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Kurt Vonnegut on Second Life
2007-04-14 03:26:00
This is a machinema video of Kurt Vonnegut 's interview inside Second Life with John Hockenberry of The Infinite Mind - public radio's premiere mental health program. If you haven't yet been on Second Life , you can get a feel for it by watching this video.
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See what China cannot see
2007-04-13 21:14:00
This was sent to me by my colleague, Leonard Dumanovsky. The Great Firewall of China website shows which URL's are blocked in China. I guess it comes as no surprise that they have blocked Tibet.com.
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The Seven Keys to Perfect Presentations
2007-04-13 21:06:00
BusinessWeek had a story this week on tips for giving the perfect presentation. The tips were given by Duarte Design, the design firm behind Al Gore's Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth. The slide show provides a good primer (or reminder) of the key ingredients of any good digital presentation, regardless of what software you use to create it. Here's the article.
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Glorious! New online demo of WildPresenter
2007-04-13 04:02:00
What a delightful day! Our team here has created a terrific new online demo that gives you an entertaining overview of the fantastic capabilities of Wild Present er Pro. (Yes, forgive me, I am flush with excitement.) Click to view the demo. (Lasts about 9 minutes and takes a few minutes to load.)
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Google - The Ultimate Money Making Machine
2007-04-13 00:00:00
Here's a post written by Alex Iskold on the Read/Write blog who provides a clear explanation of how the Internet changes the rules of supply and demand. Google - The Ultimate Money Making Mac hine From his post: "So how does Google compare to Starbucks, which is a very good money making machine in the real world? The key differences between Google and Starbucks are: * Starbucks spends money on expansion, but Google ads spread themselves; * Starbucks spends a lot of money on maintenance, Google spends little; * Starbucks spends money on marketing, but businesses flock to Google because it just works; * Starbucks relies on people, Google relies on software. These differences make Google by far the more attractive business, compared to Starbucks. To put it simply, Google has almost no friction."
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PopCasts! are online and entertaining
2007-04-12 23:22:00
POPTECH Pop tech has its video presentations (Pop!Cast s) online. Some of them are great. I really liked the talks of Juan Enriquez, Erin McKean, and Marianne Weems. Weems, who is the artistic director of the New York-based performance and media ensemble The Builders Association, puts technology at center stage to extend the boundaries of contemporary theater. Anyone who has ever encountered (or been) a tech support specialist in India will appreciate this piece. View what's in store for its next conference in October, 2007, which will bring together 500 thinkers in the sciences, technology, business, design, the arts, education, government and culture.
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Adfare.com creates online video channels for Chicago Trib
2007-04-11 23:38:00
Wildform customer Frank Lucero of Adfare.com used WildPresenter to create online video job clips channels for newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the Orlando Sentinel. "Your Software works great!" - Frank Lucero View the job clips channel for the Chicago Tribune Here's the job clips channel Frank created for The Orlando Sentinel. To view some of the many ads Adfare.com creates using Wildform products, please visit their clips page. To have Adfare create an ad for you, please visit their site.
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Google puts Darfur crisis on its map
2007-04-11 21:54:00
Here's a great use of technology to promote geopolitical awareness, specifically of the crisis in the Sudan. This online mapping initiative was created by Googl e and The Holocaust Museum. From the Holocaust Museum's web site. "The Holocaust Museum and Google Earth unveil an unprecedented online mapping initiative. Watch the launch of the project here. Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, and to respond to the crisis." This story was covered by the LA Times today. "Google puts Darfur crisis on its map: Its Earth program marks villages destroyed in the Sudanese conflict to raise awareness." To download Google Earth and the Crisis in Darfur layers for Google Earth visit this page on Holocaust Museum's site.
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Panning and Zooming Images
2007-04-11 04:44:00
This is a very basic tutorial to help you with panning and zooming images. (The tutorial that applies to WildPresenter Pro 2+ and WildPresenter Lite 2+). You can read the tutorial here or keep scrolling. Panning and Zoom ing Image s INTRODUCTION You can download a zip file with 2 projects that show the use of panning and zooming using the Super Transition animation. In order to pan and zoom on images it is best to start with an image that is larger than the area you wish to pan or zoom on. You can, of course, enlarge the image in WildPresenter. However, when you scale an image larger, it will pixelate. So it is best to start with the largest possible image.
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New tutorial: Add Click to Play to your WildPresenter Flash files
2007-04-11 03:11:00
This is a very basic tutorial will show you how to make a WildPresenter object "Click to play". You can read the tutorial here, or just keep scrolling. How to make a WildPresenter object "Click to play" INTRODUCTION WildPresenter has a click to play option that you can add to any object. This is a very basic tutorial will show you how to make a WildPresenter object "Click to play". WildPresenter contains a great number of features that are not covered here. Instructions on how to use these features are located in the help file of WildPresenter.
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New Tutorial: Changing your settings in WildPresenter
2007-04-11 01:36:00
Here's an easy tutorial to show you change your settings in Wild Present er. It's easy. How to change the default settings in WildPresenter
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"My choice came down to Wildpresenter, Camtasia, and Captivate..."
2007-04-06 22:27:00
We just got this great comment from one of our customers! "I tested almost every presentation and e-learning application available. At the beginning I didn't want to spend more than $100, but then I realized that good applications cost more and are well worth the money. My choice came down to Wild presenter, Camtasia, and Captivate, and I worked with all 3 intensively. In the end I chose WildPresent er because I found it to be the best. It is the most powerful and flexible program, and I got the most for my money. It's also easy to use." -- Marco Baer, founder, vegasvideo.de
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Wonderful and wacky ways to save the planet
2007-04-06 22:09:00
Meet the Greens The Greens is an animated online project conceived by photographer Ed Burtynsky and realized by TED and WBGH in Boston. It's "a site for kids about looking after the planet." (This can be made in WildPresenter.) For a less grounded approach to looking after the planet, take a look at some of the wacky ideas of scientists covered in ENN's article, Could Crazy Technology Save the Plane t ? by Seth Borenstein For a great example of using the Internet for purposes of activism, check out MorethanMonarchs.org: Networking for Illegal Logging Activism by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg on Treehugger.
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Ride the real estate home prices rollercoaster video
2007-04-06 04:34:00
Here's a fun ride, especially if your own house is not on the line. It's a rollercoaster version of the graph of US home prices adjusted for inflation. Click to ride the rollercoaster graph. Want to make multimedia real estate presentations in WildPresenter? Here are some examples: View example one. View example two.
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Medieval Tech Support
2007-04-05 05:02:00
A chuckle for the technologically immersed. Click here to view the video.
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The Foresight Project and Step it Up on April 14th
2007-04-05 02:10:00
The Foresight Project holds an annual contest for high school kids to write or make a video of their imagined solutions to our energy and climate issues. The contest is called Imagining Tomorrow: Alternate Energy Futures Mary Essary, the founder and visionary of this nationwide contest believes that writing and the creation of video can be powerful tools to help shape students minds, and that science-fiction can be a great way to get them thinking about many of the ways in which we can ensure our future on this planet. The contest is a way to get students to look around in their own backyards and see the realities of the issues we face, while encouraging them to unleash their creativity and envision how we might solve them. Step it Up 2007 This April 14th, tens of thousands of Americans will gather all across the country at meaningful, iconic places to call for action on climate change.
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