Some weeks ago I decided to purchase Aperture 3 after a long time of non-decision due to bad reviews of Aperture crashing, eating photos and databases etc. Lucky for me, I had no problems importing my Aperture 2 database and photos and everything went smoothly.
I updated to Aperture 3 not necessarily to be up-to-date with [...]
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Aperture 3: First impressions
Screen and camera capture with Camtasia for Mac
Since Camtasia for Mac came out last year, I have been using it to create screencasts. I had used different screencasting tools before buying Camtasia (Jing and IShowU), but they did not allow me to edit the screencast.
Camtasia is very easy to learn and you get the hang of editing a video quickly. I only [...]
Distraction-free writing with OmmWriter
My first impressions of OmmWriter in video. You should watch the HD version in order to see the text.
Here is the text that I typed in the video with a few added links:
Via a Twitter message by D’Arcy Norman, my attention was drawn to OmmWriter.
Having installed it, I must say that I like this slick [...]
How to improve a product effectively
Clayton M. Christensen brings product improvement down to a simple statement in his presentation at the ECS National Forum on Education Policy: “Understanding the job rather than understanding the customer is the critical insight” (at about 8:30 min in the video).
His example is the buying of milk shakes. Collecting data on who buys milk shakes [...]
Expiration before the expiration date
It is nice that I am reminded to renew my membership in the library by January 2, 2010. But why the heck can’t I get into the interlibrary loan form when I am already logged in? I do need to renew my membership immediately though it is not up for another 54 days. It is [...]
