People are very much front of mind at the moment, not least because the publication of PrintWeek's annual Power 100 ranking of print's power players involved hours and hours of internal debate about a multitude of print personalities stretching way beyond the 100 that made the final cut.

Love it or loathe it, the Power 100 is always an interesting read. And because we are attempting to cover the UK print universe (printiverse?) in all its glorious disparity it's a wide-ranging and informative one too. Chatting to the boss of a large print group at our Stationers' Hall event to mark its publication, he observed that he always has a "hmm, they sound interesting I must find out more" moment or two when reading it. Which is precisely the sort of reaction we hope it will provoke.

By chance I also bumped into one of our new entries on the tube yesterday in a classic small planet moment. He said his phone had been ringing off the hook all day with messages from people - many of them mickey-taking, naturally. He's taking it all in good part, and it's good to know that fresh conversations and connections result from the piece.

From where I sit print's people are one of the great things about this business. Okay, so I'm something of a soppy old thing and can't watch that Christian the Lion video without bursting into tears. But I'm not delusional, either, and am well aware that we have our share of world-class assholes in print too. However, to my mind the not-so-nicers are far, far outweighed by the more delightful individuals: clever people, visionary people, generous people, funny people, wonderful joy-replenishing people.

It's useful to be reminded about that.