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Gene Gable
Gene Gable has spent a lifetime in publishing and the graphic arts and is currently a technology consultant and writer. After a decade in commercial typesetting and design services, he chronicled the desktop-publishing revolution from his post as publisher and president of Publish magazine. With nine international editions, Publishbecame the leading global resource on the use of digital technology for print and Web production. Gable served on the operational boards of International Data Group's PCWorld and PC Games magazines and was earlier publisher of Sporting Times magazine.
During his tenure at Ziff-Davis Gable was on the executive team responsible for major business events such as Comdex, Networld+Interop and JavaOne. As president of Seybold Seminars and publisher of The Seybold Report from 1999 to 2002, Gable managed a global slate of conferences, trade shows and other graphic-arts educational products. During his leadership Seybold events featured prominent speakers such as Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, Christie Hefner, president of Playboy Enterprises, Bruce Chizen, CEO of Adobe Systems, and Daniel Carp, CEO of Eastman Kodak.
Gable has spoken at events around the world and currently serves as chair for the automated-publishing track at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management. Gable has written extensively on graphic design, intellectual-property rights, and publishing production in books and for magazines such as Print, U&lc, ID, Macworld, Graphic Exchange, AGI, and The Seybold Report. Gable's interest in graphic design history and letterpress printing has resulted in his columns Heavy Metal Madness and Scanning Around with Gene here on CreativePro.com.
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A Macintosh By Any Other Name Is Still as Sweet
Features: Written by Gene Gable on January 9, 2009
On the 25th anniversary of the Macintosh computer, it seems fitting to re-visit some of the other Macs we've come to know and love.
Scanning Around with Gene: Who’s that Behind those Foster Grants?
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on January 2, 2009
There’s nothing that says “cool” like the right pair of sunglasses.
Scanning Around with Gene: Merry Christmas 1959
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on December 18, 2008
Has Christmas changed that much in 49 years? Here’s a look back at Christmas 1959, when times and colors seemed much brighter.
Scanning Around with Gene: Electric Blankets and the Cold War
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on December 11, 2008
The luxury of keeping toasty warm at night may not seem like an inalienable right, but for some, the electric blanket is worth fighting for.
Scanning Around With Gene: When Knowledge Came from Books
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on December 4, 2008
Even for families with few resources, an encyclopedia set, often sold door-to-door, was once considered the bare minimum investment in a child’s education.
Scanning Around With Gene: A Thanksgiving Day Parade of Images
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on November 25, 2008
Perhaps more a meal than a real holiday, Thanksgiving is a unique American tradition. And now we all get to sit at the adult table!
Scanning Around with Gene: A Normal Day in Dallas Turns Tragic
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on November 20, 2008
It was 45 years ago November 22 that an assassin's bullet brought America to a standstill. For those who lived through that event, the images are both stark and unforgettable.
Scanning Around With Gene: Oodles and Oodles of White-House Poodles
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on November 13, 2008
The First Family’s search for a hypoallergenic dog could lead to America’s first Poodle-in-Chief. Not a pretty thought.
Scanning Around With Gene: Lasting Love
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on November 7, 2008
How does a World War II-era scrapbook relate to present-day California legislation?
Scanning Around With Gene: Vote Like Your Life Depends on It!
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on October 31, 2008
Of all the liberties this country is founded on, none have been more contested or more valued than the right to vote. Here’s a quick look back on some images in the struggle for voting rights.
Review: Adobe InDesign CS4
Reviews: Written by Gene Gable on October 30, 2008
Of all the major components in Adobe’s latest Creative Suite, InDesign may have the fewest whiz-bang changes on the surface. But look deeper and you'll see that Adobe has once again set the stage for how publishing can evolve.
Scanning Around with Gene: And Leave the Driving to Us!
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on October 24, 2008
Economic bad times may force some of us to take a second look at traveling by bus, a transportation alternative that once enjoyed a considerably better image than it does today.
Scanning Around with Gene: Let’s All Pile in the Station Wagon!
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on October 17, 2008
Before mini-vans and SUVs, the preferred method of family transportation was the station wagon, complete with folding way-back seats, domed roofs, and cool names.
Scanning Around With Gene: Kitchen-Table Wisdom
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on October 10, 2008
Kitchen tables are the hub of many family homes, especially during tough times. But not only the tables have changed -- so have the discussions around them.
Scanning Around With Gene: Our Love/Hate Relationship with the Atom
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on October 3, 2008
For the generations that grew up in the 1950s and '60s, the threat of nuclear annihilation was tempered by the promise of the atom as a new best friend.
Scanning Around With Gene: In Debates, the Tie Makes the Man
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on September 26, 2008
Presidential debates are one of the few remaining places where, at least for the men, neckties are not considered optional. Does the choice of tie say anything about a candidate?
Scanning Around With Gene: Occasional Oddball Image Roundup
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on September 19, 2008
And now, for your viewing pleasure, a bunch of strange, odd, unusual, dated, or otherwise worth-looking-at images with no particular theme.
Scanning Around With Gene: The Dead Letterhead Department
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on September 12, 2008
It doesn’t seem that long ago that the single most important piece of collateral in company branding was the letterhead. Now it’s mostly a ceremonial item dragged out on special occasions only, like that black dress or suit you wear to funerals.
Scanning Around With Gene: Conventional Badges of Honor
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on September 4, 2008
Whether political, religious or commercial, there's one thing about conventions that hasn't changed over the years: Everyone gets a badge.
Scanning Around with Gene: Dinner Time Is TV Time
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on September 1, 2008
Easy-to-prepare meals, folding tables, and the television converged to move Americans away from the dinner table and into the living room.