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How To: Record a Skype Interview

Here's how you can record a two-way interview with Skype and Call Recorder software on a Mac.
Posted on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Screencast: Routing iTunes’ Visualizer into ProPresenter

In this screencast, we take the awesomeness of the iTunes visualizer and pipe it into ProPresenter with CamTwist. Confused? Trust me, it's awesome.
Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009 5

How-To: Connect your Mac to a projector (part 2)

Connecting to the projector on-site at your presentation can be the most stressful point in your presentation process. Smooth the way with these tips.
Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009

How-To: Set up your Mac for presentations (Pt.1)

In part one here, we'll configure the Mac for presentations.
Posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Bullets Can Be Dangerous

There's a grim threat stalking our meeting rooms. Meet it bravely.
Posted on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Simple Tips for Great Presentations

Dan Pink: "The only reason to give a speech is to change the world. That’s a high bar. But that’s what we should aspire to when audiences give us this privilege."
Posted on Friday, April 11th, 2008

Saturday Blogwad

Blog updates; work stuff; presentation design; God Things; a knee scan.
Posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2007 4

I came for pie, not pie charts

A discussion on representing data in presentations. And there's pie.
Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2007 2

Keynotopia: User Interface Design Libraries for Keynote, PowerPoint and OpenOffice
Prototype like a pro using tools you already know. Design user interfaces and create interactive mockups for web, mobile, and desktop apps in 30 minutes or less, without touching a design tool or writing a single line of code!
Confessions of a Public Speaker:Amazon:Books
Best Presentations of the Decade
Book: The New Articulate Executive: Look, Act and Sound Like a Leader
By Granville Toogood.
keynotetweet
A simple Applescript Application for automatically sending tweets from Apple Keynote during a presentation

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A successful Git branching model » nvie.com
While there is nothing really shocking new to this branching model, the “big picture” figure that this post began with has turned out to be tremendously useful in our projects. It forms an elegant mental model that is easy to comprehend and allows team members to develop a shared understanding of the branching and releasing processes.
Foundation: Rapid Prototyping and Building Framework from ZURB
HTML5 Rocks - "Mobifying" Your HTML5 Site
This article examines how we created a mobile version of html5rocks optimized for Android and iOS devices.
A Look at Popcorn | Nettuts+
Popcorn.JS, a library from Mozilla which makes it very easy to manipulate a webpage based on the current position of a video. This allows you to create rich “hypermedia” experiences around your video content.
Responsive Design Testing
A handy webpage tool for loading various device widths on one page for media query testing.
Responsive Web Design Toolbox: 50 Handy Tools and Services | Splashnology
...Fresh data on this topic that is about grids, frameworks, JavaScript Libraries and jQuery Plugins, online services and testing tools.
Weiv :: Interactive visual music
Revolutionize the way you interact with live visuals.Engage a live audience visually the same way you already do musically: through a band that performs live.