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Can't wait for Sunday...

...so I can post some of my pages from our semi-annual Health Guide. I really dig some of those pages. But I'm not supposed to post them until the thing's actually been published. Meh.
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Hmm...

You know, I've only been at this for the day, but I really like how this new incarnation of NPD is running. Now, I just have to find all my old clips that I had on my old portfolio.
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What if aliens zap the internet ... permanently? Should I learn Flash and ActionScript or dig a bombshelter? Get a deckhand position with Greenpeace? My editor thinks there will always be newspapers and can't ... won't think any different. He is not reserved to the fact that the internet has become an economically viable threat. I try to put myself in his cowboy boots, but snap back too quickly to even imagine where he's coming from. I started out in paste-up myself long ago, but could always illustrate and could go old-school if computers disappeared from the face of the planet. I know 2 pt. tape, X-Acto and waxers. I've lost the tip of fingers slicing down a ruler on deadline. I've hand-cut full-page, full color amberlith (and rubylith) car ads without registration pins ... 25 acetates later!! If you speak this language ... pipe in maties! And please ... no html.
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Siempre me han interesado los temas que tengan que ver con las religiones, creo que también conllevan una responsabilidad para no herir susceptibilidades. Es todo un reto pues a veces es difícil abordar estos temas como hechos históricos, no hay que perder la noción de que son dogmas de fe, y que muchas veces lo histórico quedará en segundo plano; para mucha gente simplemente son temas incuestionables, que por su naturaleza no deberían estar sujetos a investigación. Saludos a todos, queridos colegas.
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SNDS Magazine 1, 2009 is out

Hello friends of Scandinavian news design -the first 2009 issue of SNDS Magazine has finally been sent to the printers and will be delivered to its faithful subscribers this week. The 28 pages include a lot of great hype for the Oulu24 seminar, as well as a record breaking number of full page ads – five! – from external advertisers, as well as one for our own "Best of Scandinavian News Design 2009" competition, and a full-spread ad for the seminar. Also, there are the usual thoughtful columns by the chairman and the editor; a three page reportage from the judging of the competition in Billund – including a new extraordinary service for newspapers in need of help on design issues; an interview with a designer who really isn't a designer; we reveal the winners in the Scandinavian "Photo of the Year" contests, and bring you a guide to a 100 ways to work smarter, not harder. Ahm, I think that's about it.Delve into it all – wait for the print issue, or download the final pdf at the (not so) secret url: www.pryds.com/sndsdownloads.Best, Lars
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