Archive for June, 2008

Making Print Pubs a Vital Part of Web 2.0

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Dan Pacheco, senior manager of digital products at The Bakersfield Californian wrote a blog post over at PBS' MediaShift Idea Lab blog about the newspaper's success in building profitable print media products around its Web products. Despite all of my futuristic ramblings about the virtues of social networks, our niche print ...

Bob’s Drupa Journey

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Bob Neubauer editor of In-Plant Graphics Magazine has posted a two part series on his drupa 2008 Journey: Bob's Drupa Journey: Part 1 Bob's Drupa Journey: Part 2

NYC-Based Graphic Scholarship Fund Presents $53,000 in Grants to 25 Students

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

It began six years ago in a borrowed conference room with a blank sheet of paper and a cash balance of zero. It culminated last night in the theatre of the Hearst Tower in New York City with the award of nearly $53,000 in scholarships to 25 college and college-bound ...

Motorola and Kodak Partner to Roll Out New Mobile Phones with 5MP Camera

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Motorola and Kodak have announced the MOTOZINE ZN5 mobile phone that combines technology developed by both companies. According to the release: The MOTOZINE ZN5 combines a high-quality phone and camera experience to help content-craving consumers seize inspiration and share the content they create and love with the world. Unveiled today in ...

Online Publisher Drives Growth with Print Advertising

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Entrepreneur.com has the story of Jim Daniels owner of Rhode Island-based JDD Publishing. Daniels' company publishes Internet marketing books, services and software via the Internet. Not satisfied with the return electronic advertising was bringing, Daniels set out to use his database of leads and customers to create a direct marketing ...

Design Students, Graphic Artists Can Vie for $400,000 Prize In “Engine Room” Competition Co-Sponsored by MTV and HP

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

A prize worth $400,000 and "a truly amazing, career launching opportunity" await the creative team that wins a digital design competition inspired by a new MTV series called Engine Room. Design for print is eligible for entry into the contest, which is accepting applications in the form of digital files ...

HP Restructuring Imaging & Printing Group

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Jim Lyons points to a IdahoStatesman.com article on HP's plans to "streamline" it's Imaging & Printing Group. The Idaho Statesman article says HP "will shrink its worldwide Imaging & Printing Group from five to three global business units." The article says the restructuring is a cost-cutting measure. The Associated Press says the ...

Dr. Joe’s Summer Reading List

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Here's the Summer Reading List from Dr. Joe’s Q3 Economic Outlook Webinar held earlier today. Morgan Stanley Internet Trends just published 6/12/2008; great stuff about social networking, new gadgets Amazon Kindle – As big as the iPod? Look at the Kindle on amazon.com Why is it called the ...

HP Introduces the Future of Magazine Publishing

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

HP Labs has launched a new project called MagCloud that aims to make anyone with an internet connection and the tools to generate a PDF a magazine publisher. According to HP Labs, "MagCloud enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF ...

drupa Innovation Parc

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

This is my final blog entry covering drupa 2008 that finished just under one week ago. One of the most interesting areas at drupa was in Hall 7 and it was the drupa Innovation Parc (dip). This hall differed from every other hall at drupa in that it was one where ...