iWork 08 Pages: Pretty Slick
“Apple iWork ‘08″ (Apple)
OK, it’s not QuarkXPress or InDesign, but if you need a good basic layout program, I give Apple’s Pages a thumbs up. If it was only the MS Word import capability and the seamless export to PDF, it would be worth the $89 cost. But, there’s a lot [...]
InDesign Workshop: Pre Invite
We’ve had a number of requests for another in our series of InDesign workshops, so we’re planning another such event soon. The event will be offered FREE to all Copies&Ink customers and for only $49 for all others. Paid attendees will receive a $49 certificate redeemable for any Copies&Ink product or service.
If you’d like to [...]
Service a la the cable company
Transcribed from a real conversation. I couldn’t add much that the story doesn’t already say.
(Customer has called the repair service number provided by the local cable tv company)
Customer: My cable has been out all morning!
CSR: What state do you live in?
Customer: California, why do you ask?
CSR: Well let’s see, we have an outage in San [...]
Microsoft vs Apple: Head to Head
In this showdown between office suite giant Microsoft Office and the latest edition of the Apple iWork suite, MacWorld Magazine (May 2008) writers put the latest software to the test. The results? I guess it depends. You’ll have have to pick up a copy. There’s also a 39 minute podcast hosted by the (always [...]
Postage Rates Defy Logic
It’s official: postage rates are going up again. It’s a process that seems to have accelerated in recent years. Perhaps the Postal Service didn’t get the memo about all the advertisers migrating to alternative forms of marketing.
Starting next month first class postage will hit 42 cents, postcards 27 cents, each up one cent. Standard class [...]
Look that laptop thief in the eye!
Well, in the vernacular one would say “this really sucks!” And indeed it does: both my son and his college roommate suffered the theft of their laptop computers when a thief forced a window and broke into their student housing apartment in Los Angeles. The LAPD was great about it, taking a full report, even [...]
William Alpert is a seasoned entrepreneur and 35 year business veteran. His California based companies design and create printed and electronic marketing materials for Fortune 500s, entrepreneurs as well as advertising and graphic design professionals. He is the author of InkBlot, a weekly journal on business marketing in the internet era. 
