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Friday, November 20, 2009 2:10 PM

Podcast: Matching visuals and presentation style to your information

Information is communicated not only by words in a message, but also in the way the message looks and the style of how it’s delivered. If these aspects don’t all work together, the message loses effectiveness. Listen to the episode Duration: 15:05 Size:
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:50 PM

Create an office layout? Let Clarity show you how

Check out the first episode in our series that demonstrates the “film noir” side of Visio (and some helpful tips, too).   (We’d also like to thank Tom Johnson, technical writing guru, for mentioning these on his blog, I’d Rather Be Writing .) Stay
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:06 PM

Podcast: Deconstructing a new video series – what works and what doesn’t?

This episode captures a meeting where two writers and their manager deconstruct their new video series called Top Templates (edited for time – who wants to sit through a whole meeting?). Take a few minutes and watch some episodes of the show so you know
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:26 AM

Podcast: Office Offline and comics in communication

David Salaguinto joins us to talk about his comic Office Offline. David creates Office Offline to get people thinking, talking, and sharing in a way they never would with short text blog entries about the same subjects. He gives us some insight into his
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Friday, August 28, 2009 7:21 AM

Podcast: Is familiarity or novelty a better strategy in visual design?

People get bored of seeing the same old things all the time. But they also don’t like things that are different. So what do you do when you’re planning how to back up your communication with effective visuals – go for novelty or familiarity? Listen to
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:54 AM

TC4D: Make Better Videos with Less Rework by Using Storyboards

Storyboards help you plan your video shot by shot. That way, you can make sure your video is at least as interesting as the audio, and you have a list of all the most important shots. If you just make a text-only script, it can be easy to overlook sections
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Friday, August 07, 2009 10:29 AM

Podcast: Should I think about design or is clear communication enough?

When you create a document or a presentation, is the information all that’s important? Is it worth spending time to make it look nicer, when there’s already barely enough time to finish? The answer may surprise you! Although probably not. And there isn’t
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Friday, July 24, 2009 10:42 AM

Podcast: Video in Social Media

Video has become an integral part of social media. Especially for younger people who are growing up with it, in some cases it’s easier to talk into the camera on the computer and upload it to Facebook, where all their friends will see it, than to write
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Friday, July 10, 2009 12:13 PM

Podcast: Using Visual Space Dynamically

Visuals are usually created with the display space in mind. If the display area is a certain size, you make your visuals fit in that space by shrinking things, rearranging them, leaving things out, or breaking them up into related spaces. But in the digital
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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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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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