DataViz Adds New Title, Close To Home, to Its Dose-A-Day Line of PDA Calendars; Special Holiday Promotion for Dose-A-Day Calendars Begins Today.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 Today DataViz(R) released its third Dose-A-Day(TM) title featuring the popular comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. "Close To Home" by John McPherson For other persons named John McPherson, see John McPherson (disambiguation). John McPherson (June 19 1868 - July 31 1926) was a Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Rangers. Born in Kilmarnock, McPherson started his career with his local side Kilmarnock F. . Syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate Universal Press Syndicate, an Andrews McMeel Universal company, is the world's largest independent syndicate and provides syndication for a number of lifestyle and opinion columns, comics, and various other content. in approximately 700 newspapers around the world, "Close To Home" is known for its offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. look at marriage, kids, work, and medicine. Creator John McPherson has been making readers laugh for a decade and continues the tradition by delivering a Dose-A-Day of laughs to handheld computers. "Our Dose-A-Day calendars have been a big hit for PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). users," said Kristen Garvey of DataViz. "They make a great gift for the person who has everything, including a PDA." DataViz is running a special promotion for all Dose-A-Day calendars that makes a great gift even better. Simply order any Dose-A-Day title on CD direct from DataViz, and DataViz will gift-wrap it for free. (Shipping charges still apply.) This promotion starts today and will run through December 31, 2003. Pricing and Availability Dose-A-Day titles are available directly from DataViz.com as well as at retailers such as Staples, CompUSA, Amazon.com, and Handango.com. Dose-A-Day is compatible with Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds and sells for around $19.95. About Dose-A Day Calendars Dose-A-Day introduces a whole new form of "tear-off" calendars, bringing a daily fix of fun to Palm(TM) and Pocket PC model handhelds. DataViz currently offers three Dose-A-Day titles for PDAs: "Dilbert" by Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert , "Golf" by Gary McCord Gary Dennis McCord (born May 23, 1948) is an American professional golfer, commentator, and author. McCord was born in San Gabriel, California. He was a two-time All-American at the University of California, Riverside. and the latest, "Close To Home" by John McPherson. These electronic calendars are smart enough to begin any time of the year so you will automatically get a full 365 days of entertainment whether you start in January, June or December. For more information, please visit http://www.dataviz.com/cthpress About DataViz Please visit http://www.dataviz.com/about. About Universal Press Syndicate Please visit http://www.amuniversal.com/ups. Dilbert is licensed and syndicated by United Media. Close to Home is licensed and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. (C)2003 DataViz, Inc |
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