Comic Books Become Learning Delivery Superpower

The popularity of comic books at the movies has made the medium hotter than ever, and now this phenomenon is crossing over into business content delivery. SmarterComics has published more than a dozen titles on business and self-improvement in the comic book format. Some of these books are original content and others are adaptations of popular business books like The Long Tail by Chris Anderson and The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch

Read more about using comic books to deliver training in Chief Learning Officer Magizine

Facebook Adds Link Previews to Comments

I've been waiting for this feature.  Now when you add a link to a comment in Facebook, you see the same preview you see when you add a link AS a comment. I likey!



http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/07/21/facebook-adds-link-previews-to-facebook-comments/

Turn a Photo into a Painting in Illustrator

Follow an artist as she walks you through the process of creating an illustration using a composite photo as a guide.

by Sharon Steuer on July 6, 2011

This before-and-after shows the evolution of a photo into an ink and paint illustration of the "invisible" restaurants at the corner of San Francisco's Mission and 18th streets.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/turn-photo-painting-illustrator

Using ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) to Get a Date

We all know about ADDIE (The generic process traditionally used by instructional designers and training developers. The five phases—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation—represent a dynamic, flexible guideline for building effective training and performance support tools), but someone has made a video showing how the model can be used to get a date.



The video is funny, clever and clearly explains the concept.  Enjoy!

How to Download Video From Blogger

My son is with a language group in Tajikistan, and they posted a video of him doing a "traditional" dance.  I HAVE to have it (share it on Facebook, download it, etc.), but can't figure out how, so I am researching the problem and will share my discoveries with you.  Then I'll see if I can make them work!


The first solution I found was to download it in FoxFire, and since my hubby has that installed on our laptop at home, I'll try it there.  Here's the link to the instructions.

If you're comfortable working in html code, try these instructions. They worked for me.  I can view the video now and include a link here and on Facebook, but I still need to work on downloading it.
Click here to see my son dancing in Tajikistan

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Google Plus

I just got Google Plus today . . .

Google Plus For Dummies: Setting it Up For The First Time

How to use Google +  

28 Google+ Tips to Enhance Your Google Plus Experience http://webtrickz.com/20-google-tips-to-enhance-your-google-plus-experience/

The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_start_with_google_plus.php



Google Plus vs. Facebook: 6 Things Google+ Has That Facebook Doesn't 

An Adobe Captivate Advanced Actions Interaction Example

One of the cool things about Adobe Captivate is that you can actually develop more complex interactions using the Advanced Actions feature. This post is for users with a fair amount of experience in Captivate and it presumes you have some experience using most of Captivate’s features.

Acces the tutorial here.