iShowU is a great low price OS X screen recording tool. I don't know of any high quality low cost tools for XP though. Until Jon Udell pointed me to TechSmith's Jing Project.
Free for now, which is a bit odd since TechSmith sells Camtasia -- which is very much not free.
Update 12/31/07: Jon Udell mentions Microsoft's SharedView.
Update 1/7/08: Udell also mentions Windows Media Encoder will do screen cast recording. Also I see the business plan for Jing -- it's tied to a media sharing service. That makes more sense! It won't work for corporate use then, and TechSmith sells Camtasia to corporations. SharedView is similarly tied to Microsoft Live. Windows Media Encoder screencasting looks like it's SilverLight based though I'm still following up.
No breakthroughs so far!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Bruce Eckel likes CrossLoop for XP screen sharing
XP is supposed to have built-in screen sharing controls, but I guess they don't work too well. Here's an important vote for CrossLoop:
Pairing Over the Web: "My brother recently turned me on to CrossLoop, which is the simplest and most responsive one we've tried, and allows both users to easily type into the document. Kudos to the CrossLoop creators; this really is a big improvement."The first thing I'll do after buying 10.5.3 is describe what I think of Leopard's screen sharing. The lack of discussion on OS X blogs is probably meaningful.
CH likes the Consolas programming font - and Inconsolata for OS X
Coding Horror: Revisiting Programming Fonts shows Consolas, Inconsolata, and a few others. You can install Inconsolata in OS X.
Lookout CAN run on Outlook 2007
Lookout for Outlook was the best full text Outlook search solution ever to run on XP. It wasn't half bad for handling file system search as well. The last version had some bugs, but it was fundamentally excellent.
Alas, Microsoft bought the company and killed the product. Windows Live Search (aka Windows Desktop Search) is what I use now, though I fear it has deep bugs that might be killing XP. Of course I have a completely plausible paranoid fear that every new Microsoft product and patch is designed to covertly degrade Windows XP (the noble Windows Live Writer team doesn't know about the changes being made to their code after check-in).
Microsoft wrote the encyclopedia on killing rival products by creating subtle and gross incompatibilities, and Microsoft's most hated enemy these days is Windows XP. The Dark Arts are never truly forgotten.
But I digress.
Joel Spolsky tells us that the original developer is finding ways to extend Lookout's lifespan:
Alas, Microsoft bought the company and killed the product. Windows Live Search (aka Windows Desktop Search) is what I use now, though I fear it has deep bugs that might be killing XP. Of course I have a completely plausible paranoid fear that every new Microsoft product and patch is designed to covertly degrade Windows XP (the noble Windows Live Writer team doesn't know about the changes being made to their code after check-in).
Microsoft wrote the encyclopedia on killing rival products by creating subtle and gross incompatibilities, and Microsoft's most hated enemy these days is Windows XP. The Dark Arts are never truly forgotten.
But I digress.
Joel Spolsky tells us that the original developer is finding ways to extend Lookout's lifespan:
Getting Lookout to run on Outlook 2007 again - Joel on Software: "...the original author of Lookout, Mike Belshe, had just posted instructions for getting Lookout to work on Outlook 2007."Incidentally, Belshe has a blog. Today's post has him praising Windows Live Writer and cursing Microsoft's web sites. I love reading people who agree with me, so I'll add his blog to my feedlist.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Creating a backdoor for your vulnerable Google account
Google wants us to put a massive amount of data into their hands. In my case, gigabytes. Photos, thousands of blog postings, massive amounts of email, Google Checkout records ...
All tied to a userid and a password.
A few crummy bytes.
One day our mad vulnerability will seem quite loony, like the days kids used to rattle around the backs of station wagons.
So what happens if you lose control of your Google account?
Well, you're in deep trouble. For the few who will take advance action, Google Operating System has some tips:
All tied to a userid and a password.
A few crummy bytes.
One day our mad vulnerability will seem quite loony, like the days kids used to rattle around the backs of station wagons.
So what happens if you lose control of your Google account?
Well, you're in deep trouble. For the few who will take advance action, Google Operating System has some tips:
Creating a Backup for Your Google AccountThis is all stopgap stuff. Google needs to put a biometric infrastructure in place bloody soon now.
...For Blogger, add the backup account in the blog authors section ... The account should have admin privileges so that you can create, edit and delete posts...
Novatel combo USB modem and flash drive
I hadn't heard of this one.
The Pogies: Envelope, Please - New York Times:Nice.
...For $60 a month, you can enjoy the ultimate geek luxury: high-speed wireless Internet. Not just in hot spots, where your laptop is tethered to a 150-foot wireless bubble — but anywhere you can make a phone call.
You just need a cellular modem. You can get one either as a card for your laptop’s card slot, or a U.S.B. stick that resembles a flash drive.
Novatel’s idea: make a cellular U.S.B. antenna that actually is a U.S.B. flash drive. The new Ovation U727 ($80 from Sprint, $150 from Verizon, with two-year contract) lets you install a MicroSD memory card (up to 4 gigabytes) — yet it’s even smaller than its predecessors...
Adam (tidbits) Engst's guide to iPhoto Calendar creation
Good for birthday gifts as well as solstice events: Making iPhoto Calendars as Holiday Gifts.
Wish I'd thought to make one this year, maybe next year.
Wish I'd thought to make one this year, maybe next year.
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