Way back when, I thought I was a PowerPoint jock. Until I worked on a presentation with Bob Weinberger, and realized how little I really knew.\u00a0 I wanted to reach back and redo years of presentations.<\/p>\n
Like many users, I avoid reading manuals (and fewer apps actually have manuals). I stumble around and figure out enough functionality to get by, and get stuck in that starter “box”, rarely learning new features until some need pushes me.<\/p>\n
Until now; with on-line video becoming more widespread<\/a>, tutorial screencasts are a great<\/strong> way to learn new apps.\u00a0 I forced myself to go through the tutorials for OmniOutliner<\/a> and Lightroom<\/a>, and I’m glad I did — I’m getting much more out of each app than I would have just stumbling around.<\/p>\n For app developers:\u00a0 if you don’t have tutorial screencasts, you’re missing a huge opportunity to educate your users!\u00a0 Please keep them short<\/strong> (3-5 minutes each), single topic, and update them when you revise the software.\u00a0 You don’t even need a camera, just a microphone and screen capture software (I use SnapzProX<\/a> for the Mac).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Way back when, I thought I was a PowerPoint jock. Until I worked on a presentation with Bob Weinberger, and realized how little I really knew.\u00a0 I wanted to reach back and redo years of presentations. Like many users, I … Continue reading