Asana, my preferred project management website, helped me say thank you to my coworkers in the PERFECT way for Thanksgiving: https://asana.com/thanks/pie .
Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work. And it’s free! Available at http://asana.com and on iOS and Android.
Signing off ,
Kam (with Asana open)
I have been a huge supporter of Wistia, a video hosting website for businesses, for a while now.
In addition to their for-profit services, the Cambridge, Mass., based company also offers an extensive training section for video newbies like myself. Through their fun and entertaining videos, I’ve learned how to:
To put it simply, they are the bomb.com. Their newest video, “The New Wistia Enterprise Plan,” is pretty darn awesome. At the end, like me, you’ll probably be wondering if they did it all in one take.
Signing off,
Kam (Wistia-lover)
I’ve had “Make an animated GIF” on my to-do list for a while now. During lunch today, I figured it’s about time to start.
After finding a few dead end tutorials, I found a great Vimeo tutorial from the University of Miami’s School of Communication (view the video here).
The 5:25 minute tutorial did a great job explaining how to create an animated GIF with a set of images using Photoshop CS6’s timeline feature. Also, they offer sample images if you are interested: stuff.lienbtran.com/animated_gif/images.zip.
So here it is, my first go at creating an animated GIF from four images of my lovely coworker Janet Ciccone:
Janet, you’re officially an animated GIF. Enjoy!
Signing off,
Kam (the GIF creator … finally)
I couldn’t help but share this great example of video storytelling from that university up north, the University of Michigan. The video example is the institution’s “The Letter M” recruitment video.
It’s dynamic, interesting and sticks in your head! The different angles that the videographer uses to highlight the letter “m” made it very easy to stay attentive while watching the 1:31 video.
Here are my three takeaways:
Signing off,
Kam