Mike Taylor

Image quality in Articulate

http://www.articulate.com/forums/articulate-presenter/7238-quality-loss-screen-shot-images.html If you’re having issues with the graphics being distorted after publishing, you can refer to the Word of Mouth blog below: http://www.articulate.com/blog/optim…wser-settings/ This issue is related to how Flash handles non-vector images and small text (we don’t recommend including small text in images; you’ll see much better results if you type your text inContinueContinue reading “Image quality in Articulate”

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How to convert PDF to Word DOC for free: a comparative test – review & download link | freewaregenius.com

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Go Big Always – Here’s my crap, please talk about it

Go Big Always – Here’s my crap, please talk about it. I think this is right on money and I”ve also seen this happen a number of times. Garbage in..garbage out. No technology will ever fix that. Here’ the crux of it: We have a ton of (documents, marketing materials, assets, whatever) and we wantContinueContinue reading “Go Big Always – Here’s my crap, please talk about it”

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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”

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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

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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”

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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”

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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”

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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!