Well, I just changed my scheduled talk at LinuxWorld from "Mastering Gimp" to "Gimp Present and Future: 1.2 and Hollywood". Those who were at ALS saw that my Mastering Gimp talk didn't go so well. I tried to make it too formal, and then had hardware problems. Bleck. After watching Miguel de Icaza's energetic talk, I decided to try and lighten my talk up and to show some of that same energy about Gimp. What could be better than to show all the really cool things coming with 1.2? And the timing should be about right - LinuxWorld is in early February, so it potentially is only a month or two away from the 1.2 release. So, if anyone has anything in particular they think would be really important to mention, let me know. I have to have my write up to them by late December (I think - I have to double check that). Keep in mind I try to address things from the high end - very user oriented. Also consider that I only have an hour to cover it all - I didn't take that into consideration when I wrote up my ALS talk, which just added to that little fiasco. Oh, and if anyone wants to try and help me figure out why my laptop (IBM ThinkPad) wouldn't work with the external monitor, let me know. I think it was because my X server wasn't configured to work with both internal and external displays at the same time, but I'm not positive. I've already talked to Yosh a little about whats happening in Hollywood with Gimp (thanks Yosh, and I'll be getting back to you with more questions later) and will be talking to Calvin Williamson later this month when he gets a little more free time. If anyone else has inside info on what people in Hollywood are doing with Gimp, drop me a line. It'll not only go into the talk (assuming you *want* it to be known), but also in an article I've been asked to write about Linux in Hollywood. BTW, my sincerest thanks to Olaf, Karyn, Tuomas, Yosh, and Larry Ewing for managing to sit through my entire ALS talk, and for helping me answer some audience questions! PS: you should probably contact me directly, since this isn't specifically development related - unless you think the list wants to hear all the potentially boring details. -- Michael J. Hammel | "Life is like an ice cream cone. You can lick it The Graphics Muse | and enjoy it or just watch it melt away and turn mjhammel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | all sticky." Jim Ignatowski (from "Taxi") http://www.graphics-muse.com
