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Yearbook with Steve Jobs’ photo is on eBay

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 25 Mar 2015 Comments: 0

Every day, thousands of people bid their money in eBay auctions, but on Friday, tech fans had the opportunity to get their hands on something unique and particularly valuable.

eBay user, “bcwright77,” based in Monterey, California, is selling an allegedly authentic and “extremely rare” copy of Homestead High School’s yearbook from 1972. Here’s the kicker: The yearbook contains an photograph of none other than a youthful Steve Jobs, the late co-founder and CEO of Apple.

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Steve Jobs’ Yearbook Photo

With a starting price of $4,999.98 (excluding shipping), this “historical collector’s item” is a great purchase to “brag about” for any tech fanatic.

Shown on the eBay website, the yearbook contains a very striking image of the then-long-haired Apple co-founder in his senior school year.

“This is surely one of the most nostalgic pieces of “Steve Jobs” memorabilia you can possibly find and the perfect gift for any “Steve Jobs” enthusiast,” said bcwright77, who has a “100 percent positive feedback” rating, on the eBay website.

The blue-bound yearbook also contains photographs of Mark, the brother of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s brother, plus Job’s sister, Patty, who was friends with the eBay seller, according to an interview on news website “Cult of Mac.”

Satirical singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman is also pictured in the yearbook, which is described as in “good condition,” but with “minor flaws.”

Although the auction has been online since March 11, only on Friday did an eBay buyer place a bid.

According to “Cult of Mac”, a “buy it now” price was originally set at $12,999.98, but there were no takers. Now the auction has now started, there is now no limit on how much this yearbook could go for.

There are plenty of other yearbooks of the famous on Ebay. For a “buy it now” price of $10,064.99 (down from $12,500), you can get a George Washington High School, Va, yearbook signed by school attendees including U.S. musician Jim Morrison.

Or how about a yearbook with Bill Clinton’s autograph ($8,500) or one with astronaut Neil Armstrong’s signature, for only $5,499.99?

Facts About Yearbooks

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 12 Feb 2015 Comments: 0 Tags: 2015, blog, book, camera, how to, photo, photographer, PSPA, school, student, tip, tips, year, yearbook

Facts About Yearbooks

A yearbook is a book that is published annually and is used to highlight, record and commemorate the past year in a school. This book also reflects the lives and events of people involved with a school within a certain particular year.

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Yearbooks have now become more than picture books and will often include literary works as well as art. The books have become more journalistic and include coverage which showcases everything including reporting of events to profiles of people.

The yearbook is therefore a memory book, a record book, a history book as well as a reference book. It is also believed to be a public relations tool for the school because through it, people are able to identify the school and it’s activities.

The following are tips you can use in order to make a good yearbook:

1.)  The year book must have a theme

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The theme of the yearbook should define the school year. You need to know what is going to be popular and interesting among the student population for that year and then use it as a theme.

2.)  Stick to the theme throughout

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The best way to make sure that your yearbook is professional and cohesive, it is important to make sure that the same theme is carried throughout the yearbook. Each article, section and layout must relate and uphold the theme of the yearbook.

3.)  Plan ahead

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Working on a yearbook can be a huge and tedious process. Make sure therefore that you know when every school event is so that the yearbook staff are there to take pictures and also experience what is going on.

4.)  Have a schedule

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Cataloging a full year of events for many students is a big job. You can tackle this by making goals for each week, month and if possible each day so that you remain on top of the whole process. Make sure that you meet all the goals as you have set them.

5.)  Have as much material as you can

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Gather as much information as possible because the more information you have, the more options you will have concerning each school function.

6.)  Take as many pictures as possible

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By taking as many pictures as possible, you are assured of having a handful of great pictures. Since pictures are the major part of the yearbook, it is necessary to have the best pictures that you can get. Remember also that the quality of pictures reflects on the school.

7.)  Interview many students

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Interviewing many students enables you to get quotes, polls as well as comments and this gives you a wide range of opinions. This is also good for the yearbook because it is supposed to be a representation of the whole student body.

8.)  Recheck the yearbook

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Recheck the yearbook for grammar, spelling as well as layout mistakes so that the book looks professionally done and this will eventually reflect well on the school.

Student outraged by unwanted yearbook photo editing

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 09 Jan 2015 Comments: 0 Tags: 2015, candid, candids, photo, photography, year book, yearbook, yearbook photos

A student attending an all girls school was shocked when she received a reprinted student card to find that her photograph had been retouched without her knowledge.  She posted the following comments to a popular web site:

I go to an all girls high school and today every senior got a new student ID. We had gotten one in the beginning of the school year and we were all unsure as to why we were given a second. After closer inspection we realized that our photos had be retouched far past smoothing out blemishes. Here is a list of changes made in my photo:

  • face smoothing
  • skin recoloring
  • lip recoloring
  • eyebrow smoothing and reshaping
  • face thinning

I was outraged! I have a round face that I have grown to love and now I get my photo back with a different face. The new photo no longer even looks like me but rather a prettier twin sister. When we go and have our photos taken we are flat out told that our skin will be retouched to hide blemishes. We are not told, however, that more drastic changes are made.

Going to an all girls school we are constantly reminded about positive body image and accepting ourselves for who we are. Having these changes made to make me appear thinner makes me wonder how must our school practices what they preach.

So how drastic were the changes?  See for yourself:

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These types of changes are more and more common in the industry, and in this case the photography company in question communicated these changes to the school, and the school failed to pass that message on to their students.  At this point, the school has opted to print the ‘untouched’ photos instead of the doctored ones.

After meeting with my high school it has been determined that the untouched original photos will be use in the yearbook. The edits were not made by my school but rather the company our school used. These changes were made with notification to the school. When our yearbook teacher saw the photos he was outraged along with all the other staff members of the school. They understood that the new edited photos are not what the students look like. I would like to thank all of the positive comments about how wrong this is and how there need to be changes in this. My school has proved that they are fully behind positive body image by printing the untouched photos. I am proud of my school and what they stand for. To sum it up, I want this issue of photoshopping to get the attention it needs but know that my school has realized that their students do not need to be “corrected”.

Movember at Yearbooks Desktop

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 18 Nov 2014 Comments: 0 Tags: desktop, movember, yearbooks

Shout outs to all the Mo’ bros and Mo’ sistas!

We’re just past 2 weeks in, and ‘MOs’ are becoming prominent around the office. In keeping with tradition, NWSP will match any donations we receive, meaning that each dollar you send our way means two dollars toward this important cause.

What could be better than promoting the physical and mental health of men and boys around the world, while helping to combat stigma and discrimination?

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So far, Aubrey is
leading team Mo’Tallys
with $60 raised.

Go Aubrey!

Yearbooks Desktop not yet compatible with Mac Yosemite Update

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 29 Oct 2014 Comments: 0

Earlier this month, Apple released the Yosemite update for Macintosh. Unfortunately, some of the plug ins that we use in Yearbooks Desktop do not yet work with this newest OS. The program loads up properly, but crashes when you try to add an image to a page (Backgrounds, covers, candids, and clipart are affected).

We are currently awaiting an update from our vendor which should resolve the problem. Once we get the update, we’ll need another week to implement it and test that it works. Once it’s past our QA phase, we’ll roll out a Mac Update for our Yearbooks users.

If you are currently running the Mac version of Yearbooks Desktop, we advise that you hold up on updating your mac to Yosemite until we have released our update. If you do update to Yosemite, you’ll need to wait for our update to be released later this season before you can resume work on your Yearbook projects.

Compromise Reached over Laser Cat Yearbook Photo

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 07 Oct 2014 Comments: 0 Tags: 2015, candid, candids, photography, year book, yearbook, yearbooks desktop

Draven Rodriguez made national headlines this month when he released a photo he wanted as his senior portrait for his high school’s yearbook.

The image is of Rodriguez holding his cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, accompanied by blue and pink lasers. And it’s pretty unique.

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He started a petition drive with the goal of getting 500 signatures. He has received 7,408 signatures on ipetitions.com.

School district spokeswoman Karen Corona told USA TODAY Network via e-mail in early September that it “would not be acceptable for the senior portrait section.” And students do not have to have an image in that section. But it could go elsewhere in the yearbook.

The high school in Schenectady, N.Y., reached a compromise last week.CatPhoto2_Sized

His principal, Diane Wilkinson, would also appear in the photo with their animals, and the photo will appear on the principal’s page in the yearbook, the Daily Gazette said.

“The school and I have worked out a compromise we’re all happy with. It’ll be in there, just not in the senior section,” Rodriguez wrote on his petition page website.

Both animals are rescue pets. The principal’s dog’s name is Vivian, the photographer, Vincent Giordano, said, and the goal is to raise awareness of rescue animals through the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Madonna’s Old Yearbook Up For Auction

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 22 Aug 2014 Comments: 0

Fans of the ‘Material Girl’ can peruse and bid on the largest collection of memorabilia from Madonna’s personal and professional life ever to be offered. 

Beverly Hills auction house, Julien’s Auctions, holds the vast collection, which offers an intimate glimpse into entertainer’s private world, including her 1972 Junior High School yearbook, a revealing day planner from 1988, period clothing pieces from Evita, handwritten notes, and jewelry.

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Have a look at some of the items up for auction!

The Importance Of Proofing

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 18 Aug 2014 Comments: 0 Tags: 2013, 2014, 2015, PDF, proof, proofing, student, students, year, yearbook, yearbooks

Yearbook printers are always pushing the importance of proofing to the folks in charge of authoring the yearbook that they print.  We push proofing too, to avoid the heartbreaking possibility of students being accidentally left out of their yearbook.

That’s exactly what happened to students and parents of Maize South High School in Wichita, KS.  This article outlines the disappointment they Maize Photo Resizedfaced when the last page of their seniors class not included in their yearbook slipped past the proofing team.  (Don’t worry, these folks didn’t use our program!)

So, how can you prevent this type of thing from happening to you?  We have a few best practices that we like to share with our yearbook partners:

1.)  Nobody knows a class quite as well as their teacher.  We strongly recommend that when you get to the proofing stage, send a copy of each teacher’s class directly to them, and ask them to verify that all of their students are represented, and that their names are spelled correctly.  It’s much simpler for a teacher to verify a group of students that they see every day, than it is for a yearbook coordinator to verify an entire school.

2.)  Utilize software that has some sort of built in proofing ability.  One benefit to using software specifically designed to build a yearbook is that it will likely have some sort of built in check to ensure that everybody who was imported into the program is actually placed on a page.  Make sure that your program has this feature, and that you know how to use it.

3.)  Always double check on a printed copy before you sign off.  Most printing companies will provide a physically printed proof copy of the book before they mass print the hundreds of copies of your yearbook for distribution.  A lot of folks don’t understand that this final proof is the absolute last chance you’ll have to notice an error in the book.  Once you sign off on this final proof, it’s too late, so don’t hesitate to employ our next suggestion:

4.)  Two heads are better than one!  After you have personally approved of the proof, get a second or third set of eyes to do the same thing.  After editing your schools yearbook for the whole year, it’ll be easier and easier for the pages to blur together and for you to miss something.  Ask someone who hasn’t been involved in the project to have a look through as well.  Worried about grammatical errors?  Utilize a couple of English students, or if your able, utilize a whole English class for an afternoon, and let the students compete to find potential issues.

By following these tips, your school can avoid the embarrassing situation that so many others have encountered.

Video: Floating Toolbar Overview – Yearbooks Desktop

Posted by: admin In: Help and Tips, Tech Support, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Videos 03 Oct 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: candid, floating toolbar, text, toolbar, tutorial, video, youtube

As mentioned last week, we have completed shooting a new tutorial video on the Floating Toolbar in the new Yearbooks Desktop (download here).   We managed to record two videos during the session, and the first one was edited today.

The floating toolbar is one of the new enhancements granted to us by developing the Canvas page editor.   The toolbar appears on the right side of your screen when you right click on any object and choose “Object Properties”.  From the toolbar you have access to a context sensitive menu – when you click on a text object, the text controls are enabled; likewise when you click on a shape or candid image, the corresponding controls are activated.    We made this change to provide more screen ‘real estate’, and the result is that the draw area of the Page Editor has gained about 20% more workable space.

Here’s the video, we’ll be adding more videos very soon.  Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to be the first to know about new videos and announcements.

 

40 Years Later, Same Yearbook Outfit

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 16 Sep 2013 Comments: 0

As the years went on, the sweater-vest outfit never got old. Teacher Dale Irby, 63, has retired this year after a long and remarkable career in the Texas Public School system. His career-long fashion statement will live on in his absence; Irby wore the same coffee-colored sweater for his Yearbook photo year after year, for forty plus years.

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Dale Irby, First (left) and last Yearbook.
(Photo courtesy of Dallas Morning News)

As the years went on, the sweater-vest outfit never got old.  Teacher Dale Irby, 63, has retired this year after a long and remarkable career in the Texas Public School system.  His career-long fashion statement will live on in his absence; Irby wore the same coffee-colored sweater for his Yearbook photo year after year, for forty plus years.

“I was so embarrassed when I got the school pictures back that second year and realized I had worn the very same thing as the first year,” says Irby.  After some urging from his wife, Cathy Irby, who found it humorous and wondered, “Why Stop?”   It became a “Groundhog Day” of outfits:  polyester, pointy collared shirt and a coffee cream colored sweater.

Forty years later the shirt still fits.  The clothes have even outlasted the store and the mall that they were originally purchased from.

What will become of the clothes now?   Irby has decided to give them a retirement of their own, in the back of the closet.   “I don’t think the Smithsonian would want them,”  he added.

(Video montage from Dallas Morning News)

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