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If the locations also offer great coffee, and other material to read while you wait to go along with the wait, it will bring new life to Barnes & Noble and make the stores a destination for me and my family when we're shopping and there is an opportunity to get a printed copy of whatever is available on the Nook. <br />
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I was never a big fan of GE the company when they took government money rather than selling off assets to meet short term capital needs during the credit crisis in 2008, but I loved some of my favorite customers who worked there and became lifelong friends one in GE Transportation designing light rail signal systems and another who was an old buddy from the Marines who grew up at GE to become a senior VP of syndication at GE Capital. The people at least that I knew that worked at GE were the good guys. I can't say that was true of the collective company. But as American Giants go, GE is as American as it gets and their innovations in everything related to their business lines are testament to American innovation and ingenuity. That is why my money will be on GE advanced additive manufacturing to create breakthroughs in science and technology that will again change the world to be better and more like the world envisioned by Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry as pure science fiction. <br />
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Who wouldn't love to work for free (no concept of money in the future) on a project sponsored by GE, IBM, Apple, Google, Amazon, Boeing and Dupont together using additive manufacturing technologies combined with life science applications to deliver life changing products with grant funding from international agencies who collaboratively function with the same mandates of our US agencies at NIH, DARPA and NASA to build shields, energy based weapon systems, delivery drones and vehicles, food products, clean air and water and who embark on developing spacecraft capable of long term deployment like the 5 year voyage of the science fictional star ship Enterprise. <br />
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Anyone reading this, won't live to see it, but I imagine Roddenberry's world was an ideal shared by many who think like me, that one day there will come a day where there is no concept of money or greed, diseases are a thing of the past, ideas are shared freely for the enhancement of learning and building on existing knowledge, synthetic enhancements are designed to make the quality of life for all humans better, not for the purpose of greed, and a prime directive exists that says we don't kill or cause harm to others including other species or environments starting with ours and further as we encounter others possibly through space exploration. For some reason, I think GE is going to be at the forefront of the future world over the next hundred years. Let's hope there are some Star Trek fans that work there as well.rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106002408386761890.post-74372798387049597782014-05-24T19:37:00.000-07:002014-05-24T19:37:01.222-07:00Reimagining Print with 4D Printing Skylar Tibbits: The emergence of self folding sheets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The possibilities for printers who adapt and imagine the possibilities to come from the technology of 3D printing will be the difference between a robust industry that is prepared to meet the demand of their customers with a solution that will allow for success. Pretty amazing world!rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106002408386761890.post-86406186324028810502014-03-23T11:23:00.002-07:002014-03-23T11:23:32.500-07:00The Time is NOW official Trailer coming out soon is a project we support and hope you will get behind as well<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WSwgPP2K2LI" width="560"></iframe>rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106002408386761890.post-13006549855736575142014-03-16T17:13:00.000-07:002014-03-16T17:13:06.024-07:00Publish your book with us for the best royalties, easy to use tools and complete control <a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-7477988-10806428" target="_top">
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The above electronic change order form from Adobe (echo sign) has saved countless hours in my life at Bath Fitter as a consultant managing the change order process with customers. I don't have to track people down and get signatures on a two part form (one copy for them, and one for my office) with a digital form that can be completed and signed electronically with Adobe's app, right from my smart phone. It has taken an essential business process in a contracting business that is form and signature dependent and that would take many hours to complete and distilled it down to a few minutes or seconds to complete.<br />
Adobe offers Echo Sign for free to limited users who sign fewer than 5 forms per month and a reasonable $39/mo service fee for more frequent users. It is a good tool for use in any application that is form and signature dependent. I highly recommend you give it a try.<br />
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Recently I had a chance to visit CDigital Markets in Baltimore and immediately was struck with the innovative culture and product variability that they can offer the commercial trade printer, but also retailer or marketing department. The video above features the film substrates produced by CDigital Markets as the decorative film transfer products that can be loaded into automated decorating systems like the one pictured in the video very cost effectively.<br />
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Their unique process of full color, high resolution, high output and variable print on demand capability onto practically any substrate using toner based Xeikon digital press technology, and patented transfer film applications literally allows their customer to print full color onto any hard surface area that stands up to multiple abrasion, heat, pressure, washing in almost any quantity very cost effectively.<br />
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Their testing center in Baltimore runs multiple applications of printed transfers on metal, ceramics, plastic through multiple wash cycles in dishwashers for drinkware, or custom eatery ware or pet toys. These customized products are sold by multiple Ad Specialty Distributors and seen on such things as printed placqes, pens, bads, bows, arrows, bottles, signs, cups, mugs, travel mugs, keychains, CDs/DVDs, USB drives.<br />
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This picture of Marines and the working dog, Yeager, honoring his fallen handler and their comrade, LCPL Abraham Tarwoe, is all you need to know about the character of US Marines or former US Marines on your payroll. You might have to take a risk in creating a spot on the payroll in an uncertain environment where you don't know what the future is going to bring for your business growth. No doubt, you have to survive before you can thrive as a business. However hiring former combat veterans, especially former US Marines, is an investment in your future, and should be part of your company's people strategy plan. You will find no one more loyal, courageous, entertaining, organizational life changing or knowledgeable to work with other than you or your immediate family members. If you need a prepress technician, software or other administrator and can make room for one of these veterans to study what you need and bring them into your company as interns in training while they pick up the skills you need to be the new customer service rep, sales rep, driver, or other stakeholder in your business, consider hiring these returning veterans. They are able to adapt and learn new skills, have the GI Bill to help pay for their education and just need some guidance as to what industry they should join and what fields of study to help your company and themselves to get hired in gainful employed civilian positions. Veterans can probably handle anything life throws at them after what they've been through (Marines and other combat armed forces personnel especially), and don't need charity, but a chance, some compassion and respect for their service which is nothing like serving in the postal service or other services that wear a uniform and drive a desk in some office far from seeing any combat action or service. If you show loyalty to them, they are more than willing and able to go the extra mile for you and your customers, and will be among the best investment in hiring people that you could ever make. Our canine companions teach us the universal value of loyalty, it's really up to us humans to apply it to each other to make our world a little better and reward those who choose to value loyalty above other traits. <br />
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Yeager, an improvised explosive device detection dog, lies in front of a battlefield cross as Staff Sgt. Derick Clark, a kennel supervisor with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Dale Reeves, a kennel officer in charge with 2nd Bn., 9th Marines, obs<span class="text_exposed_show">erve a moment of silence in honor of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, a dog handler and mortarman who served with 2/9, during a memorial service, April 22, 2012. Tarwoe, who became Yeager's handler in July 2011, was killed in action during a dismounted patrol in support of combat operations in Helmand province's Marjah district, April 12. Tarwoe's fellow Marines remember him for his contagious laughter and smile, and his unfaltering courage on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez) </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.pr.com/press-release/407689">Meet Maryland Author, Raj Dwivedi, Entrepreneur and Owner of Print On Demand Network, at His Book Signing at Bowie Town Center Barnes & Noble Wed April 25th at 6:30 p.m.</a><br />
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DALLAS, Apr 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- FedEx Office(R) is proud to be the
first national retailer to offer small businesses, mobile professionals and
on-the-go consumers the ability to transform digital files into hard copies by
sending documents through Google Cloud Print(TM) to more than 1,800 FedEx Office
stores nationwide. Combining FedEx Office(R) Print & Go and Google Cloud
Print, customers can now access and print documents anytime, anywhere. <br />
FedEx Office is leading the industry with innovative on-demand, mobile
printing solutions. "Today more than 40 percent of our print business comes in
over the web. We will continue our commitment to invest in serving the growing
needs of our customers, whether it's business presentations, brochures or
posters," said Anthony Norris, vice president, Product and E-commerce Marketing
for FedEx Office. <br />
With the award-winning FedEx Office Print & Go solution and Google Cloud
Print, users can submit print documents from Gmail(TM) and Google Docs(TM) on
their mobile device, or from the Chrome web browser for Mac, Windows, Linux, and
Chrome devices. Customers can access these documents at any U.S. FedEx Office
location by entering a unique retrieval code into the FedEx Office Print &
Go self-service digital screens to select, preview and print. Or, customers can
choose to have their print jobs produced by professionally trained team members
at the full-service counter. <br />
Launched in January 2011, FedEx Office Print & Go also allows customers
to access and print documents directly from a variety of mobile devices and USB
flash drives. Last year, the easy-to-use technology received the "Most
Innovative New Tech-Enabled Product" award by InformationWeek. <br />
To learn more about FedEx Office Print & Go and discover how to get
started, go to www.fedex.com/printandgo . <br />
About FedEx Office <br />
FedEx Office, an operating company of FedEx Corp., has more than 1,900 stores
and locations in the U.S., Canada, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East,
providing convenient access to printing and shipping expertise with reliable
service. The company's network features retail stores, centralized production
centers, corporate on-site print centers, and on-site business centers at
hotels, convention centers and universities. Services include copying and
digital printing, professional finishing, document creation, direct mail, signs
and graphics, computer rental, free Wi-Fi, corporate print solutions, packing
services, FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping, Hold at FedEx Location and
more. In addition, InformationWeek 500 recognized FedEx Office(R) Print Online
and FedEx Office(R) Print & Go solutions with the 2011 Most Innovative
Products award. Products, services and hours vary by location. For more
information, please visit www.fedex.com/office . <br />
About FedEx Corp. <br />
FedEx Corp. <span class="quotePeekContainer"><span class="quotepeekbase bgQuote up" id="quote1132175648" jquery152013865912093520244="40"><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/FDX?link=MW_story_quote"><span class="bgChannel">/quotes/zigman/254280</span><span class="bgRealtimeChannel">/quotes/nls/fdx</span> <span class="symbol">FDX</span>
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portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual
revenues of $42 billion, the company offers integrated business applications
through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively,
under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 300,000 team members
to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and
professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For
more information, visit news.fedex.com. <br />
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Kim Kelley, 214-550-7431
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Ketchum Public Relations
Jonathan Younger, 946-935-4339
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I like this, and want one! How about your shop? Tired of Xerox and HP speed and flexibility (or lack of it)? This is how print on demand should be done. Toner based monochrome or color at 10,000 impressions per minute down to 24lb offset text weight (thickness of your typical bible printed sheet).<br />
If you're printing billing statements or outsourcing data management services for the cost savings of not having to get into the print business, you may want to crunch your numbers again with the CFO and take a hard look at the return on investment on a solution like this vs continuing to outsource a critical function like this with the added flexibility this solution provides any organization.rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106002408386761890.post-55298542310862679252012-04-12T13:32:00.001-07:002014-01-31T10:23:27.760-08:00How many of you want to see this in your local bookstore?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zyNSap5XSv0" width="560"></iframe><br />
The Harvard Book Store has installed one of these machines, and I think every independent publisher and author will grant publishing rights to their local bookstores to sell and print their printed versions of ebooks. It is also a matter of negotiating with Amazon for their vast library of books to flip the publishing industry on its very head and put the control back in the hands of independents with this technology. Publishing ebooks is as easy as uploading a Word document for authors and publishers. There is very little to it to justify the costs that the large 5 publishers and Apple were able to charge in their attempt to take control from Amazon's ebook portfolio. The going rate for published content by local independent authors and publishers willing to give rights directly to their bookstores will remove the need to use an agency publishing model and put the control of sales in the hands of independent and chain bookstores. I for one welcome the innovation and encourage independent bookstores, publishers and authors to adopt this model and machine. I hope to see one in every bookstore and library where I can wait for a printed version of the ebook on my reader or tablet, and get a print-out of a required section from a book I need for class. All while I have a cup of coffee and browse other book titles. rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106002408386761890.post-54168087991476010752012-04-04T08:58:00.001-07:002014-01-31T11:03:24.445-08:00Digital Ads Overload<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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According to this recent study 2/3 of adults in the US and UK indicate they receive too many digital ads and promotions. Follow the link above for the study details.<br />
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The good news is that if you recognize that most people only want ads on information that they are interested in about once a month, then you can develop your online communication and marketing strategy to reach your audience without them unsubscribing or worse tuning your message out completely.<br />
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One key finding that I take away from this information is that people do not want ads on their smartphones. Just because they can get them there, they don't necessarily want to see them popping up as SMS texts or other ads that they did not search to find out information. <br />
This is crucual to our customers of comF5 mobipro product lines and touchpro product customers who have the ability to "push" notifications out to their audience about a particular special or event. Like all things in life, moderation is the key. The findings point to about once a month advertising being the right amount for adults. <br />
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Check out the information in detail by following the link and digging into the study. Interestingly enough, another study done last year by RIT found that 79% of B2B customers still found direct mail, and traditional print solutions as either highly effective or effective means to get the message out about events, or promtional advertising. Print is far from dead, print on demand is thriving in 2012.rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106002408386761890.post-8155014411238472832012-03-26T17:50:00.000-07:002014-01-31T11:03:24.455-08:00Print arguably still at the center of modern communication everywhere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Say what you will about the iPhone, Android tablets, iPads, Kindle and the rest. This Australian Print Industry Association video makes a very valid point. Print solutions providers such as those specializing in packaging labels, tickets and specialty form manufacturers as well as digital printers are not on the decline since the advent of the technology, but actually doing quite well. Newspapers, magazines and books have clearly fallen off and have seen obvious direct impact from the proliferation of the digital books, ezines, emails and blogs like this which make it possible to reach thousands of people without a single printed page, but what many people do with posts like this is actually print them out and distribute them, post them on cubicle walls and otherwise still use digital printers. In addition to the continued strength of digital press and variable data printing the specialty paper based packaging products, bags, and ticket printers remain robust around the world just as HP, Xerox and the other digital print engine manufacturers thrive through innovation. </div>rajdwivedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298413372165480noreply@blogger.com0