The Social Business Club - Education

FotoInsight's New Photo Paper Book Makes Book Bulge Disappear

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:56:19 +0200

Cambridge, 20 August 2009. - Europe's most popular photo book software is now also available for Linux and Mac OS. Against an ever growing number of photo book services, FotoInsight is increasing its technological lead with the introduction of version 4.5 of FotoInsight Designer. The application is available as a free download on the photo service's website and it can create a 130 page photo book lay-out in under three minutes. The new release of the order software adds photo albums processed on thick, lustre finish photographic paper pages. The new photo paper album styles ranging from 26 to 82 pages (in steps of eight pages) are only available in the FotoInsight Designer software. In FotoInsight's new Photo Paper Album each page lays flat FotoInsight states that the book bulge in the new photo paper albums disappear, as the pages lay flat when the book is opened 180 degrees wide. A new binding process is being used for the album pages, which are thicker than pages in CEWE Photobooks. This allows the pages in an open photo paper album to lay flat, rather than bowing or arching up towards the spine. Flat pages make it easier to view images which spread across a double page. FotoInsight's Managing Director Klaas Brumann states: "The new printed photo album's thicker pages provide a premium feel over traditional coffee table style photo books. We expect the new photographic paper books to be popular with professional users and for wedding photo books!" Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight présente ses produits photos pour la nouvelle rentrée scolaire

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:15:29 +0200

Paris. 24 juillet 2009. – Une nouvelle année scolaire s’annonce et il va falloir remplir son cartable. L’imprimeur de photos en ligne FotoInsight à Cambridge offre un nouveau service pour personnaliser ces articles. L’idée est que les jeunes s’intéressent personnellement à leurs fournitures scolaires, afin de s’assurer qu’ils en prennent soin. De plus, des photos de leur animal, d’un groupe d’amis ou de vacances les aident à garder de bons souvenirs. Moins de risques qu’une bouteille d’eau en aluminium avec leur photo soit prise pour un ballon de foot. Ils prendront soin d’un cartable avec leur photo dessus. FotoInsight imprime désormais des photos numériques sur des articles utiles comme des cahiers à spirales, des tirelires ou des porte-clés en peluche. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight introduce prodotti fotografici per il nuovo anno scolastico

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:14:35 +0200

Cambridge, 24 luglio 2009. - Prima che inizi il nuovo anno scolastico, bisogna riempire lo zaino per il ritorno a scuola. Il servizio fotografico on-line FotoInsight offre la personalizzazione di articoli scolastici. L'idea è quella di rimettere i giovani in contatto con i loro articoli, per assicurarsi che se ne prendano cura. Inoltre, immagini personali del proprio animale, di un gruppo di amici o delle vacanze mantengono vivi i ricordi più belli. Una borraccia con la propria immagine corre meno rischi di essere presa a calci per mancanza di una palla. Lo zaino per la scuola sarà trattato meglio quando gli sia stata applicata la propria foto. Adesso FotoInsight stampa fotografie digitali su articoli pratici come block-notes, salvadanai o portachiavi con orsacchiotto. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight introduce productos fotográficos para el nuevo curso escolar

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:13:36 +0200

Madrid, 24 de julio de 2009. - Antes de que empiece el nuevo curso escolar, se necesita llenar la mochila para la vuelta al cole. El servicio fotográfico en línea FotoInsight ofrece la personalización de artículos escolares. La idea es re-conectar a los jóvenes con sus artículos, para asegurarse de que los cuiden. Además, imágenes personales de la mascota, un grupo de amigos o de las vacaciones mantienen vivos los recuerdos agradables. Una cantimplora con la propia imagen corre menos riesgos de recibir una patada por falta de una pelota. La mochila para el cole será tratada mejor cuando se le haya aplicado la propia foto. FotoInsight ahora imprime fotografías digitales sobre artículos prácticos como libretas, huchas o llaveros de osito. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight introduces photo products for the new school year

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:17:05 +0200

Cambridge. 23 July 2009. - When the start of a new school year approaches, the school bag needs filling. The online photo printer FotoInsight from Cambridge offers a new service to individualise such items. The idea is to personally engage the youngsters with their school supplies, to ensure that they will look after them. In addition, own pictures of a pet, a group of friends or from the holidays keep positive memories alive. An aluminium water flask with a personal photograph is less likely to be kicked in-lieu of a football. The school bag will be treated with due care if the the own image has been printed onto it. FotoInsight now prints digital photographs onto practical items like spiral note pads, money boxes or fluffy key rings. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

lexican 3: The Software for Knowledge Workers

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:24:03 +0200

Easy to use authoring tool to collect, store, organize and publish information. London. 23 June 2009. - vetafab Software is releasing a new version of it's Windows application lexiCan. According to the developer, the upgrade improves productivity and collaboration. Individuals and teams use lexiCan to manage information and knowledge for projects, in business management, research and idea gathering. The developer is also introducing a new read only client lexiCan Reader, which allows users to publish content such as guides, manuals, references, support data bases, knowledge bases within a network with one click, making publishing as easy as editing. The software remains simple, no special training is required. Similar to a personal Wikipedia, lexiCan allows users to build articles using texts, pictures, tables, links to websites and files. Using the title as a reference, articles can be accessed in seconds even in voluminous collections, overcoming the daily burden of clicking through folder hierarchies as done in Windows Explorer. Unlike Wikipedia, lexiCan purely works as a desktop application based on Microsoft .NET framework, enabling user convenience, such as setting links per drag and drop or dropping emails from Outlook into a description. lexiCan features full text search that includes embedded files. The developer points at several other intuitive retrieval features, like an automated view on pictures, embedded files and tags. Articles can have multiple tags which lexiCan displays as a list or clout. The article tree can be structured in the application's Outline section. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Wanted - Celebrities who care about Orphans and the Environment

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:48:25 +0100

The project, Ethanol & Orphans, is looking for celebrities who think it is a good idea and who will endorse the project. The project sponsor is the not-for-profit charity, Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. The Ethanol & Orphans project is currently underway in Vietnam where we will be building a cellulose ethanol refinery and using the profits to build: - a Self-sustaining, high-tech, green Community for street orphans where they will be raised in families with surrogate parents and grandparents, given care, skills (job, computer, familiy/life) and supplemental education. - a Medical clinic supported by the profits from the refinery so those who cannot afford it can still receive treatment. - more care for disabled children (who are still today being born with birth defects from Agent Orange which was used in the war in the 60's and 70's) so they can learn to be self-sufficient even with disabilities. We are looking for people who care about: - improving the environment - using less petrochemical fuels - helping developing / third world countries to improve - street children living barely surviving - disabled children who need assistance - providing medical/dental care for those who cannot afford it - protecting food sources (we will use sugarcane for the refiery, NOT grains) - providing education for children, the future leaders of their country - and more humanitarian projects The celebrities will be asked to speak about our project when they can, and to allow us to use thier comments/picture/name in our website and promotion materials. For complete details about the project, see: http://www.orphancommunities.orgFor questions, write to us at: info@orphancommunities.org Please forward this to others who you know will be interested in supporting this project. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Vietnam Vice President honors Ethanol & Disabled Children/Orphans Project

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:50:01 +0100

Report from Executive Director of Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc, on progress with Vietnam Ethanol & Orphans/Disabled Children Project I have just returned from a trip to Vietnam to see the progress of our project with our partners, the Vietnam Aid Society for Disabled Children (VASDC) and am pleased to be able to report the progress that has been made. For the last year, our team leader, Mr. Ngon, has been holding meetings with government ministries, officials, private organizations and supporters and has kept things going. In this photo, he is seen with the President of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet. While in business, it is rare that itineraries ever go exactly as planned, Mr. Ngon's flexibility and tenacity got us to the people we needed to see and the support that we need to proceed. A key meeting on this trip was being received by Vice President of Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Doan. It was wonderful to hear her comments, compliments and support for this project. Within 4 hours of our meeting, it was on the national television news and the next day in the newspapers. Since then we have already been receiving emails and inquiries from people in other countries as the internet propagates the story. The public presentation of this project speaks to the commitment that people have to make it happen. Last year I leaned that the former Vice President of Vietnam, Truong My Hoa, was very involved with VASDC and its activities to help the disabled children. This trip, in a meeting with Professor Thu, the head of VASDC (and teacher of doctors of acupuncture in several countries), staff of VASDC/HSC and supporters, I also had the honor to meet with Madame Hoa to talk about the project. She also continues to provide support to ensure this project becomes a reality. You may recall that in our photos from last year, Mr. Ngon not only had an audience with the President of Vietnam to talk about the project, but he also was able to get a letter from the Prime Minister's office showing us their support and how to move forward with the project. With this kind of top-down support, it is not a matter of if this project will succeed, it is just a matter of when. Not only do we have the political support, we have a commitment to provide the land from Ninh Binh Province. Visiting this historic site of the first capital of Vietnam after they became independent is awe inspiring, With the province kindly providing a guide we were able to appreciate the significance of this place. Our day included meeting province officials, bankers, planners and going to visit the potential site where the refinery can be located. All of the preparation has been done and the potential site offered, it is now time to move forward. The next step is to do the on-site design, engineering, environmental, marketing and feasibility studies. The output of this 3 to 4 month step will be a Bankable Feasibility Study with all the details needed to obtain the licenses and permits required by the investment law of Vietnam. It will also aid us in obtaining the funding needed for the construction. Funding is needed now to do this step. Our partner organizations in Vietnam, VASDC/HSC, are looking into various alternatives to obtain the funds. Our goal at this time is to obtain $10 million dollars which will allow us to keep moving forward. We are asking for donations (and loans of collateral), not only from the Vietnamese Community, but from all individuals and organizations that think this is a worthwhile project. Your donation will help us to provide: - over 500 jobs - homes and families for street orphans - care for children still being born with birth defects due to agent orange - free medical care to local citizens - job and computer skills - cleaner environment - economic stimulus - renewable fuel - and much more. You will do this by helping us build a cellulose Ethanol Refinery from which the profits will build a Medical Clinic, Self-sustaining, high-tech Community where orphans are raised in families, provide care and training for disabled children and full scholarships for qualified children. Details are on our website at: www.orphancommunities.org Donations can be on-line at our website or mailed to our tax-exempt, not-for-profit charity at: Vietnam Ethanol & Disabled Children/Orphans Project, Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. P O Box 906 Alamosa, CO 81101-0906 (Make checks payable to Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc.)Feel free to check our not-for-profit charity status with the Colorado Secretary of State.We will provide a tax receipt for all donations. Feel free to contact us with any questions at: info@orphancommunities.org We are excited about the progress to date and are looking forward to the ground-breaking in 2008. And, one more thank you to the Southeast Asia, South Asia &South Pacific Department of the External Relations Commission, C.C. CPVn for providing a translator for all of our meetings during this trip. Nguyen Anh Nguyet (Moon) was a wonderful asset to ensure complete understanding in all of our meetings. Thanks Moon for all your help (and tips on protocol)! Thank you all for your ongoing support for Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. our partners and our projects. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Tearing down the Costs of Recruitment

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:46:24 +0100

The new Cambridge recruitment start-up IBEX Resources Limited is presenting IBEX Logic, which it claims reduces the cost of the recruitment process. The company deals with vacancies predominantly from Technology companies throughout the United Kingdom Cambridge. 26 Nov 2007. --"Have you ever stopped to wonder how much recruitment fees are costing your organisation?" asks IBEX's founder David Wood and continues: "For larger corporates this can be hundreds of thousands of pounds; and for the SME marketplace several thousands of pounds per year!" Whichever way you look at it, recruitment fees are generally a lot of money and impact heavily on the bottom line! IBEX Resources Limited believe they have the solution! The idea of a true “value for money” proposition first came to IBEX’s founder, David Wood, a few months back. “We looked at different ways of providing the ultimate solution for companies who recruit. After looking at various methodologies, we have settled on what we have called IBEX Logic.” IBEX Logic is an innovative recruitment process. The client’s vacancy is discussed at length with an IBEX Consultant, so that he or she has a thorough understanding of the requirements. That vacancy is then worked on by IBEX for 2 weeks (14 days). During that 2 week period, a shortlist of candidates is provided to the client for them to make direct contact with the candidates. David Wood added: "In general, candidates prefer to speak directly to the potential employer, and not go through the recruitment agent. And we believe that the client also prefers this direct approach!" Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Global Higer Education Facilities

Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:52:25 +0100

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University Complutense of Madrid and Google to Make Hundreds of Thousands of Books Available Online

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:09:27 +0200

Now, those authors' great works will be accessible to everyone around the world, as the University Complutense of Madrid becomes the first Spanish-language library to join the Google Books Library Project. Book lovers and researchers from Australia to Argentina, and South Africa to Spain, will be able to find out whether, as Cervantes wrote, "the pen is the tongue of the mind," or as Calderón claimed, "life is but a dream." Working together, Google and the University Complutense of Madrid will digitise the university's hundreds of thousands of public domain works, so that anyone, at anytime will be able to view, browse, read, and even download the full texts from the library's historic and special collections. The library of the Complutense University of Madrid is the largest university library in Spain. "Out of copyright books previously only available to people with access to Madrid's Complutense University Library, or the money to travel, will now be accessible to everyone with an Internet connection, wherever they live," said Carlos Berzosa, Chancellor of the Complutense University of Madrid. "We are quite literally opening our library to the world. The opportunities for education are phenomenal and we are delighted to be working with Google on this project."Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

El nuevo Juego de Memoria de fotos propias es un verdadero entrenador de la memoria.

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:29:51 +0200

FotoInsight Introduce: “Juego de Memoria” Impreso con Fotografías Digitales.Una innovación que realmente entrena la memoria – y un paso más al éxito en el nuevo año escolar. Cambridge, Reino Unido. 25 de Septiembre de 2006. – El servicio de revelado fotográfico digital en línea ahora lanza un “Juego de Memoria” impreso de las propias fotos del usuario. Todo lo que se requiere son 25 fotografías digitales para una impresión única de este juego que a la vez es tradicional y original. Así la calidad de impresión fotográfica de FotoInsight’s se aplica también en un valioso juego para el desarrollo de la memoria a todas las edades. Cualquier familia que ha tomado fotografías digitales puede crear este “entrenador de la memoria”. Una impresión durable sobre cartón resistente hace las fotos de las vacaciones o de la familia inolvidables. El Director General de FotoInsight, Klaas Brümann comenta: “El Juego de Memoria con fotos provee una nueva dimensión al combinar fotografías digitales propias del usuario con este juego clásico.” Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

The complete guide to Digital Photography from the experts at National Geographic

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:57:30 +0200

Published by greenstreet software for PC and MAC Cambridge, 14 September 2006. - The latest Digital Cameras come with more features, more complexity - and more opportunity. For confused consumers National Geographic’s Digital Photography Guide is the answer, with a complete in depth view of everything from taking the perfect photo to using computers as a fully functional Digital Darkroom. Ideal for Christmas presents for the budding digital camera or camera phone user. This complete guide, based on the book “National Geographic Photography Field Guide” by Rob Sheppard, is the first step to first class photographs and covers every aspect of digital photography from cameras, memory cards and basic photography to creating truly exotic images using your home computer. Novices can follow a complete Digital Photography course from start to finish and experienced photographers can select a subject for real-time information and useful tips. Unlike a book each subject is supported by demonstrations, interactive examples, virtual cameras, narration and exercises. With the massive upsurge in Digital Camera ownership this guide will prove invaluable. “We are delighted with the National Geographic Digital Photo Guide. It is extremely comprehensive, easy to follow and packed full of information - and who better to show you the ropes! This handy guide is perfect for both amateurs and experienced photographer who want to shoot like the pros. With strong branding, popular subject matter - and the success of our other National Geographic titles - we expect this product to have instant appeal” Commented Jeff Fenton CEO of Greenstreet Software Ltd. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Join ECCI X: towards a new deal in innovation practice and frameworks

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:00:16 +0200

Start: 2007-10-14 10:56 Timezone: Etc/GMT-1 Join ECCI X now! ECCI X is the 10th European Conference for Creativity and Innovation, which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-17, 2007. See www.eccix.org The purpose of ECCI is to facilitate co-operation and cross-fertilization between academics, business life and trainers in the field of creativity & innovation. We strive to create a conference on creativity and innovation with a high degree of coherence between theme and methods, frame and content. We obligate ourselves to take our own medicine and to go beyond traditional conference preparations and methods. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

55 Ways to Have Fun With Google

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 12:46:21 +0200

You probably use Google everyday, but do you know... the Google Snake Game? Googledromes? Memecodes? Googlesport? The Google Calculator? Googlepark and Google Weddings? Google hacking, fighting and rhyming? In this book, you’ll find Google-related games, cartoons, oddities, tips, stories and everything else that’s fun. Reading it, you won’t be the same searcher as before! (From the author of Google Blogoscoped.) Buy, download, share The book contains over 220 pages and is available to buy at Lulu.com for $16.50 or Amazon for $19.66. You can also download the full book as PDF (or Word)... it’s free to share & remix & do fun stuff with. Reviews “Loved it! My wife (who rarely reads, and isn’t really into Google) has even picked it up and she’s all over it.” – Garett Rogers, ZDnetBookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |