HP recently announced a fully customizable coffee table book showcasing President Barack Obama’s journey to the White House and first 100 days in office. Built using both old and new technology, the book promises to bring on-demand, custom printing to a new, wider audience. In today’s DIMAcast, Andrew Bolwell, director of new business initiatives for HP, explains how the “The Obama Time Capsule” is ordered, customized and printed, and what it may mean for the future of press products.

Interview starts :1:34

Interview ends :15:49

Andrew BolWell

Joining the DIMAcast for the second time is Gabe Cano. He was first interviewed by Bill McCurry, who learned from Cano why Facebook is an important business tool. Today, Cano speaks as one of the newest members of the DIMA board. He tells PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Barr Kruger how he got his start in the imaging industry, what led him to become part owner of Specialty Color Services in Santa Barbara, Calif., and why he chose to served DIMA as a board member.

Interview starts :6:06

Interview ends :15:50

Gabe Cano

Michael Deng is founder and CEO of Arcsoft, the company behind the embedded technologies providing key features and functions of many of the world’s most popular mobile phones, digital cameras and other devices, as well as an array of consumer imaging software. In today’s DIMAcast, discover how Deng came to start the company, and why he believes it’s become such a tremendous success. Deng also shares his insights on the future of his company, and the imaging industry as a whole.

Interview starts :1:51

Interview ends :20:57

Michael Deng

Learn how FaceCake’s FrameWizard brings still image to life on today’s DIMAcast. At PMA 09, FaceCake Marketing Technologies, Calabasas, Calif., launched a new product called the FrameWizard. This twist on the traditional digital frame, which allows “still” digital images to move in the frame, garnered so much attention, the FrameWizard was selected as a PMA 09 Retailer Hot Pick. In today’s DIMAcast, FaceCake CEO Linda Smith tells PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Barr Kruger all about the FrameWizard and the company’s interesting path into the digital imaging area.

http://www.framewizard.com/

http://www.facecake.com/

Interview starts :3:25

Interview ends :20:34

Hear the best-of-the-best ideas from photo retailers on today’s DIMAcast

Frequent DIMAcast listeners know Bill McCurry presents a new Marketing Idea Exchange podcast on the first Monday of every month, in which he interviews photo retailers all over the world about their best ideas. Today, McCurry wears a different hat – as an interviewee. PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Barr Kruger asks McCurry to share some of the greatest insights he’s come across in his many years doing the Marketing Idea Exchange. Learn more about McCurry’s own background as a retailer, and hear his thoughts on what will bring about success in the future.

Interview starts :2:55

Interview ends :26:15
PDF transcripts fo this show
http://www.dimacast.com/showart/155/dimacast155.pdf

Links to pdf transcripts that Bill refers to into the interview
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Bill McCurry