David epitomize the savvy of the ever-growing community of Apple product users and developers,” said Paul Kent, Macworld general manager and vice president at IDG World Expo. “Their participation in Macworld 2010, along with the addition of key exhibitor Microsoft, illuminates our value proposition that Macworld is the most important gathering on the planet for the Mac community each year.”
John Gruber, who writes and publishes “Daring Fireball”, a popular weblog ostensibly focused on Mac, and co-hosts The Talk Show podcast with Dan Benjamin, will take center stage for “The Gruber 10: Apple's Top Issues” on Friday, February 12, 2010, from 4:30 pm " 5:30 pm PT. Gruber comes to Macworld to share his list of top issues shaping our world. His views on usability, competitive factors, areas of innovation and market fairness will offer invaluable insights to users and developers alike.
Photoshop’s 20th Recognized worldwide as an expert on digital effects, graphics and multimedia, David Biedny comes to Macworld 2010 to host The Photoshop 20th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, February 11, 2010, from 4:30 pm " 5:30 pm PT. For the last 20 years, Photoshop has defined the state-of-the-art of digital imaging, spawning an entire media discipline and achieving the status of verb in the popular lexicon. Biedny will host a special panel presentation featuring Adobe executives: Jerry Harris, co-author of PixelPaint and primary architect of brushing engine in Photoshop 7; Kevin Connor, Vice President Product Management, Adobe’s Professional Digital Imaging Products; and Russell Brown, senior creative director, Adobe Systems. The panel will focus on the past, present and future of this graphics phenomenon with demonstrations of Photoshop 1.0 and insight into the next version of Photoshop.
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