30 Years Ago – Editors and writers were using Chicago 13th
30 Years Ago Editors and writers were using Chicago 13th, which had been released in 1982.
30 Years Ago – What was playing at the movie theater? “Hairspray” with Ricki Lake
30 Years Ago What was playing at the movie theater? “Hairspray” with Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, Jerry Stiller, etc.
30 Years Ago – During the first month of Pubs Pros, this was the cover of Life
30 Years Ago During the first month of Pubs Pros, this was the cover of Life Magazine:
30 Years Ago – Shultz Offers Mideast Peace Plan
30 Years Ago The United States was discussing peace in the Middle East. Where is that illusive peace? http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-03-05/news/8804040742_1_mideast-leaders-talks-peace-negotiations Shultz Offers Mideast Peace Plan Secretary of State George Shultz concluded his Middle East shuttle Friday by formally presenting a new American peace plan to Israeli…
30 Years Ago – The company tested and added freelancers to its roster
30 Years Ago The company tested and added freelancers to its roster when it acquired the GED Testing Service (part of the American Council on Education) as a client. Our teams of proofreaders commuted to One Dupont Circle in DC.
30 Years Ago – The 1988 Winter Olympics were in Calgary.
30 Years Ago The 1988 Winter Olympics were in Calgary. Men’s Singles Figure Skating: Gold Medal to Brian Boitano, United States Women’s Speed Skating, 500 metres: Gold Medal to Bonnie Blair, United States
30 Years Ago – The first computer owned by Pubs Pros was a Mac Plus
30 Years Ago The first computer owned by Pubs Pros was a Mac Plus with 1 Megabyte of RAM. It used what was called “floppy disks,” but they didn’t really bend or flop. Within 1988, the company grew enough that the Mac Plus had to…
30 Years Ago – Publications Professionals welcomed its first client
30 Years Ago Publications Professionals welcomed its first client: National Wildlife Federation’s _Ranger Rick_ magazine. Those were the days of camera-ready copy, column inches on galley proofs, hot wax paste-ups on boards, and use of a T-square to make sure everything was straight.
Because the company’s birthday does not exist on a calendar this year…
Because the company’s birthday does not exist on a calendar this year, Pubs Pros can share its anniversary for many days!
I remember going to the Fairfax County Government Center…
I remember going to the Fairfax County Government Center, nervously riding the elevator, and wondering what I should write as projected income for my first year in a home-based business. There was just me, a Mac Plus with 1 MB of Ram, and a business…