Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Let’s blame it all on a sixth-century monk named Dionysius Exiguus (literally, “Dennis the Short”). He was the one charged, by Pope Saint John I, to start counting actual chronological years or, specifically, the year of Jesus’ birth. Dennis began his chronology with the foundation of Rome, and ergo Jesus ...Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Yesterday, I received a letter in the mail from my credit card company saying that they have been desperately trying to reach me and that I should call them about my account as soon as possible. This was curious; I can pretty much identify all the calls I’ve been avoiding ...Thursday, October 8th, 2009
I admit it: I am becoming iPhone app-happy. I hadn’t intended to, but gradually—no, check that; actually pretty rapidly—I have become obsessed with mobile phone applications. iPhone apps were something that had been at the very periphery of my radar, but as I was researching my new WhatTheyThink primer report, ...Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
A couple of months ago, a representative from some public interest group rang my doorbell and tried to get me to sign some petition or other and give them money. I declined, not necessarily because I disagreed with their positions, but because I refuse to encourage door-to-door canvassing. I told ...Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
When will the recession end? When the printing recession end? How is the industry doing, all thing considered? What is the outlook for the industry? The answer to the first question, well, no one knows. The current crisis took many years to create, and it will take make years to extricate ...Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Today, WhatTheyThink just released my special report on “electronic books,” or “e-books” titled E-Books and E-Publishing Primer. I acknowledge that in some parts of the industry, writing about e-books is tantamount to heresy, so to avoid a printing industry auto-da-fe, I have fled to Santa Fe. So I am ...Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Faced with declining membership and a challenging economy, the Graphic Arts Society of Printers (GASP) knew that it needed to take drastic steps to survive. To that end, key executives had an intensive year-long closed-door meeting and hashed out what the industry association believes is a surefire way to combat ...
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