100,000 Views for our AdblockPlus.org Screencast :-)

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

I am most chuffed to say today that our screencast for the Firefox plug-in AdblockPlus has been viewed over 100,000 times since March!  That's 566 per day - cripes! I'm also ... Read more..

Critique of Orchestrate, a Web-app for Scheduling Tasks

Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in General, Screencast Critique | 2 Comments »

Orchestrate is a web-based scheduling tool for service and maintenance personnel.  Andy Wright (CEO) has built a great service that is beautifully designed, the site launched 7 weeks back. Andy wanted ... Read more..

Screencast Tutorial Part 9 – Polish for your screencast with animations and slides

Saturday, May 9th, 2009 Posted in MicroISV, Screencast Tutorial | 3 Comments »

Having dealt with the need for a well-recorded narration, you should also consider using an animated logo, animated segments and slides.  Each has their place in a professional-looking screencast.  This ... Read more..

Screencast Tutorial Part 5 – Exporting to flv, mp4, ogg, wmv, mov, swf

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in MicroISV, Screencast Tutorial | 4 Comments »

Previously we've looked at choosing your screencasting software, editing the screencast and adding music in this screencast tutorial series, now let's look at exporting the finished video.  Later we'll consider ... Read more..

Screencast Tutorial Part 4 – Adding music to become more professional

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in MicroISV, Screencast Tutorial | 5 Comments »

We've already looked at choosing your screencasting software and editing the screencast in this screencast tutorial series, now let's look at adding music.  Later we'll look at exporting the finished ... Read more..

Interview Reprint: “Screencasting: an Expert Reveals the Dark Art” from JoltMagazine.com

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Screencast Interview | 1 Comment »

Sadly JoltMagazine.com seems to have fallen off of the internet.  Back in September 2008 they interviewed me, I've reprinted it below as the background should be useful to new screencasters: I've ... Read more..

Screencast Tutorial Part 1 – Why You Need Screencasts

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in MicroISV, Screencast Tutorial | 20 Comments »

If indeed a picture is worth a thousand words then perhaps a screencast is worth a million?  Your viewers get to see your application in action just as if you ... Read more..