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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
I recently attended TEDxColumbus. TEDx are regional events that are local in nature and self-organized versions of the original TED conferences. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. The basic idea is to share ideas from different disciplines in order to both honor and inspire knowledge and ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that UPS is entering the web-to-print market.
UPS is rolling out marketing Monday to highlight a push into Web-based printing, in which clients can send documents such as business presentations to UPS retail stores via the Internet to have printed copies made. FedEx already ...
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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 ...
Posted in Events, PostPress, Binding and Finishing, Printing Industry, Sales, Sheetfed/Web Offset, Video, Wide Format and Inkjet | 1 Comment »
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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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