Web 2.0 Meets the Production Department: New Tools and a New Outlook Bring Flexible Capacity to Production Management

Steve Jewett (Appingo), Dan Milstein (Appingo)
Royale

Clipboards, clunky FTP sites, demanding authors, and harried production staff: production management doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s how Appingo created flexible capacity for publishers with new tools, revamped concepts, and an honest look at the process as a whole. Learn new options to address your production management bottlenecks.

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Steve Jewett

Appingo

Steve believes in the people, the process, and the tools of publishing. He has seen technology leverage the skills of capable people with speed and quality as never before in the history of the written word. Steve believes that we can use these tools to manage our work, clarify our communications, and produce great books with less heartache and stress. Steve’s been working in the publishing industry since the cutting edge of technology meant improving the rubylith and the red tape.

Dan Milstein

Appingo

Dan has a deep faith that Internet tools can be harnessed to deliver transparency to the process of managing complex projects. Dan believes that we can manage the flow of critical information so that Craftspeople can exercise their craft, Managers can leverage their experience, and Executives can direct and lead. And everyone can get more sleep. Dan has spent more than a decade writing sophisticated software to make people’s lives simpler. Dan obtained his B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University, where he received both the Stanley Award for Excellence in Mathematics and the Wallace Award for Creative Writing.

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