Category: Blog
New white paper on InDesign techniques
We think there is a need for more information on how designers can add value to the print composition work that they do, now that content does not stop at print. Content today needs to be able to travel, and may start or end anywhere. This white paper reviews some techniques that will help refocus [...]
XML is not a strategy
As we have expanded our business and client offerings, DETI Group has greatly increased focus on business value from a client strategic perspective. This has led us to strong views on what constitutes business value and what does not. It has become clear, as we have evolved, that XML is not a business strategy, for [...]
Truth About Quality
Webinar: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT The premise of all publishing organizations is to provide quality content in a format that customers desire. Ask any copy editor about house style and you can anticipate a lengthy and thoughtful response. Authors too expect nothing but perfection when transforming intellectual property into [...]
Freedom Tower framed by rainbows
Was inspired to put up this pic from earlier in the summer. John and I got caught in a squall coming out of the PATH station. We ended up seeing a complete double rainbow framing the new Freedom Tower. Unfortunately it was too big to be caught entirely. Makes a good desktop background pic. Here [...]
Focusing on business value
Lately we’ve been working on explicitly achieving business value in our projects. It isn’t enough these days to shrug off the details of the business case and finish a project without definitively measuring the result. There is nothing more dangerous to the success of a software/systems project. In our case, John Corkery, our VP of [...]
New office location
Deti Group LLC moved to a new office building two weeks ago. Room to expand, lots of light, plus – 900 square feet of whiteboard space (we had a second round of panels put in). This is much more suitable to our needs.
Maximizing your content value: XML by Michael Edson
Any publisher today can take advantage of several techniques to maximize the value of the content they publish. Some techniques require more investment in editorial, production and content management. Others are simple, or fairly inexpensive, if the publisher provides the proper requirements to whoever is in charge of content production, whether internal staff, offshore conversion [...]
