Scott Kelby

Vital Stats:
Age 44; born in Lakeland, Florida; resident of Safety Harbor, FL (just outside Clearwater in the Tampa Bay area).
Occupation:
Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User Magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Mac Design Magazine; Editor-in-Chief of Nikon Capture User magazine, training director and instructor for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour, President National Association of Photoshop Professionals, author of a string of bestselling books. Created new Photoshop Help Plug-in called "Kelby's Notes for Adobe Photoshop. Conference Technical Chair for PhotoshopWorld (the annual convention for Photoshop users), created half a dozen Photoshop training DVDs. Eight jobs, little sleep.

Last Book Read:
True believers: The Tragic Inner Llife of Sports Fans, by Joe Queenan

Favorite Films: (In no particular order)
The American President, Notting Hill, 48 Hours, True Lies, Austin Powers, Trading Places, The Sting, Dave, Beauty and the Beast, Arthur, Groundhog Day, The Spy Who Shagged Me, Grease, Pretty Woman, Stripes, Galaxy Quest, and just about any good romantic comedy.

Favorite Bands/Musicians: (In no particular order)
Kenny Loggins, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra, Boston, Vivaldi, James Taylor, Duran Duran, Eddie Money, Kiss, Chicago, and most disco songs from '78 thru '84 with the notable exception of "I Will Survive" and "I Love The Nightlife".

Favorite Restaurants:
Copagna's Dugout Italian Restaurant in Clearwater, Hoa Viet Chinese Restaurant, Charley's Steaks in Tampa, Los Mariachis in Clearwater, Morton's of Chicago, In/Out Burger, Maggiano's Little Italy, Johnny Rockets, Flemings Steakhouse, Carmine's on West 44th in NYC, Il Fornaio in Burlingame, Olga's Kitchen in Southfield, and Ristorante Bravo in Ft. Lauderdale.

Interests/Hobbies:
TaeKwondo, Karate, Photography, Travel, Piano, Writing, Commercial Aviation.

Favorite Magazines:
Black Belt magazine, How, Outdoor Photographer, Entertainment Weekly, Airliners, Professional Photographer, Design Graphics, Computer Arts, Digit, and PDN.

Favorite Foods:
Penne with meat sauce. In/Out Burgers, Peccadillo with yellow rice, Filet mignon stuffed with Maytag blue cheese, Spaghetti Aglio and Olio, my wife's salad (known locally by friends and family as "The Salad"), the Prime Rib End Cut at Mortons, Chinese food, and the 1905 salad from the Columbia restaurant.

Latest Projects:
Just finished writing "The iPod Book" for Peachpit Press, and "The Book for Guys Who Don't Want Kids" for Fair Shake Press.

My Personal Hero:
My dad, Jerry Kelby. I've yet to meet anyone better.

Picking up where my father left off:
My big brother Jeff. Best brother a guy could ever have, and a world class person in the mold of my dad.

Accomplishments:
Won the Benjamin Franklin Award for my book "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers," was named "The #1 Bestsellling computer/technology author in the world for 2004." Earned my black belt in Tae Kwondo. Played in a rock band in Europe, started my own successful business, married the girl of my dreams, and have an absolutely wonderful little boy. I'm one happy puppy!

Favorite TV Shows: (in no particular order)
Seinfeld, Frazier and Friends reruns, Everybody Loves Raymond, 24, VH-1 Classic, Scrubs, The West Wing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pimp My Ride, The Sopranos, Saturday Night Live, and King of Queens.

I Stay Home to Watch:
Tampa Bay Bucs away games.

Computer Setup:
A 15" Aluminum 1.5 GHz Apple PowerBook.

Favorite Software Programs:
Adobe Photoshop CS, iTunes, iPhoto, InDesign CS, Extensis Portfolio, iMovie, Keynote, Acrobat 7, and iCal.

Favorite Diversion:
I love going to Disney World or Universal Studios with my family, and just hanging out. I also love to kill an afternoon at Barnes and Noble and CompUSA.

Favorite Web Sites:
ESPN.com, The New York Post's Page Six for Hollywood gossip, MSNBC.com, Buccaneers.com, SI.com, Woot.com, MacMinute.com, ThinkSecret.com, and Apple's QuickTime Movie Trailer Theatre.

Favorite Game:
Jedi Knight II. I'd easily have two more books out, and at least a half dozen more DVDs if I hadn't found this game. It's a tremendous productivity killer.

Biggest Thrill:
Seeing the birth of my son (Jordan Jerome Kelby), and seeing my beautiful wife walking down the aisle to marry me (15 years ago).

Personal Philosophy:
You never go wrong by doing the right thing.