The lastest version of Flock, soon to be released in beta and codenamed "Cardinal," has improved the way RSS feeds are handled. The feed reader in Flock is called My Newspaper, and it is represented by an icon in the icon bar that looks like a newspaper (what else?) and is positioned just to [...]
This morning I spent a bit of time evaluating SnagIt, a capture tool for Windows.
I decided to record a short video (about 1 min and 30 secs) about how to search in Flock’s Favorites Manager. It turned out reasonably well, so I uploaded the video to YouTube.com. You can watch that video here. [...]
Given that most digital cameras give you the ability to capture video clips, most of us can now create a video and frequently we want to share those videos. Unfortunately, the file size of some of these videos is too large to email easily, particularly if some of the recipients of your intended [...]
I’m interested in locating any other Flock users here in Knoxville.
The reason for my interest is that over the weekend I exchanged a few messages with Daryl Houston about his recent podcast concerning Flock. During our exchange, I suggested to him that we might meet one evening to get to know one another and [...]
Saturday, December 17, 2005
It’s never too early to think about one’s New Year’s resolutions, and as I was doing my morning surfing today, I came across the LibriVox Project, which seems like a worthwhile effort. This article on Wired News gives a good overview of the goals and objectives of the project. Not sure yet whether I’ll make [...]
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Interesting.
Only a year ago, podcasting was an arcane activity, the domain of a few techies and self-admitted “geeks.” Now you can hear everything from NASCAR coverage to NPR’s All Things Considered in downloadable audio files called “podcasts”. Thousands of podcasts are available at the iTunes Music Store, and websites such as iPodder.com and Podcast.net [...]
Friday, November 11, 2005
Almost a year ago now, I began beta testing MixCastLive, an excellent program for creating podcasts that was finally released in July of this year. This morning I note that its author, James Prudente, has now lowered the price of the program to a remarkably affordable $12.00. If you have any interest in [...]
Last night as I sat here at the computer, engrossed as I often am in playing Freecell, I got a Skype IM from Tom Simpson, wishing me an early “Happy Birthday,” just so he didn’t forget to do so tomorrow, which actually is the day. I mentioned to him that I had heard from [...]