From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Storymaker v0.2

by Mark on November 29, 2009

Storymaker v0.2

We’ll soon be releasing v0.2 of Storybird, including some great upgrades to our core application—Storymaker.

The new engine features:

Thumbnail previews: double-click to preview a thumbnail

Visual Typing: image thumbnails are surfaced based on keywords in your story

Multi-position art: art can occupy one of four crop styles and up to 7 locations

A new dock: pictoral page icons, page re-ordering, and enhanced page controls

Click the image above to see the new dock—it’s gorgeous.

The Gauld Guild

by Laszlo on November 14, 2009

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Really. There should be a guild for him. Something we could join to have meetings and pay dues. He’s that good.

Mad Woman

by Laszlo on November 4, 2009

Joan Ganz Cooney_Life Magazine

Forget Don Draper and Sterling Cooper.  Joan Ganz Cooney was the advertising master of the 1960s, using commercial aesthetics (telegraphic ideas, fast cuts, and jingles) to create a product that reshaped the DNA of Western culture. Hats are off to you, Ms. Cooney. Happy 40th Anniversary.

Printer/fulfillment partners: apply within

by Storybird on November 3, 2009

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Storybird is looking for a print, fulfillment, and customer service partner (one company, not three) that can support our print-on-demand requirements and grow with us globally.

If you rep a company that can meet our needs—or are a designer/client and buy print-on-demand and fulfillment services and have some suggested suppliers—we’d love to hear from you. You can reach us at: partners [at] storybird [dot] com

Here are some details:

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