nPosted October 23, 2019
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n(Fourth Wednesday in October)
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nPrint Media Centr (sic) puts out a website about International Print Day. Looking at this website, I learned that:
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nThis year’s theme is collaboration – in other words, working together. And on of the Twitter hashtags is #print2gether.
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nThere are podcasts called “Podcasts from the Printerverse.”
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nOne of the memorable lines from the website is “Print Long & Prosper!”
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nSo…what’s all of that all about?
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nPrint could be considered the original communications delivery device.
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nOf course, there was talking as long as there were humans, and at some points many civilizations invented (often separately from one another) written language. But mass media means communicating on a larger scale – getting ideas out to many people at once. And the original technology for that was the printing press.
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nNobody wants to go back to Gutenberg-level printing technology – but using the print technologies of today is important to a lot of people, even though they have joined in with the digital revolution for most communications.
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| Designers can create their own unique fabrics through new print technology! |
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As a matter of fact, International Print Day is a digital celebration of non-digital tech, since most of it is sharing print projects over social media!
As a matter of fact, International Print Day is a digital celebration of non-digital tech, since most of it is sharing print projects over social media!n
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nDo you consume print media? Anyone in your family still read a newspaper printed on paper? Any paper-and-ink magazine subscriptions?
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| I’ve heard that Teen Vogue is not just any teen magazine – it’s got really good journalism! |
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nDo you like coloring with markers or colored pencils on actual paper coloring books, or reading books or comic books that are physical objects rather than downloads on a tablet?
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nDo you hang paper calendars up? Do you decorate your walls with art prints or posters?
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nConsider the continuing importance of print in a digital world…
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nAlso on this date:
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Chulalongkorn Day in Thailand
Chulalongkorn Day in Thailand
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nTV Talk Show Host Day
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nnNational Mole Day
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nAnniversary of the Peace Agreement on Cambodia
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niPod Day
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nChemist Gilbert N. Lewis’s birthday
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nDay of the Republic in Hungary
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nBirthday of model and actor Ireland Basinger-Baldwin
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nUnity Day
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n(Third or fourth Wednesday of October)
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