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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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Scanning Around With Gene: Ye Olde Country Corn
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on July 3, 2009
The line between country charm and country corn is difficult to define. But Gene Gable knows it when he sees it, and it usually involves gingham. And boy, does crossing that line make him ornery!
Scanning Around With Gene: Magazine Covers that Broke the Rules
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on June 26, 2009
Magazine covers speak to us on many levels. Some of my favorites speak directly to us as magazine buyers.
Scanning Around With Gene: Adequate Males Watching Blue Movies Together
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on June 19, 2009
Before pornographic movies were on multiple cable channels, they were reserved for special occasions like bachelor parties, and they came in the form of "stag" films.
Scanning Around With Gene: When Food Comes to Life
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on June 12, 2009
The organic movement has brought us closer to our food. Now what if it could talk to us and look us in the eye?
Scanning Around with Gene: If Only You Weren't So Offensive
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on June 5, 2009
Even friends might not want to say you have bad breath or body odor. But vintage advertising had no trouble delivering the bad news!
Scanning Around with Gene: Add Inches to Your Manhood!
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on May 29, 2009
No, it's not what you think. Rather, this installment looks at ads for elevator shoes from the 1940s and '50s.
Scanning Around with Gene: Holy Word Balloons, Batman!
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on May 22, 2009
At one time, word balloons depicting conversations were a common element in print advertisements. You may be surprised to hear that word balloons were, er, popping up as early as the thirteenth century, though I doubt there were many ads in illuminated manuscripts.
Scanning Around With Gene: Keep on Truckin’
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on May 15, 2009
For one of the best views of American industrial design, look no further than the trucking industry, where manufacturers of yore often mixed equal parts of practicality, romance, and style.
Scanning Around With Gene: Clicking at the Green Duck
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on May 8, 2009
The Green Duck Metal Stamping Company of Chicago may not be a household name, but before fading into history the company produced millions of iconic buttons, played an important role in D-Day, and helped train dolphins at Sea World.
Scanning Around With Gene: Monkeys and Skunks in Your Mailbox
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on May 1, 2009
Not too long ago, exotic pets showed up in mailboxes across America. Those days are past, thankfully, but Sea Monkeys are still available!
Scanning Around with Gene: Paste-up Limericks
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on April 24, 2009
There once was an intro so bad, it made the Editor mad. “If this wasn’t so late, a re-write I'd state. But instead I guess I’ve been had.”
Scanning Around With Gene: The Signpost Up Ahead
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on April 17, 2009
Before we had special typefaces and high-visibility vinyl, highway signs were a crude hodgepodge of yellow paint and small reflectors just waiting for standardization.
Scanning Around With Gene: Winning Album Covers from You!
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on April 10, 2009
As a fitting end to his series on album covers, Gene now shares some of the scans sent in by readers. They run the gamut from spicy to silly.
Scanning Around with Gene: A Bouquet of Album Covers, Part II
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on April 3, 2009
Separating your love of a particular album’s music from its cover design can be very difficult. But if you want to win my contest, you’ll have to!
Scanning Around With Gene: A Bouquet of Album Covers, Part I
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on March 27, 2009
Just before parting with my record albums forever, I'm taking one last look at some of the most memorable cover designs. Submit your own favorites and you may win a prize!
Scanning Around With Gene: The Photographic Moment of Truth
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on March 20, 2009
Getting pictures back from the photo-processing lab was often a roller coaster ride from excitement to disappointment and back again.
Scanning Around With Gene: Big Oil, Big Scenery, Big Ideas
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on March 13, 2009
A common tactic of industry through the decades has been to tie its brands and activities to the greatest accomplishments of God and man.
Scanning Around With Gene: A Bridal Shower for Sophie
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on March 6, 2009
The tradition of a pre-wedding celebration for friends and family of the bride-to-be takes many forms in many cultures. Here's a glimpse of the typical American version from 1936.
Scanning Around with Gene: Giving Until It Hurts (to Bring in the Mail)
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on February 27, 2009
While charitable giving is wonderful, your generosity may backfire if you get on the direct-mail "sucker" list and see your guilt, compassion, and largess pushed to the brink.
Scanning Around with Gene: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Blog: Written by Gene Gable on February 20, 2009
When you spend the better part of a week in a hospital waiting room, the choice of imagery is limited. But what is there can be very informative, and everyone lives happily ever after.