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Web to Print

Web to Print

In the late 1990s, the term “Web to Print” sprouted up. Like any new buzzword, it meant different things to different people. The most basic interpretation was that you could order print processes using a web interface. This meant needing to upload a print-ready file,...

The Meat of the Metaverse

The Meat of the Metaverse

I have been a technologist for quite some time, and over the years, I've witnessed the evolution of several technologies. They often follow a similar path, beginning in early obscurity, before suddenly catapulting at a seemingly arbitrary point into the domain of wild...

Introducing LotusJS

Introducing LotusJS

This week at the Adobe MAX conference, we at Silicon Publishing are proud to release our first Open Source framework. Called "LotusJS," it's the brainchild of our Software Architect, Dorian Smiley, the culmination of more than three years of focused effort. We're...

Standards are the Present

Standards are the Present

I was writing a press release recently, and I was just about to write a heading that has been something of a mantra the past 20 years: "Standards are the Future". But I paused, realizing the product I was describing is completely standards-based, thanks to recent...

WebVR Disrupts: Have walled gardens met their match?

WebVR Disrupts: Have walled gardens met their match?

This Medium Post by Max Dunn is a review of a WebVR Meetup at Google San Francisco in January 2015. Contemplation of Web-based vs. app-centric Virtual Reality. Will Virtual Reality (VR) be a proprietary, app-centric, thing, with X walled gardens, or an open,...