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The Right Printer

Gordy Oshoko — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:26:25 +0000

Choosing the right printer can be a daunting task. There are several different types of printers using diverse printing technology to choose from, each suited for different needs. Printers come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny legmen to third party contractors, then of course the consultants and workhorses who actually own the machines and do the work; some printers are geared toward small users, others are for multi-taskers who demand management from conception to finish, as the many specifications required for projects can be misleading. As a rule of thumb, experienced printers are a must for achieving long-lasting relationships, one who will guide you through the murky waters of the many variables in reaching your objective of having a quality printed product that is within your budget.

Choosing the right printer is important. Printer’s machinery prescribe what jobs they can and can’t do efficiently, so select the printer who best meets your needs.

Trivia!

Gordy Oshoko — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:42:01 +0000

The Power of Print Communication!

Warming Up to…

Gordy Oshoko — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:31:31 +0000

My posts have been irregular! My true desire is to get it right and get it true. I want to post on our blog often, daily if possible. This I am warming up to do.
It will possibly also take a new look, a new direction and a new perspective. Seeing to it too that communication and publishing posts come…well…not too long in a while, but when it should. I will just swing as my mood goes everyday. After all, its my thing and my thoughts and situation that will determine it.
Thank you for understanding.
Do have a pleasant day and a marvelous weekend.

New sample

Gordy Oshoko — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:26:51 +0000

magazineaffair.com digital edition sample is up…click on digital edition on our site…and see…

Sample digital editon from magazineaffair.com

Gordy Oshoko — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:07:11 +0000

http://anax8a.pressmart.com/BlackandBeautiful

Introducing…MagazineAffair.com

Gordy Oshoko — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:56:19 +0000

This is the first time I am blogging on our new project: magazineaffair.com…I frankly don’t know why, but I guess I’ve been off blogging a little too long. My apologies! I hope to give regular updates from herenow and o! I need to appreciate the one person that drew me back to my blog…Here’s to Ada Nnaemeka…whose passion for writing knows no bounds, her hunger to learn, improve and grow in the gift seems insatiable. She has turned to me to mentor her…I need to walk my talk, I need to do what I say can and should be done, I need to practice what I preach.
So, to Ada, my most exciting student and protege yet, Thank you for igniting again the fire to put thoughts to words and leave a legacy for now and tomorrow.
Magazine Affair is Nigeria’s premier magazine distribution portal that will galvanise the 15million Nigerians that are online locally and the other 15million in diaspora, into a market for magazines. We will make access, reading and buying of Nigerian magazines a piece of cake. So, from the comfort of your laptop, you will be able to pay for a mag through our Interswitch secure payment platform using the over 30million debit cards available now. On subscription, you will be delivered your print copy or have access to a Digital Edition. Now thats an exciting online edition of the regular print copy. Same look, same flipping experience plus more…links, animation, video, sound, save, print options.
Take a look for yourself, visit: magazineaffair.com and experience the beginning of a new magazine affair for you and your friends. Formal launch will be announced soon.

Powerful insight on our dear country Nigeria.

Gordy Oshoko — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:50:05 +0000

I write, not to the Americans, but to Nigerians. Whatever Obama has done concerning the Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab situation is justifiable, something a good leader who has the interest of his country at heart will do… (I wish I could say that again, and pretend it is not tautologous).
Everyman has a right to preserve the security and integrity of his country? America is distinguished in this area, and do we not all desire to live and serve in a country, where your life and well-being means something; where you know you can get justice, and where you know you can speak the truth and not get locked away for it, merely because you do not belong to a social sect where people can speak and do anything they like (good or bad) and get away with it.
I have been reading a lot of posts on facebook and a lot of other blogs on the views of Nigerians on the blacklisting issue. I say to you folks, that is what governments do for their people. If we are not getting it in Nigeria, we must not blame the Americans for it.
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? – Matthew16:32
How many times has the Nigerian government spoken out against the crimes of America and Americans against Nigeria and Africa? We speak of the blacklisting because we believe America is a land of opportunities that we should not be denied from going to. Who made it so?
When are we going to start deporting Americans for doing wrong in Nigeria? When are going to start getting then locked up and insist that they do time for the crimes we know they are committing in Nigeria. Please why are we making so much noise about this, when all they have done is show us how a government ought to be run? We should borrow a leaf from this and get our act together as a nation, instead of crying foul.
Umar is an effect, not a cause. Umar is the product of a lack of mentoring, lack of patriotism, lack of true leadership. He is the product of the illusion that the grass is always greener on the other side, which was caused by the same people who benefited from good education in Nigeria, and now are the patrons and financiers of organisations that have turned our universities into ganglands.
Let us stop complaining about what America has done. If the exchange rate was $1 to 70kobo, who would have bothered? Why should we lose our souls… the very soul of the nation – our pride, our glory and our honour, just to keep dining with the very contributors to the perversion in our system?
Let us rebuild the broken walls of our nation – our value system, our pride and our glory. Let us remember the things we had forgotten and teach our children what they ought to know. Let us not blame our children for mistakes we had made (Not to indict Umar’s dad, because all I know about him is that he is a rich retired banker). In Africa, it takes a village to raise children.
Our military leaders were bold enough to sometimes take a stand against America and the West. We called them dictators, and became stooges to America and the west, for the purpose of driving them out-we shouted for democracy. My question, how many civilian leaders have had the guts to tell America and the West “this is how far you can go when it comes to our nation”. I am not making a case for the military governments either, but I would very much like to agree with Alexander pope, that “for forms of government let fools contend. What is administered best is best”.
This is an opportunity for us to truly rebuild our broken walls. Let us work together to restore our pride. Let us change the subject and stop making a fuss about the blacklisting. We ought to have done the same when America and the West came in and perverted everything we hold so dear in our country, from the media, to the church and our entire political system. Let us start thinking again… That is what governments (and good citizens) do.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land – 2 Chronicles 7:14. This my brothers and sisters is where our rebranding must start from. Somebody tell Akunyili, that is WHAT GOVERNMENTS DO
Nigeria we hail thee
Our own dear native land
Though tribe and tongue may differ
In brotherhood we stand
Nigerians all and proud to serve
Our sovereign motherland
Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign
In peace or battle honour
And this we count as gain
To pass unto our children
A banner without stain
O God of all creation
Grant this our one request
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed

The digital flip edition

Gordy Oshoko — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:58 +0000

Click to launch the full edition in a new window.

I have been asked what is digital publishing and a digital edition. So allow me to attempt a definition, culled from several experts: A digital edition is a new internet publishing interface, which brings the readability and familiar feel of your printed sales and marketing materials to the computer screen. Your customers can receive and flip-through your literature online and there’s no special reader software to download – everything is viewed through a standard browser. Plus you can add all the multimedia effects of the Internet – hyperlinks, audio, video, and e-commerce, straight into the digital edition. With a digital edition you even can even track its viewer effectiveness in real-time.

Gordy Oshoko — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:39:10 +0000

The Digital Edition…!

Gordy Oshoko — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:09:27 +0000

Publishing Boot Camp“>