Development

Blue Snowflake – Review

I finally got the chance to try out my newly acquired production microphone this evening, the Blue Snowflake is a USB condenser microphone with a cardioid pickup pattern. It is widely acclaimed as one of the best professional portable USB microphones and is suggested by many as a great microphone for voice overs, podcasting, narration and portable recording - pretty much everything I need then :D Setup was quick and painless, simply connect the microphone via USB and change the input selectio...
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ScreenFlow 2.0 Competition!!

In conjunction with an upcoming e-learning event to be held on November 11th the very kind people at Telestream have provided me with a copy of ScreenFlow 2.0 to give away to one lucky winner. The competition is open to viewers of the blog, listeners of the podcast and to those attending the event on the 11th November. To have a chance of winning all you have to do is identify how you would use ScreenFlow in your daily work flow. All entries will be judged in terms of creativity and usefu...
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ScreenFlow 2.0 – Review

In the past few weeks I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to participate in the ScreenFlow 2.0 Beta. For those that are new to the blog and perhaps unfamiliar with ScreenFlow it is a screencasting development application for the Mac platform. I have been a user and admirer of the software for some time and use it extensively in my daily work flow as an academic, it provides what I consider the best screencasting development solution available and is pivotal in my development of e-lear...
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ProfCast

With my recent switch to the Mac platform came excitement, a sense of discovery and the challenge of finding new software solutions to cater for my daily work flow. For the most part it was fairly easy to discover equivalent or indeed better ways of doing things but in some cases I actually discovered completely new tools to aid in the development of learning materials. One such tool is ProfCast - a versatile, powerful, yet very simple to use tool for recording lectures including PowerPoint and/...
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Lots Happening

It's been a busy old time of late, between work, on goings at work and other issues I have had very limited time to update the blog. This then is my attempt to update on what has been happening. The podcast has been put on hold for a few days, I could have gone ahead and recorded as usual over the weekend but taking into account I should have Halo 3 ODST tomorrow and that I may be able to get a little guest interview organised in relation to that, I thought it would make more sense to leave reco...
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Quicktime X Does Screencasts

Those lucky enough to have upgraded to Snow Leopard now have access to integrated screencasting software in the form of Quicktime X. Although I have invested in dedicated screencasting software in the form of ScreenFlow, a product I hope to be upgrading soon!! it's still nice to have an integrated solution for those that may only need to use the process infrequently or wish to communicate screen content with others in a casual manner. I just did a quick test, results below featuring snowy!! htt...
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Screencasting & Screenflow Review

Screencasting is a relatively new concept born out of the new media phenomenon as society seeks for ever more efficient ways of communicating with one another. Essentially it refers to the practice whereby the contents of a computer screen is recorded and then distributed in an attempt to provide instruction, demonstration or discussion on a matter of interest. The distribution can take a variety of forms such as .flv or .mov and target a variety of devices such as an iPod or HD TV, but in each ...
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