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Create a PDF from your iPhone or iPad

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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

I stumbled across Google Refine yesterday while writing a story on a Famers Market API
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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

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 reg...
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Off Book | Typography from PBS Arts

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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 lo...
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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 new c...
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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, most ...
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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 Rules ...
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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 ways ...
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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, bolts...
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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 Connec...
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Image Recognition vs. QR Codes

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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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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 Goog...
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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

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...
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Google Docs Increases File Size Limit from 1GB to 10GB

Google has increased the file size limit of files stored in Google Docs, from 1GB to 10GB. This increase, along with them opening up Google Docs to any file type, really establishes the platform as a viable cloud stora...
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Credit Card Debt from a Failed Startup

Here is a little reminder for all the startup hungry folks out there. This is a dashboard widget for my debt consolidation, for all the credit card debt I racked up doing a startup called Social Media Squad. I don't regret any of it. I learned so much, and it only failed because of the recession. If I had been able to ride another 4...
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Google Adds PPTX Conversion Support in Docs

Google has added support for converting Powerpoint .pptx files to Google presentationswhen uploading using Google Docs or via the API. Until now Google only supported the older versions of Powerpoint .ppt when uploa...
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Crowd-published News and Media with ViewsHound

ViewsHound, a crowdpublished media site, has published work from over 1,000 authors in its first 10 weeks since launch, including over 230 authors, who have submitted at least 5 pieces of work a piece to ViewsHound. Vi...