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Kurt Foss
Kurt Foss began working with and evangelizing for
Adobe Acrobat and PDF beginning with version 1.0, continuing
through the technology's first decade (1993-2003) and
beyond. (In the same timeframe, Adobe Systems went through
several Acrobat Evangelists!) He was one of the first to
globally publish newspaper pages in PDF, an experience he
described in an article, Remembering the First Time, when he joined Planet PDF several
versions of Acrobat ago. An early believer and advocate, he
managed the first set of Acrobat/PDF-specific email
discussion lists on the Internet, tracked the growth of
related products and plug-ins, chronicled the periodic
Acrobat updates and expanding features, and has written
about the multitude of uses and users.
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While millions are flocking to Rome, Italy to celebrate the life of Pope John Paul II, who died last week, some may instead turn to the online home of The Holy See to read about the most recent Pope's 26-year reign and the upcoming procedures to select a new head of the Catholic Church. The Vatican-based newspaper is available for download in multiple languages and in PDF.
The controversial case of Terri Schiavo, lingering for 15 years in a persistent vegetative state and the center of a medical conflict pitting her husband against her parents, has highlighted the value of having a living will prepared in advance. Numerous organizations and Web sites offer guidance and example forms in PDF.
With the annual college basketball tournaments set to begin this week, U.S. sports fans are busy filling out the brackets -- many versions available for download in PDF -- that outline the playoff matchups. Many office pools offer small rewards, or at least water cooler bragging rights, to those who pick the most winners.
Deutsche Post and Adobe Systems are collaborating on an Internet postage project in Germany that will deliver pre-paid, PDF-based 'stamps' requiring only a Web browser and the free Adobe Reader.
Download a one-page, printable PDF describing
a set of easy exercises that can be done during
this weekend's Super Bowl game.
A set of free-to-download, printable 'SHHH! cards" are intended to be used to alert cell phone users that their public bantering is annoying to others.
Numerous PDF-based documents available on a special
federal government Web site offer insights into some of the
logistics of and the ensuing hoopla associated with the 55th
Presidential Inauguration.
The newly revised, PDF-based "Dietary Guidelines for
Americans 2005" from the federal government suggests that
citizens eat smarter and less, and exercise regularly and
more.
Adobe's John Landwehr talks with Planet PDF about the highly-anticipated LiveCycle Policy Server -- a server-based solution that allows for the real-time administration of security "policies" for PDF documents. Planet PDF Editor Kurt Foss reports.
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