If you’re a Mac user like me, you might be aware of those software bundle deals like Mac Heist and MacUpdate Promo. I bought the promo bundle last year, which gave me $500 of legit, full-featured (not demo) software for $50. It’s hard to beat that. This year’s bundle wasn’t as impressive dollar-wise ($376-worth of [...]
This sacred cow is such a no-brainer that it begs the question of whether it is in fact a sacred cow or that it’s just poor amateurish judgement. It’s one of the reasons why many people hate slideware. The answer to this isn’t so clear-cut. In many cases it is the latter. In those, it’s [...]
Sometimes, we may find ourselves in a situation where we want to make our presentation (at least the audio part) and slides available for viewing at a later date. Fortunately, Keynote allows you to do this, by recording your presentation with the appropriately named option in the “Play” menu. Unfortunately, Keynote will only take one [...]
On Apple’s Keynote page, they do make quick mention of the new Share menu and how you can quickly share a slide deck with others by email. What they don’t mention and what didn’t seem to get any press is another feature in the Share menu: “Send to [insert iLife app here].” In this submenu, [...]
A while back, when Googling for a PowerPoint alternative (competition is good for consumers, and Microsoft too), I stumbled upon SlideRocket. The concept was intriguing. An online service that provided an alternative to PowerPoint and even Keynote, allows you to share your slide decks online, and even deliver them remotely in a meeting. What’s more, [...]
In this post, I’m not going to focus on the products that were announced. Granted I can’t wait to see the changes to Keynote beyond what was discussed, but I’m more interested at this moment in Phil Shiller’s delivery of the keynote itself. Early on in his pitch, it was clear that he was nervous. [...]
Types of slides that we often create are those that try to present data to our audience. All too often, this data is placed in a cluttered data table or worse, is presented in a narrative format. In most cases, a chart of some sort is the appropriate method of presenting data. However, there is [...]
In my last post, I looked at the basic features of PowerPoint 2004 and Keynote ’08. This time, I’m going to take a look at the two applications from the viewpoint of someone preparing to or actually delivering their presentation. I will also be looking at the various export options should you need to make [...]
Having read in books and online how great Keynote was and how the pros use it over Keynote, how could I not spend the $70 on iWork and give it a spin? The version of PowerPoint that I have to compare Keynote to isn’t the latest and “greatest,” but as some may argue, with the [...]
