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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:28 PM

Podcast: Office Casual and the success of directness

Office Casual is one of the most successful video series created by Microsoft content producers. Doug Thomas, the person behind it, talks about how it got its direct, no-frills look (and why the show keeps that look). Listen to the episode Duration: 15:59
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Monday, June 22, 2009 3:16 PM

TC4D: Guiding viewers through complex information

Complex information is usually easier to understand when it’s presented in a graphic format, such as a process flowchart or workflow diagram. But even those can be confusing at first glance, and look more complicated than they actually are. Well, here’s
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:42 PM

Podcast: Eye candy and aesthetics make things work better

Research has indicated that attractive things are easier to use and work better than purely functional equivalents. Listen to the episode Duration: 14:48 Size: 10.4 MB We know it’s more fun to use tools and software and kitchen appliances that are not
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Attachment(s): http://media.libsyn.com/media/harrymiller/Viz004_EyeCandy.mp3
Monday, June 15, 2009 2:09 PM

TC4D: Preparing for a media-centered future

Well, the title of the presentation I saw was "Preparing for a Media-Centered Future", but the interesting content was mostly about preparing your media (video in particular) for effective distribution. I talked with one of the presenters, Travis Petershagen,
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Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:09 PM

TC4D: Technical Communication in the 4th Dimension

TC4D is my video blog about technical communication in the fourth dimension. In episode 1, I talk about the fourth dimension and ways to use it. Right-click and save to Download in Zune format Download in iPod format (also enclosed in the RSS feed)
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:48 PM

Podcast: Leading visual content teams

Where does Jonathan want to take content for the visual tools PowerPoint, Office Graphics, and Visio in the future? Listen to the episode Duration: 14:23 Size: 9.88 MB Harry and Jonathan talk about trends in Web video, what Office is doing, and why it's
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