Mind Blowing Ideas

Saturday night we had friends for dinner. Nothing exceptional there except for the fact that we used to baby sit for her and her sister; then she baby sat our kids and finally, Saturday night she visited with her and her baby. Wow. Time flies. She is now a mom and teaches third graders here in town. Over the course of the next few hours we were able to catch up with her. Our daughters were in town so a few hours stretched into the wee hours. Baby Clara was remarkable. Slept through the whole thing.

Now I don't have to relate all of the topics and all of the stories, but one thing I thought you might be interested in: she teaches Photoshop to her third graders. I couldn't believe it - third graders? Yup. She says there pretty good, no using sophisticated masking, but using filters, text etc. Wow I said, that blows my mind. Especially in light of the work I do in print and online. I am pretty much self-taught with all the highs and lows that go with that. Imagine if I had instruction as a third grader? The nuns would go nuts.

Now from time to time some of our retail clients ask about updating their websites, adding photos, uploading new pages, etc. We usually recommend Photoshop LE (it's cheaper and generally a lot less expensive). Generally speaking most of the software that comes with digital cameras would be sufficient for image editing. But that's not the point. Most people asking are at least over 40 facing a learning curve as steep as the Eiger. So it begs the question: when those eight year olds grow up to be homeowners (that's about 20 years from now), what will be the odds that you haven't learned as much as they have forgotten?