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You Think You Know Type?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Are you a master of type? Test your skills on “The Rather Difficult Font Game.” The premises of the game is simple: Name the font used. So what font is this? Don't cha know?

Bertelsmann AG to Print Germany Wikipedia Volumes

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The Associated Press is reporting that Bertelsmann AG plans to print “The One-Volume Wikipedia Encyclopedias” using the Germany version of the popular online encyclopedia: The media company — whose units include publisher Random House Inc. and music venture Sony BMG — said Wednesday that it plans to publish "The One-Volume Wikipedia ...

Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

RIT Professor Emeritus Michael L. Kleper sent a note on a documentary video from the BBC that chronicles the invention of the Gutenberg Press. Michael writes: A wonderful documentary video from the BBC. Stephen Fry travels to France and Germany on the trail of Johannes Gutenberg, and sets about reconstructing a replica ...

UN Cracks Down on Carbon Trading

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

With the current environmental and sustainable trend, many companies are looking at carbon credits as method to sell away there inability to cut their own carbon-dioxide emissions. An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal looks at recent action by the UN to tighten requirements and "Some Carbon-Credit Projects Find a Tougher ...

WhatTheyThink Launches “GOING GREEN – Environment & Sustainability” Special Interest Section

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

WhatTheyThink has launched of a new special interest section called “Going Green” on WhatTheyThink.com. The new section will be managed by Gail Nickel-Kailing, a long time WhatTheyThink editor and contributor, Going Green is for readers of WhatTheyThink.com who want to learn more about saving money, saving the earth, and “doing ...

French Magazine Distributor Launches All-You-Can-Read Magazine Download Subscriptions

Monday, April 21st, 2008

French magazine distributor Relay is offering "All-You-Can-Read" magazine downloads according to PC World magazine: For a monthly fee of 17.90 (US$28.20) readers can download the latest issues of around 400 French magazines, including top sellers such as Glamour, Public and Playboy, and technology titles such as Digital World. There are also ...

Certifications as Part of a Sustainability Business Strategy

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Join us tomorrow for the free webinar "Certifications as Part of a Sustainability Business Strategy" moderated by Gail Nickel-Kailing, WhatTheyThink.com's Environment & Sustainability Editor and sponsored by Oce North America Every day more and more companies announce environmental stewardship programs, sustainability initiatives, and development of products with lighter carbon footprints. It ...