The Weekly Graphics Unleashed Blog Schedule

I told you earlier this week that I would be making some changes to this blog. I've always felt that I didn't post often enough. When something came along, I'd write about it. I just think that I can give you more information on a more regular basis. In order to do this, I've put together a schedule for what to cover on each day of the week. Certainly if there is something really important that comes along, I'll have an additional post on a given day. I'm sure there will be days when I'm just too busy to follow the schedule. For now, my weekly schedule is listed below. I'll start following it on Monday, July 21.

Macro Monday: I'll discuss a useful macro for CorelDRAW and/or Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Heck, it might even be for other software if I feel that it would be useful for many of you.
Tutorial Tuesday: I will search high and low for a tutorial that will teach you something useful about graphics software. It might be something on the Graphics Unleashed site, it might be on another site.
Hump Day Hardware: The last I checked, we all use computers to help us create our graphics. Each Wednesday, I'll focus on a piece of useful computer hardware. It could be something really inexpensive, it could be quite expensive. As long as I feel it would be useful to you.
Thursday Tip: Sure, you'll already get a full-blown tutorial on Tuesday. I'll focus this post on one of those little gems that can take your productivity to the next level.
Font Friday: Does anyone ever have enough fonts? I just don't think it is ever possible to have too many. Early in my career I worked at a font foundry and had access to the whole library. Yet I still wanted more. Most of the time I'll feature a free font, but there may occasionally be a good one with a cost attached.
Weekend Widget: Just like fonts, there is always another useful utility out there. When I get a new computer, I know there are several must-have utilities I install. Some of them are freebies while others have a well-deserved cost.
Sunday Stock: I know you are always looking for clip art, stock photos, templates and more. Sunday I'll find some cool art to tell you all about. Again, some will be freebies, some will have a cost attached.

I'll also try to keep an archive of each subject. So if you want to see a list of all the fonts I've promoted, we'll have that for you.

What do you think of the schedule? Is there a major area I've missed that you would like covered? Over time I know there will be some changes, but I think I've put together a good mixture of topics that will appeal to all users of graphics software.

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Corel Receives Proposal from Majority Shareholder

So who really owns Corel these days? It can get confusing. I'll try to recap the ownership history as best I can remember and then I'll bring you up to speed with what happened today. Keep in mind that I don't work for Corel and I have no inside knowledge of what happened.

Back in the 1990s, Corel was taken public by then CEO and founder, Michael Cowpland. During the time the company was public, the stock price certainly had its ups and downs. There was a day in the late 90s (I can't remember the exact timeframe) when the stock flew up to $44/share because of Corel's involvement with Linux. The party didn't last long and the stock dropped to under $1/share. In 2003, Vector Capital bought the company and took it private.

The idea was that Corel was damaged goods and that Vector would fix what was wrong and then take the company public again. In the spring of 2006, Vector did take the company public again at $16. Since Corel's stock was made public, the price has never reached the release price. Just a few weeks ago it was selling for just under $7/share. It has since creeped up over $10/share.

Which brings us to today's news. Vector Capital still owned 69% of Corel. Now they are making an offer to buy the rest of the company for $11/share. What does this mean for users of Corel's software? Hopefully nothing, but I honestly don't have any idea.

I do know that management has been more focused on some of the new products Corel has acquired recently and less interested in the products upon which the company was built, Corel Ventura and CorelDRAW. I don't have any hope that Vector owning the company will give these important products more attention as they given't give them any more attention when they previously owned the whole company.

Today's announcement just leaves me scratching my head and asking "what's next?" What do you think of this announcement?

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