I just read the latest issue of the Metro Pulse, Knoxville’s own anti-establishment rag. I would be surprised to read anything other than their weekly “we are smarter and our ideas are/were better than anyone else’s” article in the News and Commentary section of the paper. This week the writer titled his column “The Attractive Destination” and pats himself? some people he says were called “troublemakers”? and others for how successful the down town area is and saving it from the top-down thinkers that presented and supported some big-time “destination attraction” ideas to make Knoxville a destination city.
In my world the process went exactly how it was supposed to. Ideas were presented, debated, positions taken, conclusions drawn, and a path taken. The “destination
Universe Knoxville Poster
 attraction” ideas were not accepted mainly due to funding deficiencies. But who is to say that the Universe Knoxville concept could not have co-existed with a real farmer’s market and a biscuit festival? Who is to say that the people attending the Destination ImagiNation event would not have enjoyed a trip to Universe Knoxville? I can’t say that and I don’t believe the writer in all honesty could either. In fact, it seems to me that a world class children’s museum would be something that attendees of such an event would love to go see. Â
But I am not writing this to disagree with the writer about the “fun place to be” that the Knoxville down town has become. It has evolved into a happening place.
I just don’t like the tone of the article. The writer could have made his point without the un-merited belittling of ideas and the “top-down” thinkers that dared to care enough about the city to put time and effort into the creation of those ideas.
We now officially carry the Lexmark product
Things are always moving forward at Thermocopy. We have worked on getting the Lexmark brand for our product portfolio for several years and finally obtained their official blessing last week. It took longer than I thought it would as they have been very loyal to their distribution in Knoxville. The timing is good for this year though as we are winding down the initial Covenant equipment installations (over 500 machines) and will have a chance to catch our breath for a couple of weeks before we start training on the Lexmark product.
Lexmark is at the forefront of offering A4 multi-functional devices (print engines that print/copy on paper up to 8.5″ X 14″). Their devices will integrate perfectly into the product mix that we offer through our Printworks+ program (read more about Printworks+ at http://www.thermocopy.com/printworks_managed_print_services.htm). The A4 devices are offered with large touch screens, much like the Ricoh and Canon A3 devices.
We are now working on getting training set in Lexington for our service trainer and I have tentatively scheduled a sales training session for July 13th.
I will blog more about our journey with Lexmark as it progresses. In the mean time, if you would like to find out more about Lexmark and their products visit www.lexmark.com.
Have a great day.