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Archive for November, 2008

It’s Thanksgiving and all will be well.

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Yep, that is the fact and the truth in all the turmoil of the current economic crisis. Our industry is going through a rough season and some really choppy waters. What, did you think it would be clear sailing till retirement? Have Dr. Joe Webb show you the long-term charts. ...

Novel Publishing Idea

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

This seems a bit "if Rube Goldberg ran a publishing company" to me, but is an interesting idea nonetheless. From New Scientist:  Alexander Besher's new sci-fi book...Manga Man...is available to read online for free. It's not just a traditional print novel, but comes with a swathe of pictures, video and audio. More unusually ...

More on the e-LYNXX Patent – e-LYNXX Corp Responds

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Yesterday's post, e-LYNXX Patent – What’s Next?, generated a lot of interest, a number of comments, and a several phone calls. In response, e-LYNXX Director of Communications, Joe Patterson, sent a number of points of clarification. He also provided a summary of the patent as a small PDF for those ...

LIFE Teams Up with Google To Host Image Archive

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Google is hosting an image archive of LIFE photos: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. More at the Google Blog. Some great historical ...

e-LYNXX Patent – What’s Next?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Almost exactly a decade after filing his patent application for a “System and method for competitive pricing and procurement of customized goods and services,” William (Bill) Gindlesperger received approval. The true value of such intellectual property isn’t established until it is licensed to users or determined by successful infringement litigation. Gindlesperger, ...

Looking Fine in ’09?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I had first started working with TrendWatch (later TrendWatch Graphic Arts, even later The Industry Measure, and now just late) back in 1999, even before its acquisition by That Which Shall Remain Nameless, and one of the first projects I had worked on was a 2000 forecast of the graphic ...

Choosing a Career in the Graphic Communication Industry

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

A new video by Kodak's Graphic Communications Group and the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF): A new video entitled The Pathway to Prosperity, Choosing a Career in the Graphic Communication Industry, designed to promote the advantages of a career in the field, features Ben Franklin (played by well known Franklin ...