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New xpedx tech center a good mix of facility and people

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

It struck me at some point in the half-day tour of the new xpedx Technology Center in Loveland, Ohio. I was asked by Dennis Killion, Director of Marketing for Graphics, what I thought. "You have a really nice combination of facility and people here". That's what struck ...

Revisiting April Fools Day Hilarity

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

At WhatTheyThink, we take April 1 pretty seriously. We generally plan for months ahead of time to deliver some comic relief if not try to trick people into thinking a story is real - no matter how preposterous. We look forward to this date like kids do Christmas. ...

The Nation Exposes Paper Industry Use of Alternative-Fuel Tax Credit Loophole

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

An obscure provision in the 2005 Transportation Bill passed by Congress and signed by George W. Bush has allowed the paper industry to reap millions of dollars in tax subsidies for adding diesel fuel to processes that do not require it for the production of paper. The Nation's Christopher ...

A New Digital Era in the White House

Monday, March 9th, 2009

There has been much publicity about President Obama's love affair with his Blackberry and the dismay of his IT-savvy staff at the condition of the IT systems in the White House. We assume those are being addressed. Meanwhile, for the first time ever, the President's official photograph was ...

A Visit to 4Over in Glendale, California

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Last week I had the opportunity to visit with 4Over in Glendale, California. You may remember my last visit with them was a bit closer to my home in Ohio when I covered their Dayton facility grand opening. I visited with CEO Zarik Megerdechian in their corporate headquarters ...

President Obama Greets Print Industry Leaders at White House

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Kodak’s Antonio Perez and Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy were among a delegation of 13 tech industry CEOs who visited the White House Wednesday to discuss President Obama’s economic rescue plan. It was the first corporate sit down by the new President. Those who attended lent support to President Obama's ...

Will the Printed Blog Save the Newspaper Industry?

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Ran across this recently and found it pretty interesting: http://www.theprintedblog.com The stated intent is to turn around the newspaper industry: The Printed Blog is changing the way people read and consume news and other information. We hope to play a vital part in reversing the fortunes of the newspaper industry with this new ...

Hayzlett Hijacks WTT Video Studio

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Wanted to make sure you guys saw this. It's posted over at WhatTheyThink.com as way to sort of wrap up our video coverage of drupa. I'll give you the back story. We always like to get Jeff Hayzlett of Kodak on video when we're at shows and ...

Pazazz Video is MarketingSherpa Viral Hall of Fame Winner

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

You may remember my post about the video Warren Werbitt did for his company Pazazz printing. We thought it was pretty good and so did some readers. Despite the copycat controversy with the comedy troupe, the video has been a great success for them. So much so ...

HP Hits the Road to “Capture” Philadelphia

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

You may remember my post about DSCOOP in San Diego. At that event, HP announced "Capture On the Road", a program to take the tools and training of HP's Capture Business Development program to different areas of the country. The first event was held in Palo Alto on ...