The 1-800Flowers Valentines Day Social Media Massacre

I must receive at least ten “someone is saying a really bad thing about you” direct message tweets a day. My assumption is that they are from hacked accounts of my followers and there really isn’t a bad mouthing movement going on. If only 1-800Flowers was in the same boat. It appears there was a […]

Geo-targeting apps may find themselves in 2012

Print take notice! WHERE your audience sees you is moving up this list in regard to value added, location based offers and content via mobile!  I wonder if there is ALREADY and APP for that?  Hmmm…. oh yes, now I remember DOCUMOBI! Created FOR Print by Print People. Read this article on why location matters […]

Industry Giants Show Support for Xplor’s 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hardware, Software, Mailing and Service Bureaus Assemble to Sponsor and Exhibit at Annual Event   Tampa Bay, FL—February 14, 2012—Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today announced that many of the industry’s giants will be exhibiting at Xplor’s annual 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum, March 27-29, 2012. Sponsors and exhibitors include […]

Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing

2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things — including intricate objects once impossible to create. via Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing | Video on TED.com.

Gap Is Now Running Light Box Ads On Buses

 Love this! A creative use for Print vs moving to Digital signage! It’s been a while since Ive used the term or thought about Duratrans, so thanks to the GAP for activating my brain cel archives this morning. Gap first to use illuminated bus format By Maisie McCabe Gap, the clothing brand, has become the […]

Taking Control of the Phrase "Because We've Always Done it This Way"

Taking Control of the Phrase “Because We’ve Always Done it This Way”  The Pitfalls of “Step and Repeat” Process Control by Sandy Hubbard, Print Futurist  “Focus over here in this corner and shoot here, and then move the copy over here and shoot this corner and go all around the edges of the copy. Then we […]

Xplor to Host CCM Track at 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum

For Immediate Release Xplor to Host CCM Track at 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum Lutz, FL —February 7, 2012—Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today announced that theassociation and conference organizers will host a CCM (Customer Communications Management) track at their upcoming Conference and Vendor Forum, March 27-29 at the TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel […]

The PODi AppForum is back in the UK after a 7-year gap

Leading international organisation for digital printing announces one-day conference in London on March 29 Customer case studies will take centre-stage at the PODi European AppForum which takes place in London on March 29. The last time PODi ran a major event in the UK was 2005. PODi returns to the London College of Communication for […]

3D Printing Brings New Angle To Animation

By Meaghan Murphy Sony Pictures upcoming “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” still uses molding clay and traditional stop-motion animation to bring its wide-eyed characters to life, but creator Aardman Animations happily embraced a strange new technology to make those figures speak: 3D printers. A 3D printer is much like an ordinary one, but it works in […]

Two Sides Launches U.S. Website

Factual Information from Respected Sources Dispels Myths about the Sustainability of Print and Paper Two Sides, the fast-growing non-profit organization established to promote the responsible production, use and sustainability of print and paper, today launched its U.S. website, www.twosides.us. The site, filled with facts from well-known, credible sources, provides an easily accessible resource for anyone […]

PMC's Documobi Webinar: The Recap

Thanks to all of the 250ish attendees on the Documobi webinar Wed Jan 11th, and to the other 200 that registered but couldn’t make it! That is a pretty big response in webinar terms and it gives us some good street cred to bring more cool stuff to you as the year goes on! So […]