What role is digital imaging playing in printing, photo merchandise and social networks? Find out in today’s DIMAcast with David Haueter, associate director of InfoTrend’s Photo Printing Trends and Photo Merchandise services, who is interviewed by PMA Publisher Gary Pageau. Haueter’s responsibilities include product coverage, trend analysis, primary market research, and gathering forecast data for the photo print and photo merchandise markets. Prior to joining InfoTrends, Haueter was principal analyst for the Digital Documents & Imaging group at Gartner. In this role, he focused on digital camera, photo printing, inkjet printer, and multifunction product markets.
    InfoTrends is hosting the Digital Imaging '09 conference Sept. 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency SFO, Burlingame, Calif., offering attendees a new format to create a customized educational agenda - matching interests with content on future market directions, opportunities and trends. The interactive two-day conference brings together leading digital imaging executives including providers of hardware, software and services, corporate content owners, publishers, photofinishers, labs, photo retailers and digital print providers. DI ‘09 is for digital imaging executives wanting to build partnerships and secure new business for 2010, according to InfoTrends. To learn more, visit www.digitalimagingconference.com.

Interview starts :1:31

Interview ends :18:00

David Haueter

Last October, HP announced a partnership with MySpace to integrate HP printing technology across multiple areas on the social networking site, including all photo sections. Today, Tuan Tran, Vice President and General Manager within HP's Inkjet and Web Solutions Business, is joining us on the DIMAcast to tell us what’s happening with that new partnership. Hello, Tuan.

Interview starts :3:44

Interview ends :22:28

Tuan Tran

Social networking has become a way of life for young consumers, and increasingly, older consumers are following in their path. Many businesses are discovering that marketing through these sites can be inexpensive, quick, and very effective. Today’s DIMAcast presents an interview with Lorrie Thomas, who is both head of Lorrie Thomas Web Marketing, a firm that specializes in helping small businesses tap the power of social media marketing, and an instructor of web marketing at University of California, Santa Barbara, and University of California, Berkeley. Learn what sites are best for your business and how to get started.

Interview starts :4:11

Interview ends :28:54

Web address: http://www.lorriethomas.com

Lorrie Thomas

Brian's Photomation Knowledge Bytes movie made with Animoto.com
hosted on YouTube and not the sharpest movie I've seen ???