Blog and Podcast
What’s your biggest blog post stumbling block?
For me, it’s the hassle of logging in to my blog, creating the new post, and then working through the web interface itself. Images take time to upload (interrupting the creative flow) and I get bogged down in the HTML for links and formatting. But the worst is when I inevitably navigate away from the…
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Online courses are live
It’s been a very busy month at Tech Comm Tools! I gave an Adobe Presenter demo for the Adobe eLearning Group of the Carolinas on 6/18 (access recording here), hopped a plane for the 2015 STC Summit on 6/20, and then gave three sessions at the conference on 6/21, 6/22/ and 6/23! Adobe also asked…
Read MoreAdobe STC Workshop
Here are additional resources mentioned during the session Class file download (valid June 2015) http://bit.ly/adobe-sample-stc2015 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yt9y24flu02vqaf/AADxn4b-oFEyyRVqaeOE4OAca?dl=0 Courseware on FrameMaker 2015 Publishing training.techcommtools.com Training on FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Captivate, and TCS-related topics matt@mattrsullivan.com Simple Favicon tool favicon-generator.com Full featured favicon tool realfavicongenerator.net Font Awesome resources http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/ http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/cheatsheet/ Color for Blue header 24/121/231 Download sample app to device https://build.phonegap.com/apps/1514503/install/wdKVsJpRxresS8ZVjzqc…
Read MoreSTC Summit 2015 Sessions Reference page
I’m excited to head out today for the 2015 STC Summit in Columbus, OH. I’ll be presenting three sessions, and a half dozen booth sessions on behalf of Adobe. I’m creating this page as a reference for attendees to be able to get to files and services I discuss at the conference. It’ll be a…
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Mind-mapping software: The Brain v. MindNode
I tend to be a list-oriented person. I still remember the Bonsai outliner I used on my Palm device…it rocked so hard I bought the desktop version as well! Unfortunately, after moving beyond my Palm device, it seemed I never could keep the lists current enough, and I always had trouble juggling the “list of…
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ScreenFlow: Editing GoPro footage
ScreenFlow is the video editing tool for the rest of us, when the rest of us are non-video pros! As an example, here are some videos I created with ScreenFlow after returning from a weekend wake surfing trip to Lake Havasu. I shot with a GoPro Hero3 (64Gb card), mounted on the back of the…
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What I Use: Skype Call Recorder
Need to record Skype audio or video calls on a Mac? Skype Call Recorder from eCamm Network is the easiest way to get it done. PC Users: Check out Pamela for Skype. I haven’t personally used Pamela for Skype, but it seems to be the darling among Skype users on PC. Simple to use Once installed, the…
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SOLVED: Microphone volume not staying put
A while back I was having trouble getting my audio input level to remain constant. It turns out that the problem was with Skype. Background I do video interviews via Skype and other services on my MacBook Pro. Since interviews contain multiple audio sources, if my audio input doesn’t stay constant, it creates a big…
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