A reader last week wrote me and asked what PC I would recommend for her fledgling eLearning development shop. The answer to me was a no-brainer. I’m sure to her it was not the answer she expected. Nonetheless, I thought I’d share it here too. I’d be interested to hear your [...]

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Yes, I’m digressing to the topic of Apple’s App Store again, but I am ever baffled that developers/creators/authors could allow glaring flaws to appear in their eLearning courses, presentations, websites, printed ads, etc.
Everyone is trying to grab some of that sweet, sweet App Store cash right now. With the iPhone rising to the top-selling [...]

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Like many other tech nerds, I awaited Google’s announcement of its first Android-based device yesterday with bated breath. Alas, like many other tech nerds, I was ultimately disappointed with what I saw.
Without a doubt, the mobile device user has been abused for years by poorly-designed and implemented operating systems that seemed to delight in [...]

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After years of screenshot app neglect, the Mac platform is finally starting to get some much-needed love. I lamented over one of the few Windows apps I use that has no true Mac equivalent, SnagIt from TechSmith. And while ScreenFlow brilliantly fills the gap for motion screen captures (and TechSmith readies Camtasia for [...]

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The debate rages whether Apple’s iPhone is as revolutionary a device as Apple claims it to be – with certain feature omissions (copy/paste and MMS being the two most-often mentioned) providing plenty of fuel for criticism.
Less open to debate is the point that the iPhone offers what is probably the most beautiful user interface on [...]

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I often get requests for visual timelines in eLearning courses. Typically I’ll try to cobble something together using PowerPoint’s charting or drawing tools (shudder). Sometimes I’ll create the timeline in Apple’s Keynote (much nicer charting tools) and bring the graphic into PowerPoint (since I do most of my development work in Articulate Presenter). [...]

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Clearleft has just announced a new software usability testing application for Mac called Silverback. Silverback uses the built-in camera found on most current Mac models to record video and audio of your user while simultaneously capturing screen activity. There’s a free 30-day trial, and the app costs a mere $49.95. Which, in [...]

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I’m a gadget freak. I’ll admit it. And my favorite gadget of all time is my Apple iPhone. Period. Frankly, it’s the device I’ve been waiting for these many years (and through one tragically horrible cell phone or PDA after another (may you rot in Heck, miserable, despised little Sony-Ericsson T610, [...]

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I mentioned the release of ScreenFlow back in February, and this app is getting some high-profile (and well-deserved) recognition by way of two Apple Design Awards from the 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC): Best OS X Graphics and Media Application and Best OS X Application.
With the high level of quality of OS X applications in [...]

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After kvetching about the lack of decent motion screen capture software for Mac, and mentioning that TechSmith is finally coming to the rescue with a Mac version of Camtasia, it appears a contender has already entered the ring while TechSmith is still in the dressing room getting taped up for the fight (while thinking they [...]

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