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Zebra: This Changes Everything

Posted on by Judy Unrein
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It’s my pleasure to bring you something very special today: a guest blogger! Diane Elkins is at DevLearn 2010 in San Francisco and attended Michael Allen’s special event to preview Zebra last night. (By the way, if I were to publish a list of “things I’m missing” by not being at DevLearn, this event would have been right on top!) I first saw a demo of Zebra at ASTD ICE 2009 and got even more excited about its potential as I’ve tested it over the last year, and Diane has now seen the latest iteration! Here are her thoughts.

Last night, I attended a special presentation by Dr. Michael Allen and Allen Interactions on their upcoming authoring tool, Zebra, and I would like to share my impressions. In short, Zebra is about to turn the authoring tool world on its ear. Continue reading →

Tiny Tools

Posted on by Judy Unrein
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I’m getting a new computer soon, and as I look through my existing software, I’m wondering if anyone has any alternatives to the following:

Sizer – This tiny, free utility makes windows exactly the size I want them. It’s very useful for software simulations, especially when I’m taking screen shots individually rather than using Captivate or Camtasia.

Screen Calipers – This tool measure distances on the screen. For example, if I have to make an animation of a certain size in Captivate but it has a toolbar at the bottom, I can measure the toolbar to figure out how much it will add to the overall dimensions.

These are great utilities and they’ve saved me a lot of guesswork, but I’ve had them forever and change is good… Does anyone have alternatives to recommend? Or other timesaving utilities?