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They actually have some really good partnerships (i.e. Threadless) and while some parts of the country might see this type of thing as 16-25 there are lots of people much more affluent that enjoy contemporary popart and interior personalization. It's not a threat to sign shops but it's an...

Yep, call OSHA. Mimaki's put off a ton of VOCs. We're vented but not really well and it's a huge room and I still have some health side effects from it. A room your size with no vents...serious issues. VOCs cause all sorts of serious mental problems and can cause cancer. Dizziness and vomiting...

Myspace? :ROFLMAO:

Prefer livingsocial to groupon, haven't used either for the sign business though

Great topic and conversation. Don't forget to do a showroom refresh every few years just like the rest of your brand. It's too easy to start looking tired or out of date if you don't stay on top of it.

http://thinkdesignblog.com/free-vectors-28-halftone-vectors-clean-grunge-versions.htm Making them is super easy as described above but here's some pre-built as a resource. Can find tons of them just by googling "vector halftone" (make sure to check that they're released commercial allowed).

As a note most agencies and corps that use extensis portfolio pay one person who's sole responsibility is digital asset management, not something a lot of sign shops can afford. It's still okay in the hands of a team without someone like that but it's much, much less useful.

You should write an action to open and resave all of those with Illustrator, which would generate thumbnails (I believe...).

It's *the* plugin to buy, maybe one of three actually worth having (perfect resize & noise ninja for photoshop, hot door cadtools for illustrator).

I'm not a big fan of the wonderlic but it's used rather widely. More interesting to me is culture fit, which you can get through briggs myers or jungian testing methods in combination with culture fit interviewing methods. On the "small shop designers should be jack of all trades" issue I'd...

Don't care to guess, don't put up with it. Go legal. Regardless of the reason he doesn't have the right to pay you late, especially without notice. http://www.las-elc.org/factsheets/paydays.html Your state website should have a section some where with what actions you should take. If he's...

This, sign people wear enough hats and marketing is another few thousand to wear, unless you already have them in your closet from previous gigs or whatever. Still recommend reading like crazy so you know what on earth is being discussed, but you should bring in some pros to get you going and...

Redundant, take what you learn from dealers on profiling with a handful of salt. Never know how fresh their info is or how well they absorbed it in the one quick class they had. Onyx posts decent videos on youtube on how to profile if you're looking for a resource, but it's dead easy in x10 and...

All in photoshop: a) optional: if you need to unify the color temps in multiple images use match color under image>adjustments b) use file>automate>photomerge to create panorama c) optional: fix errors with clone stamp/patch/healing tools d) scale up in photoshop using perfect photo plugin (all...

Mechanical parts have high failure rates, HDs and fans are the last two mechanical parts left in computers. Most data loss is HD failure caused by mechanical failure or power surges (brownouts or noisy lines frequently). Viruses are way down on the list. Way, way down. Modern malware payloads...

Problem is a lot of sign shop owners think of themselves as sign shops not as digital large format inkjet print shops and really limit their audience and scope of work. So much potential being wasted all over the place and it drives us designers mad -- as you know very well. The supply of good...

An externally vented hood just to move heat out of the shop is a great idea, put a one way flange on it too like you would for a range hood. Interesting that you now notice the media smell I swear some medias offgas as many VOCs as our solvent machine does at full lilt. Translucent is the worst...

godaddy oversells their capabilities and buries all the functionality under a million offers for addon products you don't want or need. It takes half an hour to dig through all the crap to find CName modification or other things that should be easily accessed. It's a nightmare company. Used to...

Most shops pay way below market rate for qualified talented graphic designers and it explains why so many put out bad design work. Many also expect GDs to be prepress experienced/qualified (or expect them to run equipment) which are different specializations and skill sets. See this a lot in...

Leagues above 14 people don't work very well unless you really, really tweak the settings.