Today I’m reviewing the Samson C03U Recording Pak. This almost-all-in-one (more on that in a bit) solution looks well-suited for eLearning narrators who want high-quality recording on a modest budget.
The C03U is a USB microphone that gives you excellent recording quality while offering the convenience of a plug-and-play USB connection. The Recording Pak [...]

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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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I’m excited to be writing what is my first hardware review here on eQuixotic. My thanks to Mike Descher of the MXL Technology Division of Marshall Electronics for providing test units of three USB microphones for my review: the Studio 1 USB, the USB.008, and the USB.009. The USB.009 is the mic I [...]

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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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Sorry to all for my recent lack of writing. Aside from the ever-crazy “life in general,” I was scrambling to finish my submission for the Articulate Guru Awards 2009 – a project I put together in my so-called “spare time” (much to the dismay of my wife and children), independent of my employer. [...]

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I’ve posted a couple of times on Bee Docs’ beautiful app, Timeline. I bought a copy of the app a while back, and was pleasantly surprised when I recently received a handwritten thank you card from the developer. It’s significant to note that Adam has no idea that the Chris of eQuixotic is [...]

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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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I use Apple GarageBand to do my narration recording. No, it’s not a high-end pro audio editor (nor am I a high-end pro narrator). But for narration recording, I find GarageBand offers a great blend of functionality and ease of use. And you can’t beat the price (free with any Mac). [...]

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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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