Author Archives: Mike Taylor
20 Useful Bookmarklets – Stepcase Lifehack
I’ve been looking for this and it’s right under my nose. I’ve been using the Windows Live Writer add-on for Firefox but since it doesn’t work with FF3 I’ve been sort of at a loss for a quick and easy way to directly post from the site I want to reference. Alas, from this articleContinueContinue reading “20 Useful Bookmarklets – Stepcase Lifehack”
We need more of us
http://lingos.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/a-60-minute-masters-in-instructional-design/ Link 1: Clive Shepherd’s Presentation on “Why We Need More Instructional Designers” http://www.fastrak-consulting.co.uk/30mins/player.html Link 2: The “60 Minute Masters” Course (audio enabled; registration required) http://www.kineolearning.com/60minutemasters/ Link3: The “60 Minute Masters” Course (no audio; no registration required) http://www.articulate.com/products/demos/blog/60-Minute-Masters-no-audio/player.html
WriteToMyBlog
I’ve been looking for something like this since the Firefox LiveWriter plugin doesn’t work with FF 3.0. I hope this works as well as it looks…we’ll see. WriteToMyBlog is a free web based word processor for your Blog. Create Post Entries for your Blog from right here, completely free, no membership required, can Post toContinueContinue reading “WriteToMyBlog”
Good Design Principles
This article is for designing forms but I think it translates fairly well to documents as well. This site is also a great source for design ideas and tutorials. Some of the problems with forms and I’d say documents as well, include: a lack of emphasis on anything. (Note: if you emphasize everything that meansContinueContinue reading “Good Design Principles”
Quotes on Learning & Mistakes
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin Toffler And via Michelle Martin… “Nobody learns except by making mistakes,” Drucker wrote in his 1954 landmark book, The Practice of Management. “The better a man is, the more mistakes heContinueContinue reading “Quotes on Learning & Mistakes”
Cool Training Idea
This is a great idea for the right situation. 29 topics in 90 minutes. Dareen Barefoot used it to cover web 2.0 sites but it could be adapted for lots of other things. Great Idea!
Training Content Search
Looks like a good option for finding training content. http://www.trainingmanager.info/
Say Goodbye to Adobe Suite
Free alternatives to the Adobe Creative Suite via makeuseof.com Adobe Acrobat Reader ==> Sumatra PDF Adobe Acrobat ==> PDFCreator Adobe Photoshop ==> Paint.NET Adobe Dreamweaver ==> Kompozer Adobe Flash ==> Synfig Adobe Illustrator ==> Inkscape Adobe InDesign ==> Scribus Adobe After Effects ==> Jahshaka Adobe Premier Pro ==> VirtualDub Adobe Encore DVD ==> DVD Styler
When to use video
Per Karl Kapp via Jane Bozarth: “If the only thing moving is somebody’s lips, then you don’t need video.”
Mike Taylor 