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The Himalayan Salt Room

by JimRaffel on October 31, 2008

During GraphExpo one of my readers said that he enjoyed the baseball posts because it allowed him to better understand the writer of the blog.  Well, this is another post that really does not relate to printing except for the fact it occurred during GraphExpo ’08.

Himalayan salt room visited during GraphExpo '08 by RaffelOn Tuesday night a group of us vendor types followed Earl McGhee over to PrimeHouse. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of an evening of dining with Earl, let me just tell you he knows his food (particularly steak) and he knows his wine. Earl also calls Chicago home, so when he says a resturant is one of his favorite I say count me in! (unless I have a more pressing dinner with a client or some silliness like that.)

We had a great group of nine, and I did in fact enjoy an incredible bone in fillet (my first bone in fillet I might add) and some very good wine. The PrimeHouse specializes in aged meat, and makes a big deal about their Himalayan salt room where the aging (up to 75 days) occurs.  During the ordering process one of our group joked with the server(Stacy) that we would like to see the salt room and then everyone laughed.

Marc Levine of the Color Management Group was sitting next to me and sort of issued a challenge to me suggesting I would be able to sweet talk our server into letting us into the room. I will conclude this post by saying a picture is worth a thousand words.

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GraphExpo Video

by JimRaffel on October 30, 2008

While attending/exhibiting at GraphExpo this week I was asked by my friends at WhatTheyThink.com to make a short comment on an industry trend.  This video is the result.

Also, very soon I will re-read all my TwiterTweets from the show and compile them into a numberbed golden nugget post.

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#72: Twitter from GraphExpo

October 22, 2008

I have been wondering how to cover GraphExpo this year. In the past I tried to do a blog entry every day, but that requires either trying to remember what you are going to write about or taking notes. Neither one of these options is a big deal for a full time journalist, but I [...]

#71: The Middle Ground

October 16, 2008

I have observed an interesting phenomenon in our industry over the last year or so. I have watched the spending of technology dollars shift from new technology purchases to the integration of existing technology in a custom workflow portal. I sense that customers are tired of all the pieces not playing nicely together. So, instead [...]