By Andy Marken

So, what do you want first? The good news or the bad news?

The good news is the industry has changed – dramatically – almost over night, opening up new opportunities for creative folks, studios, content distributors/aggregators and consumers.

The importance of communications in uncertain times
By Michael F. Reidy

There is a theatre play “Waiting for Godot” and that is how the current situation feels – only with the difference that we wait for the old normal. While we wait for shops, restaurants, bars, factories, gyms, swimming pools and so many others to reopen we dream of the things that we wish to do again: go on holiday, have our favourite food at table in our restaurant, go to the pools, have that missed birthday party with lots of our friends present, go to work, have these little chitchats with our colleagues, having fun at the beach, the playing fields and events to name just a few. By Sabine Slaughter

By S. George Alfonso, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law group

The month of March has brought a deluge of cancellations of international conferences, travel and severely affected markets around the world, all due to the spread of “COVID-19” – the newest strain of the “Coronavirus” which was first discovered last December in Wuhan, China.

By Andy Marken
"Well, there's nothing essentially wrong with the car. It's just that it wants to go one way and I'd like to go the other." – Jim Douglas, "The Love Bug," Disney, 1968
While most of the folks who attend FMS (Flash Memory Summit) like to talk (brag) about their storage advances, we're more interested in how the stuff is being used.

"Don't confuse the songs with your own life. I mean, they might have relevance to your own life, you know, but a lot of things do. I'm just a guy, man, who writes songs." – John Lennon, "Imagine: John Lennon," Warner Bros., 1988

In our always-connected world, one of the most difficult things firms face is brand and product visibility ... with the right person at the right time.

There is a fine (often subjective) line between privacy and security/protection.

Take the recent incident of Empire actor Jussie Smollett who staged an attack on himself and filed an alleged false statement with the police.

Longstanding brand success with iconic glue stick, consumer-tailored innovations and focus on sustainability and social responsibility

At IMPRIMA, as part of the Toray group, we were extremely proud to represent our company at the Japanese National Day at the Hilton Hotel in Prague, along with seven large Japanese companies that have representation in the Czech Republic. The event took place at the Hilton Hotel in Prague on 5th of December.

By Andy Marken

"There's the difference between us. You believe in friendship, I believe in leverage." Amanda Waller, "Suicide Squad," DC Entertainment, 2016
Recently we stumbled on an article regarding a 69–year–old Dutchman who had petitioned the court to legally list himself as being 20 years younger.

Catalogue from art therapy for young people

Onlineprinters has continued its support of Refugio, a non-profit counselling and treatment centre for traumatised refugees, by donating EUR 5,000 this year. Along with the donation, Onlineprinters printed exhibition catalogues of project pictures made in art therapy class.

by Raymond J. Prince, Printing Industry Advisor and Consultant

Diversity in the graphic communication industry is an important value that should be embraced by businesses, associations, academia, and by individuals.