Posted on November 8, 2008 by Gregory West
A Software Review – by Gregory West, SCUG Editor (www.scug.ca)
REPLAY MEDIA CATCHER
Applian Technologies
US $39.95
http://applian.com/download-videos
Anyone trying to download video on the Internet has experienced the impossible task of getting the video stream onto a hard drive or disc. In some cases it seems an impossible task. I ran into this problem on several occasions when [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by Gregory West
A Book Review – by Gregory West, SCUG Editor (www.scug.ca)
slide:ology
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CREATING GREAT PRESENTATIONS
BY NANCY DUARTE
slide:ology
Nancy Duarte
Published by O’Reilly Media
ISBN-13: 978-0-596-52234-6
US/CAN $34.99
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596522346/index.html
There is nothing worse than a bad presentation. We have all, at one time or another, have been forced to sit and watch a slide show presentation, praying [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2008 by Gregory West
WE NEED CHANGE
All too many negative (sensationalism) headings, designed in purpose to sell newspapers, can bring down many an institution.
We read these days headlines such as: the “RECESSION IS HERE”…or that “THERE IS NO CLEAR END IN SIGHT”.
As a former student of journalism I easily spot these paper selling headlines and just shudder. You see, [...]
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