Learning New Suff

I always enjoy attending webinars. Of course, some are better than others. The webinars I tend to enjoy the most are the ones presented by Adobe. I always leave their webinars super excited with a new tool in my ID tool belt that can be applied right away. Case in point, I attended the Meet the eLearning legends; Make your eLearning legendary webinar hosted by Dr. Allen Partridge. To say it was awesome would be an understatement. It gave me insight about tools that I didn't even know existed and now I am like, "How did I not know that!?" One such tool was Adobe Kuler, kuler.adobe.com where you can create custom color pallets for use in projects by using an existing image. The webinar also visually addressed some of the differences in what can be done with Adobe Presenter and what can be done with Adobe Captivate, animations, branching, and the best places for stock photos. As much as I try to explain some of these techniques and information to people, a visual is always helpful. I WILL be sharing the recording of this webinar.

With great pleasure, now reading...

Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069, Neil Howe & William Strauss

So far, so good. It is interesting to the read about my generation and how the Baby Boomers and others had such little hope for us...

My PowToon on Chunking and Segmenting

Finally, I finished my PowToon I promised months ago. Even though it took me forever to complete it, it wasn't difficult at all. The delay was just a matter of me not making it very high on my priority list. Did I tell you I am working on my doctorate? :-) It's still not as clean as I want it to be. There are some position and timing adjustments that need to be made. However, this will do for now. As the cultural icon (LOL) Sweet Brown once said, "Ain't nobody got time for dat."

LinkedIn and Crimes of Professionalism

I enjoy logging into LinkedIn and viewing the professional updates that are going on in my network and reading articles and discussions being held in my various professional groups.  LinkedIn is a great tool and I believe its one of the best tools out there for people who are serious about their profession and building a professional network. I have nothing but praise for LinkedIn as a tool.

What I don’t like is when I see people add skills to their profile or become endorsed for skills that I KNOW and they KNOW they do not have.  Some people often forget that many of the folks in their LinkedIn network are actually people who have worked with them or work with them currently and know their skill set. What is especially un-nerving are those people who add skills that are so far from their skill set, education, and background that we might as well call it a crime of professionalism.   What can be done about this?  I don’t know.  However, I wish people would just be honest.

Powtoon!

I stumbled upon Powtoon the other day and I must say, "I like, I like!"  I am working on my first project and it is incredibly easy to use.   Once final, I will share the project. 

PowToon
http://www.powtoon.com/

Now Reading...

The Non-Designer’s Design Book; design and typographic principles for the visual novice, Third Edition, Robin Williams

...figured I needed to brush up on a few things

Fruits of My Labor

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A Manager's Guide to Project Management - Learn How to Apply Best Practices, Michael B. Bender