This Twitter conversation started with the following tweet:
Students and teachers can purchase Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 for less than $150: bit.ly/aChcoe #examiner
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013
In reply to it, @dioninfinite tweeted me the following:
@faydra_deon U can also get adobe cloud access to the entire suite for like $20 month… Prices have dropped
— Dion Baker (@dioninfinite) May 2, 2013
In reply to @dioninfinite, I tweeted him the following:
.@dioninfinite Right. That’s the other article I wrote back on 10 July 2012: examiner.com/article/consid…
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013
Then @dioninfinite asked me the following:
@faydra_deon Good article! Do you think easier access to these design tools undermines the ability to earn a living in the design industry?
— Dion Baker (@dioninfinite) May 2, 2013
To his question, I replied:
.@dioninfinite Not at all. Access to the tools does not equal proficiency. I teach students to use the Adobe products, but they’ll still…
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013
.@dioninfinite come to me weeks after the classes are over and hire me to use the tools to do their website design/development. What they…
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013
.@dioninfinite realize is that it takes years of working with the applications to actually do anything worthwhile with them.
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013
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@dioninfinite Do you mind if I use your tweets in an article on one of my blogs?
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013
@faydra_deon Faydra, go right ahead and put them to use! If they can be used to help you and others build I’m all for it.
— Dion Baker (@dioninfinite) May 3, 2013
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