Saving money on Apple Gadget purchases

I’m off to Atlanta, GA to direct/shoot a commercial for Blue Cross/Blue Shield (in Spanish no less!) but I just got this email from Louis Ramirez over at the DealMac/DealNews Network. It is the best and most concise article I’ve seen written in a long time on saving money on buying Apple products. Those of […]

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1 Comment »Filed under: Gifts, News, Personal, TipsPosted on June 11th, 2008

NAB was a BEAST this year!

As the title says, NAB was a B E A S T this year! The toughest training schedule I have ever had, by far. All of my class attendees were great! They were all very relaxed and jovial and we had a good time discussing 100 different topics in the Adobe CS3 Production Premium suite. […]

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1 Comment »Filed under: Event, Personal, SeminarPosted on April 24th, 2008

Video: Arriving at the Peabody Orlando

And look… a welcome from some very special friends!


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No Comments »Filed under: Event, Personal, SeminarPosted on April 1st, 2008

Update: Daily Video Journal while at Photoshop World Orlando

I’m planning on doing a video blog on my new YouTube Video Channel during the Photoshop World conference this week. Think of it as a “Behind the Scenes with Rod” video journal. People have been asking me for years to make a DVD of what goes on at the show behind-the-scenes and to include things […]

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2 Comments »Filed under: Event, News, PersonalPosted on April 1st, 2008

4.3 million connections added to me in 24 hours on Linked IN!

This week I experimented with some Web 2.0 strategies involving the social networks. I mostly focused on the Linked IN site and had some very good results. In a little over 24 hours I was able to add 4.3 million people as connections to me (across all 3 levels). I even took a screenshot so […]

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2 Comments »Filed under: PersonalPosted on February 29th, 2008

Scott Kelby’s Super Bowl Party

So I went to a Super Bowl Party at Scott’s house last night… man does this guy know how to do Super Bowl right! Sony HD projector beaming beautiful football images to a 100 inch screen in a completely dark room with 5.1 surround sound and most everyone sitting in all leather recliners with built-in […]

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4 Comments »Filed under: Personal, SillyPosted on February 4th, 2008

See me at Video 08, WEVA Winter, and PMA 08

I’ve got a pretty busy schedule the next 2 weeks as I’ll be at 3 major industry tradeshows back-to-back-to-back.

This coming Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 21-22) I’ll be at the Video 08 show in Orlando at the beautiful 42-acre Wyndham Orlando Resort. I’ll be in the Adobe booth doing demos and answering questions about the CS3 […]

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5 Comments »Filed under: Event, News, Personal, SeminarPosted on January 18th, 2008

Atari Flashback 2.0

Best Black Friday deal ever! I was at Target today and I found the Atari Flashback 2.0 sytem on sale for $17. It’s basically a replica of the old Atari 2600 game system (the first one I ever owned) with 40 original games built-in. It’s awesome! I remember when my parents bought me the original […]

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2 Comments »Filed under: Gifts, PersonalPosted on November 23rd, 2007

Following Your Own Photo Editing Code of Ethics

Earlier today Scott Kelby posted his Photo Editing “Code of Ethics” on his blog found here. When I first read it this morning I just thought it was an interesting article, but as I’ve gone through the day I’ve thought about the 7 points he lists numerous times… and I’ve come to one really interesting […]

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No Comments »Filed under: PersonalPosted on October 29th, 2007

Rod Harlan Cover Model

Have you seen Scott Kelby’s super successful Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers? You know what makes it so successful? I’m on the cover. Rod Harlan as a cover model is all you need to sell tens of thousands of copies. Sure… the training inside of the book is the best available on the […]

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9 Comments »Filed under: Personal, SillyPosted on September 19th, 2007