web 2.0

Snagit (beta) for the Mac

May 11, 2010

I have become obsessed with research and testing of screen capture tools. I was reminded via email about another great product from TechSmith. They are in beta for the Mac version of Snagit. Snagit is a very cool tool for screen capture. Those of you in the PC world are probably already familiar with it.  [...]

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Social Media Resources in Sonoma

May 2, 2010

Friday I spent the day at the Social Media 2010 Conference organized by Roohi Moola of Neighborhood Now. It was the first conference of its kind held in Sonoma County. There were about 200 participants and we had speakers from as far away as Atlanta. I captured short videos of the speakers and attendees.
Saturday was [...]

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Tweet your Video with Screenr

April 22, 2010

Screenr is a web based application for capturing content from your computer screen. It is cross platform (Mac and PC). You can create a movie of up to 5 minutes in duration. It can link directly to your twitter account.
Watch how to user screenr

Step One
Sign up for a free account.
Step Two
Tell screenr you are ready [...]

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Get Your Own Domain

April 3, 2010

A great way to build your visibility is through your web site. Picking a domain name and business name that are the same makes it easy for people to find you online.
Deciding on a name can take some time. Before you seal the deal on your business name, see if your name idea is already [...]

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Animoto – fast, fun video

March 31, 2010

A quick tip for you, add some video content to your web presence.
A quick and easy way to do it is by using a web based service like Animoto.
Here is a sample of what you can do wit Animoto in about five minutes.

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Are Books an Endangered Species?

March 30, 2010

I am working on two book publishing projects for my clients. I have been curious about how ebooks are made and discovered that I already have the tools I need to convert documents into the epub format.
In the past two days, I watched video clips showing how to convert files from InDesign into the epub [...]

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See Me on YouTube

March 11, 2010

Follow me on YouTube to learn marketing tips for entrepreneurs.
http://www.youtube.com/completelycreative. You can subscribe to my channel.

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The Conversation Prism Concept

March 9, 2010

In my quest to find tools for screen capture and online video, my friend Karen Clark pointed me to Prezi.com
In their gallery area I encountered a sample prezi by Brian Solis, one of the co-creators of the Conversation Prism.

The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas
What are your thoughts about the social media conversation?

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YouTube for Your Business

March 9, 2010

I am creating a presentation for the BACN Bits and Bytes segment of the March BACN Meeting.
I have been fearlessly testing a variety of screen capture and free or low fee video editing applications.
I have been interested in computer generated video since the early days of computer animation,(Macromedia Director and Flash in the 1990’s. [...]

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