Slash eLearning development time with MAMP

Personally, I get tired of waiting for server-based products like Moodle when I have to save and update content. Along with the physical time required to communicate across networks, it just takes the flow (and thus, most of the joy) out of the work. If you have an hour or so to invest in a…

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Tackle tedious text tasks with timesaving techniques

The next time you get cross-eyed with repetitive text processing, do a little research into RegEx. RegEx, or regular expressions, is a syntax for describing text patterns. By describing text patterns, you can expand what Find/Change can do for you. RegEx is available in many applications, including FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and Dreamweaver. Last week I was working with…

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Guarantee Awesome Video By Choosing the Right Topic

Awesome video isn’t tough to create, and it doesn’t even have to involve a camera. Join me for a free 1-hour webinar to discover how choosing the right topic will help you create awesome video content. The first of three sessions will be on January 27, 10:30 am Pacific I’ll be presenting Guarantee Awesome Video By Choosing the Right…

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8 ways to rethink video and visuals in documentation

Death by PowerPoint is nothing compared to a slow and torturous Death by Documentation. We’ve all been forced at one time or another to listen to a speaker drone on and on, reading directly from a text-laden slide deck. But when’s the last time you took a hard look at the docs within your organization? Let’s face it…Powerpoint…

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