Recently I attended the IDEAlliance Proofing Summit held in conjunction with the Publishing Business Conference and Expo at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. During the one day summit I managed to take three pages of notes focused on the meeting’s key topic of Virtual Proofing to the … [Read more...]
QuebecorWorld Asks Court to Pay Bonuses?!?!?!
I read this morning that QuebecorWorld is seeking approval from the courts to pay 4.6 million dollars in bonuses to managers. The bonuses range from $700 to $132,000 and apparently were 'earned' last year prior to the filing. Well, I have news for QuebecorWorld and the courts....all the money owed … [Read more...]
ASU Gravure Days Talk Excerpt
Recently I was asked by my good friend Howard (Howie) Nelson, Ed.D. to speak at the 25th annual Gravure Industry day held at the ASU Polytechnic campus in Mesa, AZ. Howie asked me to speak to the students about being an entrepreneur. What follows is a section of that talk which describes (very … [Read more...]
I’m Back to Posting
Sorry about the long absence. Business has been good and I have been busy. You may have noticed a slight change in the look and feel of the site today. I finally got around to upgrading my WordPress installation (the software which drives this whole site). Please let me know if you see any … [Read more...]
#68: Sustainable Green Printing
What is this new and latest buzzword sustainability? If I have offended you by calling it a buzzword I am not apologizing. Please do not misunderstand me; I think sustainability is a good thing. Smart printing businesses have been engaging in most if not all of the components of sustainability … [Read more...]
mEtamerism vs. mAtamerism
Several of you kindly pointed out that I had misspelled that word up in the title in the original version of my #67 post. First, you are correct and thank you for the correction. It does raise an interesting point for me as a new media writer. A google search for matamerism yields 154 hits. … [Read more...]
#67 Metamerism: Hard copy vs Monitor
The most visited post on JimRaffel.com in 2007 is #16 written October 2005 and addressing metamerism. Because of the popularity of this post I have decided to revisit the topic. I will start with some basic terminology and definitions. Then, I am going to present a real world example we are … [Read more...]
JimRaffel.com 2007 Top 10 Posts
As Promised in #66 here are the top ten posts of 2007 as recorded by Google Analytics. 10. 65-1: SGIA Live Wednesday Observations 9. #61: Get Over Your Measurement Fear 8. #46: Stop Printing Bad Proofs 7. #47: Certified Proofs 6. Golden Nugget #9…Press Characterization and Grey Balance 5. #33: … [Read more...]
New Media Printing Opportunities
During the month of October and into early November this little coffee shop chain (Starbucks, perhaps you have heard of them?) gave away FIFTY MILLION songs from Apple's iTunes. In this author's opinion the distribution of digitally delivered songs seems to be a new media promotion. What's the … [Read more...]
#66: How a New Media Writer Breaks Writers Block
I am now two and a half years into the Jim Raffel’s Golden Nuggets / JimRaffel.com journey. I have gained a whole new appreciation for those who write on a regular basis and an especially great appreciation for those who write on deadline (I sort of slammed you deadline writers last week, but it’s … [Read more...]
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