April 2, 2010
According to InternetWorldStats, the number of Internet users in December of 2000 was just under 361 million people. By the end of 2009, that number had increased to 1.7 billion users. That’s a growth rate of about 380 percent. Even more impressively, InternetWorldStats points out that this is a global penetration of about 25 percent. [...]
February 5, 2010
Screencasts are those videos depicting a shot of a computer screen. There are many applications for such a program such as tutorials and software reviews. It is also often used to record video chat conversations. There are quite a few tools for creating screencasts. Today I would like to review another free screencasting tool that [...]
February 1, 2010
I don’t think my problem is a unique one. I usually don’t watch a video in one sitting, although I might hear a song from start to finish. Sometimes, it takes about three sittings to finish off a movie! It’s not the popcorn calories I get worried about, but the hassle of resuming a movie [...]
January 23, 2010
The first rule about fight club is that we don’t talk about”¦.oh wait that is the other club. So you want to learn to fight like a Ultimate Fighting Champion? You want to rule the streets and kick sand in a bigger guy’s face? Make sure you are learning how to fight like a UFC [...]
December 28, 2009
We Apple fans boast about our “trouble-free Macs”, and if you view past Macworld Keynotes you rarely witness problems with Apple software. Steve Jobs and his Apple staff make all their products seem cool and flawless. But we all know that’s not true. Mac hardware and software have countless bugs and issues like any other [...]
December 24, 2009
It’s the holiday season and the family is coming around to visit as usual. And as usual the technology requests are in. This year I have been tasked with converting VHS videos to DVD. I did not want to spend a fortune on conversion software and as the story goes I wanted FREE software so [...]
December 17, 2009
If you love watching movies and are willing to open your horizons a little bit, you should probably be aware that there are lives outside of Hollywood. Good movies come from all parts of the world. But knowing is one thing and finding is another. Due to the concepts that we call marketing and profit, [...]
December 9, 2009
In the era of YouTube, home videos are as popular as family photos. Even if all you have is a video camera on your phone or digital camera, you still can create good videos. However, a dedicated video camcorder, such as a Flip Camcorder is a much better option. No matter which video camera you [...]
December 5, 2009
Over the last several years I have shot about three dozen weddings using a Canon GL2 and various versions of Apple’s iMovie. When I first started out, I paid for a couple of video tutorials to help learn the craft, but nowadays you can learn all the basics by watching (and practicing!) free online video [...]
October 28, 2009
If you haven’t heard, WordPress is like the best blogging software, like, EVER! If you want to do it the easy way, you can always start a blog by going to WordPress.com and signing up. Easy-peasy! The other option is actually purchasing web-space (don’t care what some people say, paying for webspace is the way [...]
