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Developing a Personal Voice in Audio Series
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Screencasts | 14 Comments »
At the upcoming STC Summit, I'm presenting a session called "Developing a Personal Voice in Audio." In this presentation, I'll explain how to "deliver video tutorials with a friendly, personable ... Read more..Madcap Flare’s Extensibility: Adding jQuery to Flare
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | 1 Comment »
Alistair Christie recently published a podcast about Unscripted Screencasts and Flare Extensibility. In the podcast, he considers whether scripts are necessary for corporate screencasts -- a good topic for exploration ... Read more..Directions I’m Going in 2010
Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | 8 Comments »
Given that it's a new year, a lot of people are writing about trends and predictions in technical communication. Ellis Pratt at Cherryleaf has an interesting post on the Top ... Read more..Play Chess Online with ChessJam
Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | 4 Comments »
The other week I visited my brother-in-law Sean in Tampa, Florida. Sean is an interactive web designer who creates everything from flash games for Disney to augmented reality applications for ... Read more..Embedding Videos into Madcap Flare
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | 6 Comments »
One of Flare's shortcomings is the inability to easily embed video files. However, if you use the Camtasia Studio's Express Show format as your video format (and you choose the ... Read more..Podcast Roundtable for PodcampSLC Series
Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | No Comments »
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a podcast roundtable as part of a series to promote the upcoming Podcamp Salt Lake City, planned for March 26, 2010. Podcamp ... Read more..HD Screencast Example
Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | 8 Comments »
Embedding HD video screencasts into a WordPress blog is something I've been trying to figure out. The HD quality is key because it allows me to compress the file into ... Read more..Emotional States of Computer Users in Times of Frustration
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | 16 Comments »
The other day I came home to find Jane rather frustrated at the computer. She'd just ordered $40 worth of books from Half.com, but realized -- two weeks after completing ... Read more..Embedding HD Quality Screencasts in Your Blog
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | 6 Comments »
If you've ever uploaded a screencast into a video sharing site, such as Youtube, you'll notice that the screen quality is poor. Screencasts require a high degree of clarity to ... Read more..Video: Polished Screencasts With Jing Pro and iMovie
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | No Comments »
Video: Polished Screencasts With Jing Pro and iMovie. Read more..