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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I talked about the super-cool online raster-to-vector image converter tool back in January, bragging about the amazing capabilities of this online tool and raving about my favorite feature of all: it was free.
Yes, I said was free.
Alas, capitalism wins again. It is no longer Vector Magic by Stanford. It is now Vector Magic, […]

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OK, time to lay down some cold, hard truth. Anyone who has used both Apple Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint for presentation work knows that Keynote absolutely, positively kicks PowerPoint’s trash to the curb when it comes to the quality of its visuals. Yes, PowerPoint has more widgets, gizmos, gadgets, and doodads, yet it […]

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I recently received an email newsletter from TechSmith regarding their positive experience at Macworld in January. You’re right TechSmith, Mac users are a “great bunch!”
Now they are asking for feedback (via an online survey) from Mac users regarding Camtasia Studio (currently under development) and SnagIt (no news of plans for development yet, but I’m […]

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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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I tend to find great beauty in minimalism. Whether it’s visual design, software design, interior design, or product design in general, sometimes the simplest line is the best line of all. You know, the shortest distance between two points. And few current software applications are more beautifully simplistic than WriteRoom, from Hog […]

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Last month in my post TechSmith and Mac: When Will These Two Kids Finally Hook Up?, I talked about TechSmith’s intention to bring Camtasia to the Mac. And hopefully, someday, SnagIt too. There is an inexcusable gaping hole on the Mac platform for applications like these, and I’m thrilled that TechSmith is finally […]

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Here’s a fantastic free resource for eLearning development - a complete set of visually-polished icons for a standard PC keyboard to help elevate your eLearning to Beautiful status. These have been a great addition to some of my Camtasia and Articulate work.

Thanks Alan!
Note: the website mentions you can get vector-based versions of these images […]

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Most of you (I hope) are familiar with the differences between raster images and vector images. If you are not, I strongly suggest you Google the subject and do a little reading. This is a fundamental concept of digital graphics that all eLearning developers should understand.
Continuing under the assumption you understand “raster” and […]

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