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Quick Printing of Articles and Whitepapers from Website

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Quick Printing of Articles and Whitepapers from Website
I was reading an article today called, "What Do I Want from the Publisher of the Future?" on PLoS computational Biology, apeer-reviewed ...
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Kindle Print Replica Content for Books and Texbooks

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Kindle Print Replica Content for Books and Texbooks
Amazon has released a new eBook formatcalledKindle Print Replica, which looks more like original print book format and can be read on t...
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Getting Ready for DreamForce this week in San Francisco

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Getting Ready for DreamForce this week in San Francisco
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Translated Documents Before Printing with Google Translate API

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Create a PDF from your iPhone or iPad

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Photo Postcard Library for iOS

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Photo Postcard Library for iOS
kinlane-productions2 Sincerely, the app makers behindPostagramandPopBoothhave released a new iPhone specific, photo postcard program called theShip Library for iOS...
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The Google Cloud Print Platform Matures

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Refining Data with Google Refine

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Refining Data with Google Refine
I stumbled across Google Refine yesterday while writing a story on a Famers Market AP...
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Community Broadband Internet

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Community Broadband Internet
I was reading a great post in Gigaom about community broadband. In short, this company called netBlazr wants to create a Read more →
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Hiking and Running Data Visualization Posters

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Rapleaf Ends Conference Room Abuse with Google Calendar + Arduino

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Rapleaf Ends Conference Room Abuse with Google Calendar + Arduino
Consumer information technology company, Rapleaf, uses Google Calendar to schedule meetings in their nine conference rooms, but despite this organization they still suffer from Conference Room Abuse!" Conference Room Abuse is where people 2 or more people randomly grab a conference without any ...
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Off Book | Typography from PBS Arts

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New Mimeo Poster Printing API

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New Mimeo Poster Printing API
When developers come toMimeo Connect, they tend to have one thing in mind--printing from their application. TheMimeo Connect Cloud Print APIallows you to print a ...
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Scan and Digitize Papers and Books for Only $1

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Scan and Digitize Papers and Books for Only $1
Do you have copies of business documents, books or other papers and photos laying around that you'd love to have digitized? Maybe you want to get rid of the originals, but still have a copy, or maybe you just want to recreate online so you can share with others. There is a ne...
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Mimeo Connect Print Marketplace Integrations

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Mimeo Connect Print Marketplace Integrations
One of the most common types of integrations I've been doing lately are single sign on (SSO) integrations with print marketplaces. On this blog, mo...
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US Senate Uses Scribd Cloud Strorage for Sharing Docs with Public

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US Senate Uses Scribd Cloud Strorage for Sharing Docs with Public
I stumbled across a great post onMediaBistrocalled, The US Senate Adopts Scribd for Sharing Docs with Public. The Rul...
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Try Cloud Printing Before Investing in Print Infrastructure

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Try Cloud Printing Before Investing in Print Infrastructure
I was talking with a Mimeo colleague today about a couple of cloud printing integrations. One of the integrations would potentially allow other commercial printers to augment their own services with Mimeo print products. We started talking about different wa...
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My 3D Printed Junk Drawer

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My 3D Printed Junk Drawer
I had a discussion yesterday with Audrey Wattersabout the infamous junk drawer(s) that exists in every house. That end of the counter drawer that seems to accumulate everything from around our house that we think we may some day use. Junk drawers possess those small items that hold our lives together. Nuts, bol...
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Delivering the Next Generation Product Catalog

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Delivering the Next Generation Product Catalog
I'm spending some time brainstorming the next generation of product catalogs with a new platform partner Moodstocks. These are just a few of my preliminary thoughts on the subject. Using the Mimeo Con...
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Image Recognition vs. QR Codes

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Image Recognition vs. QR Codes
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Engineers Fly the Worlds First Printed Aircraft

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Engineers Fly the Worlds First Printed Aircraft
Engineers from the University of Southampton, in the UK, have designed and flown the Read more →
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Augmented Reality iPhone App Helps You Find Print Locations

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Augmented Reality iPhone App Helps You Find Print Locations
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Cloud Printing with Breezy

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Cloud Printing with Breezy
Breezy is a new player in the cloud printing space. The Breezy platform allows you to print any document, from any device, to any printer. Breezy acts as a bridge between your mobile device and your printer in a similar way to G...
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The Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing on your iPad

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The Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing on your iPad
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Abstract Away the Complexities of Print with an API

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Abstract Away the Complexities of Print with an API
When I was being interviewed at Mimeo.com as the API evangelist, one big gap in my resume, that I was concerned about, was no print industry experience. Mimeo is a print company and naturally I should bring something to the table? My boss simply replied, We want someone with the tech, not the print. Someone who can think...