Thursday, April 12, 2012

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From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing
I wrote about this on the About.com Desktop Publishing Facebook wall. Thought I'd share it with newsletter readers too. It's just something that gave me a chuckle the other day.

I was watching an episode of the British series Midsomer Murders on Netflix. The daughter of the main character was getting married and he was rushing to pick up the wedding program from the printer (just an hour or so before the ceremony of course!). Arriving at the shop with his partner they found it was closed for lunch although they could see his order sitting on a table inside the door. The partner cracked "That's why I would have gone with desktop publishing." I got a kick out of that!


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Are we becoming too reliant on technology? I just can't get behind this move by UNC Journalism School to discontinue spelling tests. Although, to be honest, by the time you get into journalism school you should already know how to spell. But that's a whole other issue. What are your thoughts? Read more

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