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Nick Hodge is a professional geek and digital diplomat for Microsoft in Australia. More info lives underneath the About Box...

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Who Is Nick Hodge?

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Who Is Nick Hodge?
An interesting question, who am I? This is the question that we all must answer whilst we are on this small planet. It is right up there with "What is the meaning of life?" Maybe they are connected.

My LinkedIn Profile, and more formal resume: www.linkedin.com Profile: Nick Hodge
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Hodge Family History

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Hodge Family History Research
As I gather data, I'll throw it here. It will also appear in search engines -- and we'll see what linkages and comments appear from all and sundry!
This data shows that Liam is a 6th generation Australian, on his father's side, and has roots into the Lutheran-German community now in South Australia. [...]

Languages I Have Known

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Exploration of a different kind of multi-lingualism
At school, I spent 3 years studying German. Sorry Herr Niemann, but all I remember are the coffee and cake sessions, and I can now understand parts of German speech. I'd probably still get lost in Germany. In an effort to expand the brain a little, in 1990 Avril [...]

A surprise in InDesign 2.0, InDesign CS and InDesign CS2.

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

Wow, again!
InDesign CS2:

Thanks to the product management team, I made it for the third time running. You'll find my name in the InDesign CS2 about box, too. Way cool. An honour. Again

InDesign CS:

Sometimes, its the little things...

A goal of mine whilst working at Adobe has been to get my name [...]

InDesign 2.0: Photoshop, Duotones into InDesign

Monday, October 4th, 2004

Visit the new InDesign Prepress Section: Adobe InDesign: Prepress Techniques

Duotones: Photoshop to InDesign

What are duotones? From the Photoshop 7.0 Online help file:
Duotones are used to increase the tonal range of a grayscale image. Although a grayscale reproduction can display up to 256 levels of gray, a printing press can reproduce only about 50 levels [...]

InDesign Prepress: Text and the Transparency Flattener

Monday, October 4th, 2004

Why is my text printed from InDesign (a) fat (b) outlined (c) fuzzy (d) or all of the above?

This article describes the Adobe Support Database Text Is Rasterized When You Print to a RIP from InDesign (2.0 on Windows or Mac OS)

In this example, you can see there has been a Photoshop file placed into [...]

Normandy Panoramas

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

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Who Is Nick Hodge?
Hodge Family History
Languages I Have Known
A surprise in InDesign 2.0, InDesign CS and InDesign CS2.
InDesign 2.0: Photoshop, Duotones into InDesign

Auckland (23rd March to 25th March)

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

Auckland Gallery

Leaving Auckland...Judith, Emmah: retail therapy ...Judith, Emmah, Nick, Two Dells...Karangahape Road. Shorted to K...Stuck in a meeting room, looki...Luke the new dad and Emmah...On the Freeway returning to Au...Bridgework over Auckland...Skytower, Auckland...Best record store in the world...

Thursday, 25th March, 2004

Due to the timezone difference, presently only 1 hour, or more likely the lack of [...]

Singapore (8th March to 12th March)

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

Singapore Gallery

On the flight from Frankfurt v...Nick asleep, Singapore Qantas ...Three Australians doing last m...Inside Singapore airport. Yes,...Limo to the airport, Singapore...Adobe office, Suntec, Singapor...Fountain of Wealth, Suntec...Three of the Suntec towers...Outside the Pan Pacific...Inside the Funan Centre. Every...

Friday, 12th March, 2004

Thursday and flying home. 20 minutes from hotel to checked-in, and through customs. A [...]

Singapore Gallery

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

Random shot from outside the taxi in SingaporeNick, Sydney in the background, Qantas Club Sydney IntlLaptop somewhere near DarwinEven the toilet in the new 747 as a window. Now the world gets to see your bare arseYes! The bag arrives in one pieceRainy night on arrival in Singapore. The taxi driver had it in [...]

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