There are pretty much only 3 things left in my computing life that I envy on the Windows side of the fence:
1) Games
2) Articulate
3) Snagit
TechSmith Camtasia used to appear on my list as well, but that was obviated first by ScreenFlow, and later (last week, in fact) by Camtasia for Mac (huzzah!!!). I am [...]

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This per TechSmith’s blog, The Visual Lounge. And looking mighty nice from the screenshot, might I add. Very much like ScreenFlow. And thankfully very much unlike Camtasia for Windows (sorry TechSmith, but the UI for the Windows app just stinks – there, I said it).
Interestingly, Camtasia for Mac (Mactasia?) will be priced the [...]

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If you’re lucky enough to do eLearning development on a dual Mac/Windows setup (as I am, running Windows XP via VMware Fusion on a 24″ iMac), you can appreciate the immense value of being able to pick and choose the best applications from either platform to most effectively accomplish your tasks.
As you may know, I’m [...]

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TechSmith is looking for a few good men (and women) – 50 to 100, actually – to beta test Camtasia for Mac.
Yes, I originally posted about a Camtasia beta test over a year ago. Yikes! But hey, they’re new to the Mac biz, so they deserve a little slack. As long as [...]

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I’ve written at some length about the importance of fonts in visual design, mainly because so many eLearning developers and presentation designers fail to grasp it – to the great detriment of their products. My rule: use Comic Sans and instantly lose all credibility. But I digress…
I have no doubt that font selection [...]

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Now this is, as the British say, bloody brilliant. A screen capture utility that snags everything on your screen (even the stuff that’s hidden behind other stuff!) and saves it as a layered Photoshop file (which can also be opened with, ahem, less expensive apps, like Pixelmator). So you can easily move things [...]

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Love Apple or hate them, admire Steve Jobs or revile him, there’s no denying the unquantifiable impact he’s had on technology. From the original Apple II that opened computing to the consumer once and for all; to the GUI and the mouse of the Macintosh; to the iMac – the computer that pushed beige [...]

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UPDATE: the regular $65 pricing is back. Hope you got yours before the deal ended!
I mentioned Bee Docs’ beautiful Timeline app back in an August post, and thought the $65 price was a no-brainer.
Well, this week during Macworld, Timeline 3D is on sale for a mere 30 bucks! If $65 was a no-brainer, [...]

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Cisco just released the WebEx Meeting Center for the iPhone, and it looks impressive. Very impressive. Sadly, my organization is locked into a WebEx competitor’s product so I don’t have extensive experience with the tool, but I have used WebEx to participate in vendors’ webinars.
Have a look at Cisco’s video demo here, and [...]

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For years I dreamed of a fitness program that would hold my hand without charging an hourly fee. That would walk me through a workout without making me camp in front of the TV or computer. That would help me track my progress without forcing me to use that annoying spreadsheet application (while [...]

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