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		<title>Show Me Your Desktop Larissa Meek</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Bjørn Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for another round of Show Me Your Desktop. If you missed Amber Mac&#8217;s interview it&#8217;s still around. This week it&#8217;s Larissa Meek&#8217;s turn to show us her desktop. Fans of the Miss Teen USA or Miss USA pageant know her, fans of the reality TV show &#8220;Average Joe: Hawaii&#8221; know her and fans [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/04/larissa.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-623" title="Larissa Meek" src="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/04/larissa.jpg" alt="larissa Show Me Your Desktop Larissa Meek" width="300" height="230" /></a>It&#8217;s time for another round of Show Me Your Desktop. If you missed <a href="http://www.thebetanews.com/show-me-your-desktop-amber-mac/">Amber Mac&#8217;s interview</a> it&#8217;s still around.</p>
<p>This week it&#8217;s Larissa Meek&#8217;s turn to show us her desktop. Fans of the Miss Teen USA or Miss USA pageant know her, fans of the reality TV show &#8220;Average Joe: Hawaii&#8221; know her and fans of art and interactive design know Larissa.</p>
<p>Larissa is a senior art director at AgencyNet. If you&#8217;ve never visited <a href="http://www.agencynet.com/">AgencyNet.com</a>, you really missed a great website. They really put the &#8220;i&#8221; in interactive and they are hiring, if you are interested.</p>
<p>I can also highly recommend you visit <a href="http://www.larissameek.com">Larissa&#8217;s personal blog</a>. The design of her blog is just as beautiful and easy on the eyes as her <a href="http://www.larissameek.com/photos/#album=72157603345707572">artworks</a>.</p>
<p>The attentive reader will also notice that Larissa is a PC-user. You don&#8217;t run across these every day.</p>
<p><span class="q"><em>What is your background picture?</em><br />
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<div style="direction: ltr;">It was created by Josh Corliss of AgencyNet for the FWA. It&#8217;s a fun little Valentine&#8217;s Day theme.</div>
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<em>Why did you chose that picture?</em></span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">I chose it because I prefer a clean desktop background so that my desktop doesn&#8217;t feel cluttered and because Valentine&#8217;s Day is around the corner. I love the use of light and color.</div>
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<em>If you have a personal and a work computer, which program do you use the most on your personal computer?</em><br />
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On my personal computer I most use Outlook more than anything else. I split the rest of my time between PhotoShop and Dreamweaver.</div>
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<em>Which program do you use the most on your work computer?</em></span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Lately, I seem to be spending most of my time creating layouts in PhotoShop.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"><em>Internet Explorer or Firefox? </em><br />
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Firefox.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Firebug makes FF a must and it supports CSS better than IE.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Adobe PhotoShop. It is incredibly powerful and allows me to create everything from simplistic wireframes to complex digital artwork.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">I get most frustrated with MS Word, writing lengthy documents is not always fun.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Find inspiration everywhere. Never stop learning because technology is always changing.<span class="q"><br />
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<div style="direction: ltr;">PC because I have a background in 3D animation. Back then 3D software wasn&#8217;t supported on Macs so I&#8217;ve just stuck with PC&#8217;s since then. I&#8217;m considering switching to a Mac.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/04/desktop-larissa-meek1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-624" title="Larissa\'s desktop" src="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/04/desktop-larissa-meek1-300x187.jpg" alt="desktop larissa meek1 300x187 Show Me Your Desktop Larissa Meek" width="300" height="187" /></a></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Thank you very much for taking the time Larissa. It&#8217;s an honour to have such a talented artist and designer on The Beta News.</div>
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		<title>Show Me Your Desktop Amber Mac</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Bjørn Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I asked Adam Ostrow from Mashable and Readburner to show me his desktop. This week it&#8217;s Amber MacArthur&#8217;s (aka Amber Mac) turn. Her blog just got a major graphical overhaul and she has promised us to write more blog posts and take over the online world. The new layout looks great and good [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/03/amber.jpg" title="Amber Mac"><img src="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/03/amber.jpg" alt="amber Show Me Your Desktop Amber Mac" align="left" title="amber photo" /></a>Last week I asked <a href="http://www.thebetanews.com/show-me-your-desktop-adam-ostrow/">Adam Ostrow from Mashable and Readburner</a> to show me his desktop. This week it&#8217;s <a href="http://ambermac.com/">Amber MacArthur&#8217;s (aka Amber Mac)</a> turn. Her blog just got a major graphical overhaul and she has promised us to write more blog posts and take over the online world. The new layout looks great and good luck with online world domination.</p>
<p>Amber is co-founder of <a href="http://www.mgimedia.ca/index.php">MGI Media</a>, but you might know her from G4TechTV&#8217;s &#8220;Call For Help&#8221;, Webnation, commandN or <a href="http://twit.tv/natn">net@night podcast</a>, which is hosted by Amber and Leo Laporte. It runs on Leo Laporte&#8217;s own netcast network known as TWiT.tv (This Week in Tech). Net@night (previously &#8220;Inside The Net&#8221;) is published every Thursday. The topics range from Amber&#8217;s links to Web 2.0 entrepreneurs.</p>
<p>Amber also hosts <a href="http://commandn.typepad.com/commandn/">commandN</a>, a weekly video show with techtips, reviews, webpicks and more. It is one of the most downloaded video podcasts. It is the 20th highest ranked podcast on Digg. Net@Night is number 17. commandN has been around since 2005. It can be downloaded in various formats, including H.264 and Xbox360.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been a commandN viewer since Will Pate joined the show, its a coincidence actually. I didn&#8217;t know Will Pate before he joined the show.</p>
<p>Now on the the interview. You&#8217;ll learn that Amber not only dig fish, she also kicks computers&#8230;</p>
<p><em>What is your background picture?</em></p>
<p>I have clown fish on my background pic today.</p>
<p><em>Why did you chose that picture?</em></p>
<p>I dig fish.</p>
<p><em>If you have a personal and a work computer, which program do you use the most on your personal computer? </em></p>
<p>Skype on personal computer.</p>
<p><em>Which program do you use the most on your work computer?</em></p>
<p>Mailplane on work computer.</p>
<p><em>    Internet Explorer or Firefox? </em></p>
<p>I am a Firefox junkie.</p>
<p><em>    Why do you use Firefox?</em></p>
<p>I am hooked on Firefox extensions.</p>
<p><em>What is your favourite program?</em></p>
<p>Snapz Pro</p>
<p><em>Which program is the worst?</em></p>
<p>Apple iChat</p>
<p><em>Do you have any tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your computer or blog?</em></p>
<p>I think you can get the most out of your computer if you kick it when it&#8217;s down (I kid, I kid!).</p>
<p><em>Mac or Pc and why?</em></p>
<p>I am a Mac user because I like the overall user experience (and I sucker for a smooth user experience).</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/03/amber-desktop.png" title="Amber Mac’s Desktop"><img src="http://www.thebetanews.com/wp-content/2008/03/amber-desktop.thumbnail.png" alt="amber desktop.thumbnail Show Me Your Desktop Amber Mac"  title="amber desktop.thumbnail photo" /></a></p>
<p align="left">Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions Amber. Keep up the good work with your shows and good luck with your fish-fetish.</p>
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