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Karl Forth

Karl D. Forth is online editor for CCI Media. He also writes news and feature stories in FDMC Magazine, in addition to newsletters and custom publishing projects. He is also involved in event organization, and compiles the annual FDM 300 list of industry leaders. He can be reached at [email protected].

FDMC Magazine

Be your own search engine

Forget Google. Next month, you have the chance to be your own search engine, a live person walking among hundreds of displays of woodworking machines, materials and services, and among thousands of your woodworking colleagues.Here’s how: Make a list of which woodworking products you want to see or which problems you wish to address. This should be your first task, before leaving home.

FDMC Magazine

Watching the signs on Seminole Street

Forget the economic forecasts and reports on home sales and housing starts. I’ve seen a sure indicator that the housing market is picking up.It’s a yellow brick eight-flat building on Seminole Street, which I walk by frequently.I don't know the exact story, but it looks like it was built about 1920 and existed as an eight-unit apartment building during most of that time.A few years ago it was being converted, probably to condos, with new kitchen fixtures and upscale cabinets.