{"id":1161,"date":"2007-03-13T16:37:11","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/13\/visited-pc-pro-offices-london-with-the-kent-it-clinic\/"},"modified":"2007-03-13T16:42:37","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T16:42:37","slug":"visited-pc-pro-offices-london-with-the-kent-it-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/13\/visited-pc-pro-offices-london-with-the-kent-it-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Visited PC Pro Offices London with The Kent IT Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well what a smashing day it was yesterday, my visit with The Kent IT Clinic to the PC Pro Offices in London was a real insight into how Dennis Publishing and PC Pro Magazine work as a company in the Computing Publishing industry.<\/p>\n<p>The visit started of with an introduction from Barry Collins to\u00a0PC Pro and Dennis Publishing, this session gave us\u00a0a quick overview of the PC Pro magazine, and other computing titles within Dennis Publishing and the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was a\u00a0How the Magazine Works Session in which an\u00a0explanation of how PC Pro is producedfrom copy being written by journalists right through to the printed product that you&#8217;ll find on the shelves.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How\u00a0they select products for review\/news<\/li>\n<li>How\u00a0they stay ahead of the technology<\/li>\n<li>How the dynamics of magazine publishing are changing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After this Jim Martin, Labs Editor of PC Pro and former University of Kent Computing graduate explained to us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How\u00a0they test PCs\/laptops\/printers\/monitors in\u00a0their dedicated labs<\/li>\n<li>How the PC Pro benchmark suite works and why it&#8217;s more accurate than industry benchmarks<\/li>\n<li>The role of external laboratory tests for acoustic\/power surge testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once Jim had finished, Barry gave us a talk about the PC Pro Website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation of how the PC Pro website is operated\/designed<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on demonstration of the PC Pro website Content Management System<\/li>\n<li>The importance of Search Engine Optimisation and RSS<\/li>\n<li>How\u00a0they monitor the website stats<\/li>\n<li>Future plans for the PC Pro website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then he took us down to the PC Pro Labs for a quick tour.<\/p>\n<p>After this it was time to leave the PC pro Offices and make our way\u00a0home&#8230; though myself and my mates Steve and Rob had other plans, that being to go to some london pub&#8217;s and then head to Namco Station for some more fun. On the way there we also went on the London Eye which was pretty cool at night.<\/p>\n<p>So hey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/darrenstraight\/sets\/72157594586329752\/\">check out the pics<\/a>, and expect videos to come soon! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/darrenstraight\/419389907\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"180\" alt=\"DSC01448\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/166\/419389907_c2f0847f1c_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"180\" alt=\"DSC01455\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/124\/419401531_f7f14e6e0d_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/darrenstraight\/419809709\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"180\" alt=\"DSC01488\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/170\/419809709_893f26ef4b_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well what a smashing day it was yesterday, my visit with The Kent IT Clinic to the PC Pro Offices in London was a real insight into how Dennis Publishing and PC Pro Magazine work as a company in the Computing Publishing industry. 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