• Quark Announces Certifed Expert Program

    Press Release DENVER — Quark, Inc. announced last week the launch of the QuarkXPress Certified Expert program. This new program provides tangible assurance to prospective clients and employers that the QuarkXPress Certified Expert is technically proficient with the application. To earn the certification, QuarkXPress users must demonstrate that they have the skills, expertise, and proficiency…

  • InDesign Magazine Launches

    Cover: InDesign Magazine July/August 2004 (Premiere) Issue The inaugural issue of InDesign Magazine just hit, er, web-stands. This 48-page, PDF-only magazine from CreativePro.com and David Blatner is packed to the, uh, pixels with how-tos, why-fors, and what-nots. The table of contents reads like a who?s who among InDesign gurus. Editorial Director David Blatner is of…

  • Martha Stewart Sentenced to 5 Months

    NEW YORK (AP) — Friday July 16, 8:25 am PT — Domestic icon Martha Stewart was handed a prison term of just five months Friday for lying about a stock sale. After asking the judge for leniency, she emerged defiant from the courthouse to say she was being persecuted and declared, “I’ll be back.” “I’m…

  • Orbitz… And Go Nowhere!™

    Trying to book a flight and hotel room on Orbitz is un-fucking-believably painful. My reservations have been inprocess (and unconfirmed) for going on three hours now. After an informational dry run last night, I went to Orbitz early this afternoon to make my bookings. I went through the search, and, from the list of available…

  • Quark Relaxes Infamously Miserly Licensing

    Adobe, Macromedia, even Microsoft permits installing a single copy of their software on two computers for the use of one person without additional licensing fees. These “dual-system/single-user” licensing allows professional or power users to maintain copies of software on their work desktop computers as well as on laptops or home computers for out-of-office work without…

  • Quark: Educational Promotion for QuarkXPress

    Announced at the same time as its newly free Dual Licensing, Quark launched a special promotion for educators and students. The promotion will allow educational users to purchase QuarkXPress 6 software with maximum convenience at an affordable price. Accredited schools with course offerings that require QuarkXPress can also purchase the software in a deeply discounted…