Posted on June 30, 2009 by Mike Rankin
They say celebrity deaths come in threes. I say, you see what you want to see. But this past week was pretty hard on 20th century cultural icons. If you’ve lost track of who’s still with us, consult Dead or Alive? Oh, nevermind, I’ll save you the trip: Abe Vigoda still walks the earth.
First off, [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Mike Rankin
You probably know that Microsoft has released its own search engine to try and topple Skynet, er, Google. A few days ago, in the WordPress stats I started seeing referrals from Bing.com. Literally, Bing hits. Heh. So I searched for “Publicious” on Bing, and we got 9 out of the top 10 spots. Righteous.
If you [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by Mike Rankin
Happy Birthday, Publicious!
One year ago today, I published my first Publicious post. Here we are 150 posts later! This has been incredibly fun, rewarding, and tiring. In honor of the occasion, all of today’s links are staying “in house.” Sort of a Greatest Hits thing. Without further ado, here are the 10 most popular Publicious [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by Mike Rankin
All the bad economic news is starting to get to me. Stocks were up yesterday, but that doesn’t offset the fact that Zillow says my house is worth the same as a pepperoni pizza. I’d be tempted to go to the mall and pick pennies out of the fountains, but somebody probably beat me to [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by Mike Rankin
Brace yourself.
Q: What did the proofer’s breakfast cereal say to him?
A: SNAP, GRACoL, and SWOP!
Bada-BING! Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Be sure to tip your waitresses.
Found that one on Prepressforums.com, a source of much good info from the folks who get stuff to print. Ah, the stories they could tell…
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Mike Rankin
Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day Weekend. Here in New England the weather was glorious, and we celebrated by partaking of pure All-American fare: amusement park, little league baseball, ice cream, cookout, and Indiana Jones. The kids marched in the parade down Main St (actually they marched down Route 14, but Main St. sounds [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2008 by Mike Rankin
During the last year I’ve moved three times at work, and each time I’ve tried to shed some of the sticky detritus of my career in publishing. It’s cube crap, unused in years, but somehow always avoiding the trash bin. Outdated manuals, mystery dongles, piles of spec guide binders, a small moose made of binder [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by cinnamoncooper
Because my friends don’t really understand what I do, I often get asked by them to do things that are outside my area of knowledge
Can you design my letterhead/business card/logo?
I’m not a designer. I know more about design than I used to, and I have a decent sense of the basics, but I’m not going [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2008 by cinnamoncooper
Michael kindly offered to have me share a few things that I’ve learned in my years working in publishing. I’m grateful for the opportunity to share, and hopeful that a few of my “learned the hard way” lessons can make someone else’s job much easier.
I’ve been working, in various aspects, of the printing industry for [...]
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