I've been using Camstudio a long time to record all my desktop videos and screencasts. I only just discovered today that it will do picture-in-picture recording with a web cam. It's a cool feature to this free software, although as evidenced by the lag, I likely need to tweak some settings or close more programs.Formats... Continue Reading →
How to present like Steve Jobs
I'm not an Apple fanboy by any means, but I will say that Steve Jobs does have a knack for drumming up a little excitement. This video shows how you can incorporate some of Jobs' style into your own presentations. Granted we don't have a product as exciting as in iPhone when we teach students... Continue Reading →
Times like this make you love your job
This morning when I launched Trillian, I received the following message: What a wonderful way to start a Friday morning. It's great to feel appreciated. I think today I'm going to try to let someone else know how much I appreciate what they do, sort of like how they pass on kindness in... Continue Reading →
Unplugging while plugging along
Some of my best thinking comes when I'm the least plugged in, like when I'm hoisting a 300 pound barbell above my head. In a recent post at the ACRLog, Stephen Bell writes of the importance of unplugging as a way to calm down a bit and maintain balance. I was particularly interested in... Continue Reading →
Smartphone owners price-shop while in retail stores? Say it ain’t so!
This is likely not news to anyone who owns a smartphone such as a Palm Pre, Blackberry, Droid, or iPhone, but a recent study says that shoppers look at competitors' prices while shopping in retail stores. A survey from the researchers, covering the third quarter of 2009, suggested that 52% of smartphone owners use their... Continue Reading →
So maybe this is why no one uses our Skype Reference Service
In his latest column in Time Magazine, Joel Stein writes why people don't like video phones. Even though Skype is the only one of all the cool gadgets that cartoons promised me would exist by 2010, people don't seem nearly as excited as they should be. Only 34% of Skype calls even use video. And... Continue Reading →
Watch your Flip videos in your living room
I got an email last week announcing a new gadget/service from Flip called Flipshare TV. The new gadget, retailing for $149.99 , allows you to stream your videos from your computer to your TV, without the need for setting up a streaming media server or a wireless network. A move like this for... Continue Reading →
Create your own game content, two months before the game is released
Electronic Arts will be releasing Army of Two: The 40th Day in January. However, potential game customers can get in the game early.....not by playing, but by creating. The game has a custom uniform and armor creator, which allows players to create their own look, and then play with the custom duds on... Continue Reading →
Fall morning in Southeast Ohio
Saturday was a great day for a ride, albeit a bit cool (34 degrees). I've posted a video about the ride on my bike blog.