http://blog.quikeys.com Photographer Productivity Solutions, Education & Inspiration Fri, 14 May 2010 15:03:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've got some exciting news for our QuiKeys family: QuiKeys is re-branding! From today onwards, QuiKeys will be referred to as theproductformerlyknownasQuiKeys ... until we announce our official new name ;) What does this mean to you? No need to worry; it's business as usual for theproductformerlyknownasQuiKeys! Current customers: No changes for you at ... http://blog.quikeys.com/quikeys-is-re-branding/ Yo Mac Party People! Great news: Apple's long-awaited Snow Leopard update (with USB bug-fixes) has been released today! Besides removing my network printer sleep-mode woes, this update should be the One all QuiKeys Snow Leopard users were waiting for. To return to pure Lightroom and Photoshoping QuiKeys bliss, please update your OSX today! Got ... http://blog.quikeys.com/apple-snow-leopard-update-v10-6-3-released/ Hellooooo Vegas! It's that time of year again to join up in the madness that is the WPPI 2010 Convention!  But this year is special: it's WPPI's 30th anniversary and with an expected record attendance of over 13,000 photographers from around the world, this promises be a crazy week you'll ... http://blog.quikeys.com/dq-quikeys-wppi-madness/ I'm a pretty digital guy, preferring to type over hand-write or, better yet, dictate and have it auto-transcribed! There's times, though, where I prefer to fall back to my old trusty whiteboard where I can free-form brain-dump and connect my ideas as they come. old-skool Mind Map ... http://blog.quikeys.com/3-reasons-to-try-mind-mapping/ It's always a tough balance between pimping our baby (aka QuiKeys) and just letting people discover its joy of productivity and freedom. So ... I'll let other people pimp today :) True story: Below are recent unsolicited words from real-live QuiKeys users. ---- "I just color-corrected and tweaked over 620 images in Lightroom using QuiKeys. ... http://blog.quikeys.com/recent-quikeys-ravers/ Yesterday Quin went out to the mailbox and brought in our usual pile of mail. It's always a treat to see Rangefinder magazine in the mix, but this time it was extra special. As usual, I flipped to the contents page to see what new and cool articles were in ... http://blog.quikeys.com/dq-studios-feature-write-up-in-rangefinder-magazine/ Those of you who've been reading this blog or met me in person know I'm a perfectionist, a Geek's geek, and have a need for speed in everything I do. Honest: it's not just the cappuccino levels in my body causing this crazy behavior; there's meaning in the madness :) I remember ... http://blog.quikeys.com/4-reasons-why-productivity-tools-matter/ It's a Monday morning, but it's worth celebrating cuz ..... ... it's Family Day in Alberta!! Yes Wilma: it's an honest to goodness holiday here in good ol Alberta Canada :)   GO CANADA!! In celebration, I'll be chilling offline with the Cheung-Boyz today thanks to a great reminder from an amazing friend: "Love fiercely ... http://blog.quikeys.com/happy-family-day/ With our 3rd birthday coming up, I thought I'd take you for a walk back in time and share some insights into the creation of what we know and love as QuiKeys. You can skip down to the bottom for a quick glance of QuiKeys past and present, or grab ... http://blog.quikeys.com/a-brief-history-of-quikeys/ Three years ago QuiKeys was launched with the sole function of super-fast Photoshop retouching. Three years ago Lightroom didn't exist and our album design plug-in was just a pipe-dream. Today, QuiKeys solves all the photographer's digital imaging workflow problem with plug-ins for Lightroom, Photoshop and Album Design. Hard to believe our little workflow ... http://blog.quikeys.com/quikeys-turns-3-bonus-free-paperless-office-webinar/