Saturday, May 19, 2012

Locked and Loaded

OK, so I bit the bullet and bought my own copies of Camtasia and SnagIt. In terms of business models, I missed the freemium boat on JingPro and its $15 price tag. I was all ready to pony up, and bang: no more JingPro.

I guess the TechSmith folks just have my best interest in mind, and want me to produce better screencasts, using their sophisticated tools. Right.

Anyway, yes, I am freaked out by all the stuff I don't know regarding my latest class, Introduction to Multimedia Systems. My instructor is really nice, and said of the two main concerns he has for the final project, one is that it must be playable on his computer. After so many years of seeing how things folks create don't play on computers other than their own, I'm investigating the lowest tech solutions I can get away with for the project.

Yes Flash, your coolness will not be mastered by me this summer. Or ever, maybe. You may or may not be right for me after all. Sorry. I've been wanting you for so long. And that bouncing ball thing we made together was so nice....