Podcast 165

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• Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager
  • Thoughts on CS “Next”
  • New releases: Too many? Too few?
  • The delicate balance of adding new features vs. improving existing features
• Quizzler! Code Breaker! (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Butt Cap

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Links mentioned in this podcast: > Check out PePConference.com, register by March 2 2012 for $200 early bird discount > David’s The Creative Sweet at the 2012 Macworld/iWorld in San Francisco, Jan 26 > Anne-Marie’s InDesign to EPUB & Beyond workshop at the O’Reilly TOCCON, Feb 13 > Mike Rankin’s Renovating Print Assets for Digital session at TOCCON, Feb 14 > Save 15% off any TOCCON registration with the coupon code AMCon > Kiyo Toma’s sneak peak of InDesign liquid layout from Adobe MAX

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Quizzler! Listeners: The mystery image is below. To enter this episode?s Quizzler: Send an email to in**@*************ts.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and the correct answer to the puzzle (as described in the podcast).  You have until January 31 2012 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast in February, and receives the prize: a copy of every single one of our eBooks!