Senin, 23 Maret 2009

Meet Chaitanya Singh Arora: Linkedin T-Shirt Professionals Group Member

This week, meet another member of the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals Group. Watch for more member profiles as members reveal valuable secrets, share their expertise, and offer advice.

• Chaitanya Singh Arora
www.organicherbinfused.com
www.organiccounts.com


What segment of the T-shirt industry do you work in?

"We handle all segments mentioned, right from the fiber state to the finished products. We handle all processes."



Tell us about your company and your role in it.


"We are manufacturers and stockists of Organic Natural dyed clothing,bed linens, towels etc. We only work with Organic cotton, Organic Silks and Bamboo. We are a company which is working very hard in order to change the way things are done. Change in order to save our environment is very important and we are trying very hard to work for the same.Shift from Conventional clothing to Organic clothing is very important. Just by buying 1 Organic Garment or product people in-directly contribute to the green movement as making 1 Organic Garment saves more than 2000 litres of water and 15 kgs of chemicals, please refer to our website for more info on the same.

So our aim is not just to sell Organic clothing but to educate people regarding the same. Our website also has all details about our Organic cottons and Natural dyes we use. We use Herbal/Natural dyes which are received from Medicinal herbs making the complete process of making and dyeing the cloth Organic. Also because we use medicinal herbs for the dyeing the fabrics also have therapeutic value in them, they work wonderfully for Asthma,skin allergies etc. Thus its a wonderful product people get. they get an Organic product and the therapeutic value with it is a bonus."



What makes you/your company remarkable?


"Please refer to the earlier answer. We also offer all custom developments and can also make as low as 1 Garment for a start up buyer in order to increase our client base and to make sure more and more people get interested in Organic products."



Tell us about your T-shirt expertise and areas of interest.

"We enjoy the development process and it gets some wonderful new ideas every time we develop a new design."



How did you get your start in the T-shirt industry?

"We are exporters for the past 35 years, its a family business we are working on."



From where do you draw your inspiration? Motivation? Ideas?


"In certain Indian villages people without any technical knowledge or training people carry on Organic farming. This was an amazing process to see, also they carry on Natural dyeing with herbs and plants. This added to the level of interest i build in for Natural products.Plus the changing world opinion on Organic products helped us move forward and get motivated to work with Organic textiles."



What are some challenges you currently face or have overcome in your career? Lessons learned?

"We want Organic clothing and textiles to get to the mass market in India which is a task as changing the trend is something which takes time. More than anything peoples mind sets need to be changed which is a difficult thing to do."


What accomplishments are you most proud of?

"Our products have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey show which really helped in marketing and educating people about the advantages of using Organic products. Also when a customer re-orders its a accomplishment in itself for us as we know more and more Organic products are getting to the people."



What advice would you offer to someone new to the industry? Any tips or trade “secrets” you want to share?

"Just have a vision and work towards it.Hard work conquers all and be patient as things take time. That is it."



What is something unique that you can contribute to the LinkedIn T-shirt Professionals group?

"I can offer all kinds of Manufacturing services, as explained earlier we offer all services which at times is difficult to find. We are a one-stop shop for all Organic Knitted Garments or T-shirts."



What are you looking to find in the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group? What types of people do you want to connect with?

"I'm still new to Linkedin."


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Senin, 16 Maret 2009

How to make vi colorful on xubuntu

Hi...
We started to study shell programming in school and we use VI to code some scripts. I noticed that all my colleagues using vi on ubuntu are very irritated and seem to envy their friends who use VI on Fedora 10 because it's very easy to use and colorful, it helps to detect syntax errors. Some of my friends started to regret installing Ubuntu instead of Fedora and even blamed me for recommending it. As an Ubuntu fan I looked for a solution for this tiny problem. I won't accept any lame remark about Ubuntu !! you need a colorful VI ? Here you are !


1- You have to install VIM which is "vi Improved" just tape this code in your console:
sudo apt-get install vim

2- After installing it you have to edit a file () and uncomment a parameter. To do so first you have to turn into root so type su and enter your root password:

su
then change this file mode for writing (so you can change its content)

chmod +w /etc/vim/vimrc

no open this file using vi if you want and uncomment syntax on. i.e erase the (") before syntax on in line 20.
vi /etc/vim/vimrc
After doing that save changes and exit using :wq
try writing something, save it and re-open it and you will find your beautiful colorful script. ENJOY !!

Xubuntu and low performance machines : The perfect match !


When the machine gets old and becomes useless. You get short on options. You can't sell it because you are so emotionally attached to it and it doesn't worth that much and you can't run new applications on it because it can't afford them. But you can turn it into a beautiful workstation. Able to open your pdf documents, play your music and videos and does your office tasks... You need just a light operating system that doesn't consume much hardware resources.

I'm talking about a Linux system of course so you won't spend any dime on proprietary software and you can avoid the headaches of the anti-viruses and etc...
The choice was : xubuntu .
I installed xubuntu 8.04 on my Compaq Armada notebook. This notebook is really a disaster running with WinXP but not bad with Windows 2000 and this is its configuration :
Intel Pentium III 750 MHz
64 MB Ram
20 Go hard disk

Pathetic isn't it ? But it was all I had when I needed a Linux system for my SHELL programming courses. I downloaded the Xubuntu which is an ubuntu distribution designed for low performance machines and it was just perfect. The graphics were nice and simple. Most of the applications run properly. The execution of the system in the start up doesn't take much time.
You can see down here the "system monitor" and how xubuntu is using the ressources of the machine.

Meet Tom Rauen: Linkedin T-Shirt Professionals Group Member

This week, meet another member of the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals Group. Watch for more member profiles as members reveal valuable secrets, share their expertise, and offer advice.

• Tom Rauen, envisionTees.com
http://www.envisiontees.com/


What segment of the T-shirt industry do you work in?

Printing

"Our fully automated facility is capable of printing thousands of tshirts per day, however you may notice there are no minimums!

a.. Custom Screen Printing
b.. Custom Direct to Garment Inkjet Printing
c.. Custom Embroidery
d.. Promotional Products
e.. In House Digitizing
f.. Full Time Artist on Staff
g.. Complete Customer Satisfaction"


Tell us about your company and your role in it.


"My main role in the company is running and overseeing the day to day operations. I also play a key role in the majority of the graphic design work. EnvisionTees.com is a family owned business located in the heart of the Midwest. Our central location and proximity to the UPS shipping hub allows us great delivery times anywhere in the continental United States. We are a company specializing in custom apparel screen printing, embroidery and promotional products.

We take pride in every aspect of our company serving our customers and strive to keep a competitive edge in our industry with every order we produce.

We at EnvisionTees.com look forward to building a long lasting and respectable relationship with you, your school, your team, or your company. We hope we to become the familiar friend and name that you are proud to do business with."


What makes you/your company remarkable?


"Fast and friendly service that is unmatched in our surrounding area."


Tell us about your T-shirt expertise and areas of interest.

"Sports Teams, Schools, Events, and Business."


How did you get your start in the T-shirt industry?

"Online forums and trade shows."


From where do you draw your inspiration? Motivation? Ideas?


"The latest trends on the internet and television."


What are some challenges you currently face or have overcome in your career? Lessons learned?

"Being everything to everyone. When we first started we tried to be everything to everyone which we later found out is near impossible to do, so we've cut back in those areas and have been focusing on fewer select markets and products."


What are you looking to find in the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group? What types of people do you want to connect with?

"The app has only recently been released to the public. So we are calling on the t-shirt design community to help build up the collection of designs in Shirt Shack. Early users of the application will have a chance to have their Cafepress designs highly visible in the app."


What accomplishments are you most proud of?

"The steady growth of the business in the first 3 years and the national accounts we have secured."

What advice would you offer to someone new to the industry? Any tips or trade “secrets” you want to share?

"Don't be afraid to take a chance to dive in. The only thing that can hold you back is yourself."


What is something unique that you can contribute to the LinkedIn T-shirt Professionals group?

"A younger generations perspective on business and the industry."


What are you looking to find in the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group? What types of people do you want to connect with?

"People from different demographics that I can share and learn different aspects of the industry and industries connected to screen printing."


Do you have an experience with the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group you’d like to share? Have you made some valuable connections?

"I am just getting started, but you have to start somewhere and the first step is making the connection and then developing that connection."


Are there any favorite online resources you’d like to share?

usscreen.com forum
dafont.com
slickdeals.net


Is there anything else you want the world to know about you or your company?


"The secret to life is to find something you love to do and do it better than anyone else. Have a passion and desire for it that reflects the work you do and in turn will satisfy any customer. With me, it's T-Shirts."

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Senin, 09 Maret 2009

New Facebook App. to help Cafepress shopkeepers increase sales

This week, meet another member of the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals Group. Watch for more member profiles as members reveal valuable secrets, share their expertise, and offer advice.

• Brian Buser
• Co-Founder, Shirt Shack
Brian Buser's LinkedIn Profile
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18119779549



What segment of the T-shirt industry do you work in?

"Marketing of Cafepress shops."


Tell us about your company and your role in it.


"Shirt Shack is a Facebook application that allows people to easily import their Cafepress designs into Facebook. Users of the app promote the designs by displaying them on their profiles and sending them as virtual gifts to friends. This is similar to the extremely popular apps Bumper Sticker and Pieces of Flair. Additionally, the designs in Shirt Shack link to marketplace pages in Cafepress, which enables interested app users to buy the shirts directly. So users’ Cafepress sales will grow as their designs are shared throughout Facebook."


What makes you/your company remarkable?


"Shirt Shack is bringing together the very active Cafepress and Facebook communities in a way that has not been done before. Facebook has over 175 Million users; each of which is a potential t-shirt buyer. But before Shirt Shack, there was no easy way for Cafepress designers to promote their designs within Facebook."


From where do you draw your inspiration? Motivation? Ideas?


"We're just solving a need in the marketplace. The other Shirt Shack Co-Founder, Tom King, and I both have Cafepress shops and use Facebook daily. We figured there should be a way to promote our designs to the Facebook community. So, we designed an app that would not only accomplish this, but also be fun for the average Facebook user who is not a t-shirt designer."


What are you looking to find in the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group? What types of people do you want to connect with?

"The app has only recently been released to the public. So we are calling on the t-shirt design community to help build up the collection of designs in Shirt Shack. Early users of the application will have a chance to have their Cafepress designs highly visible in the app."


Is there anything else you want the world to know about you or your company?


"Our goal is to create an app that helps designers increase sales in Cafepress. We'd love to hear your feedback of any kind. People can get in touch with us in our Facebook group. Everyone is welcome!"

Join the group here: Shirt Shack

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Senin, 02 Maret 2009

Meet Brian D Gryphon: Linkedin T-Shirt Professionals Group Member

This week, meet another member of the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals Group. Watch for more member profiles as members reveal valuable secrets, share their expertise, and offer advice.

• Brian D Gryphon
• Owner & Photographer: Digital Gryphon LLC
Brian D Gryphon's LinkedIn Profile
http://www.digitalgryphon.net


What segment of the T-shirt industry do you work in?

"Our primary focus is design, but we also work on marketing. On-line POD firms produce for hundreds of thousands of designers; they are most interested in marketing their own brand. "


Tell us about your company and your role in it.

"The Digital Gryphon LLC offers various merchandise featuring my photography- with an emphasis on florals and felines. We use POD ("print on demand") firms such as CafePress, PrintFection and Zazzle to do everything from production to customer service. I am pretty much the entire company."


What makes you/your company remarkable?

"I have 35 years of photographic and almost three decades of business experience combined with an artist's curiosity and desire to blend old and new."

Tell us about your T-shirt expertise and areas of interest.

"I began working with Screen Printers to produce t-shirts as fundraisers for various community organizations in the late 80s and early 90s. I investigated doing my own set up, but decided it was best to leave production in the hands of experts."


From where do you draw your inspiration? Motivation? Ideas?


"My florals are mainly from the world-famous Whetstone Park of Roses in central Ohio, although I take a camera on all travels and so have images from a wide range of places.

My feline images are from the Cat Welfare Association, a 'no kill' shelter in central Ohio- used as a fundraiser for that organization."


What are some challenges you currently face or have overcome in your career? Lessons learned?


"Using POD firms guarantees I can't compete on Price. Fortunately my previous Sales experience included training on how to sell around pricing issues... it may sound cliche but there really are people who want service and quality and will pay for it."


What accomplishments are you most proud of?


"I've reached the age of fifty- and still enjoy learning."


What advice would you offer to someone new to the industry? Any tips or trade “secrets” you want to share?


"Enjoy what you do- or move on."


What is something unique that you can contribute to the LinkedIn T-shirt Professionals group?

"I like to be a bridge between Designers and Producers; make sure everyone appreciates that while actors get the glory, 'the crew' is the foundation. I was both an Account Manager and a Customer Service Consultant- the former paid more, but I know that the latter position is where the real work gets done."


What are you looking to find in the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group? What types of people do you want to connect with?

"I want to keep in touch with other small businesses- we sell product that might not seem 'luxurious' but which are most definitely 'discretionary'."


Do you have an experience with the LinkedIn T-Shirt Professionals group you’d like to share? Have you made some valuable connections?

"Still very new here."

Is there anything else you want the world to know about you or your company?

"We take time to stop and smell the roses."

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