From the monthly archives: November 2011
Berg, a London based design firm focused on product inventions, has created a neat little printer called….well…Little Printer. Basically, through an iOS or Android operated mobile device, the cute little box can be programmed to print news from your favorite sources and social networks which can also be scheduled to print at your choosing. The [...]
Instagram is a photosharing phenomenon. Basically, you snap a photo with your iPhone, choose a filter to transform the look and feel, then share or send to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. Instagram says their service is easy as pie. It’s photo sharing, reinvented. Did we mention the service has millions of users? What I love [...]
Canon Inc. announced Canon’s full-fledged entry into the motion picture production industry with the launch of the Cinema EOS System. Canon’s new professional digital cinematography system spans the lens, digital video camcorder and digital SLR camera product categories. The Cinema EOS System targets a new area of imaging expression for Canon, building on the company’s [...]
Now you can meet and greet your loved ones at the airport and be sure they don’t miss you in the crowds by trying the world’s first vending machine capable of printing out personalized giant canvas banners in just a few minutes. Located in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, the machine allows customers to pick messages, like [...]
The last month and a half have been brutally slow for our small business. When these things happen, it can be easy to question everything you’re doing and start making rash decisions based on no data. The problem Gross revenue was way down so we tried offering more sales and discounts, review the competition more [...]
Like many small and large businesses, our company relies heavily on our newsletter membership to improve sales each month. There are many ways to grow your mailing list, and we hope the list below is helpful. 1. Offer free stuff – If you offer samples, white papers, or gifts for free, be sure to add [...]
A while back, I discussed how advertising with newspapers (along with cable and radio) just doesn’t make much sense anymore and why we only advertise online. My main reasoning was due to poor offerings of analytics by these media companies. Basically, these companies offer very little to measure the success of your ads. But an [...]
If you run an e-commerce website like us and offer shipping to customers per UPS, you’re be spending more pretty soon. We already reported UPS rate increases for 2011, but apparently further increases are inevitable for the new year. CNN reports that the company’s base rates are going up. UPS Ground shipments base rate will [...]
Today’s Google home page pays tribute to Louis Daguerre, the French physicist who invented daguerreotype, the first commercially successful form of photography. Daguerre was born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d’Oise, France. He apprenticed in architecture, theatre design, and panoramic painting with Pierre Prévost, the first French panorama painter. Exceedingly adept at his skill for theatrical illusion, he [...]
Including myself, Apple fans across the globe have mourned the late Steve Jobs. Months ago, when I learned a Steve Jobs biography would be written by Walter Isaacson, I was psyched. A couple years ago, I had read Isaacson’s biography on Einstein (named Einstein), and it became an instant favorite of mine. What’s nice about [...]
I’m never 100% satisfied with the design of our website, PrintKEG.com, but we have gone to great lengths to ensure its browser compatible, which is why I downloaded Dolphin, a mobile-centric browser that is gesture-based and has many rich features for browsing the web with your mobile phone. All Things D reports that Dolphin has [...]
Today, I’m browsing Apple Trailers (common for many of us) and noticed that the trailer for Snow White And The Huntsman was available. Reluctant at first, I have to admit the trailer is impressive. The effects look great, the actors seem like great choices, the trailer is enticing…everything looks well done. I hope Snow White [...]
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple way to convert two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional (3D) objects using only light. “This is a novel application of existing materials, and has potential for rapid, high-volume manufacturing processes or packaging applications,” says Dr. Michael Dickey, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NC [...]
The history of digital print is relatively short compared to printing as a whole, which dates back to 1439, when German businessman Johannes Gutenberg created a press that started the mass production of books. The first digital printing presses came onto the market in the early 1990’s. Digital printing assembles each image from a complex [...]
I’m sorry to say it, but Apple will become just another tech company and eventually lose its personality, design and inventiveness because all that died with Steve Jobs. Don’t be a hater. I’m a huge Apple fan. It took me awhile to finally cross over, but now I own a Mac, Ipod, Ipod Nano, Iphone, [...]
What a quarter for HP! After the horrible sales of its WebOS tablet and phones, HP announced they would refrain supporting WebOS, which we assumed meant no more tablets and admitted defeat to Apple’s Ipad. HP also surprisingly announced a possible spin-off of their computer division despite being the leader in PC sales. This combined [...]
Today, I was reading piworld.com, by Printing Impressions, and came across and article discussing Why Sell Online? and it struck me as odd. Really odd. In this day and age, should anyone really need to convince businesses to sell online? Unless you’re a gas station, you probably need to be considering e-commerce and other valuable [...]
