When Apple released the original iPad, they were diving out into uncharted territory. Their success with the iPhone, turning the smartphone market in it’s side, suggested they were on to something. But it wasn’t till the first year of iPad, that the realized that they had something quite amazing on their hands. People are doing things with the iPad that Apple never expected. First impressions of the iPad2.
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Apple recently released, after over a year in waiting, an update to their Mac Pro line of tower configuration computers. They introduced the Westmere line of the Xeon workstation processors and now a version with 12 computing cores is available. But for many Apple watchers, the update was a bit of a disappointment. For openers,
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And to complete the Tech Fail Trifecta… My faithful Canon printer started to funk out last night. It began to print thin pale streaks in nice neat precise 3mm stripes. UH oh. After the many cycles of cleaning and test prints, and then a 40 min ride with Canon’s tech support, pretty much convinced me the print head was probably hosed. And a replacement head costs near the cost of replacing the same class printer. So will take a shot at trying to fix it N1NJ4 style before I stick a crowbar in the wallet.
About Those Ink Delivery Systems… Read More »
For creative pros, the market for Print Designers and Publishing Art Directors has certainly contracted. I’ve been hearing the comment more and more, “why do I need you expensive artsy prima-donnas when I can do this myself in Word?”
So just when, exactly, do you need to hire a Design Professional? Quite simply, when you want to look better than that…
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Barrier to Entry. I entered the field in 1980, yes that would be B.C. — Before Computers. If someone had told me in 1989 that in a few years I would be replacing 90% of my professional tools every three to five years, I would have looked at them like they were out of their minds…
