I’ve gotten some interesting feedback lately. “HTML5, why do you want to learn that? You won’t use it here.” “Adobe Captivate 9. We just upgraded to version 8 why do you want to learn version 9? Won’t you get them confused? I don’t think that’s a good idea.” “You’re in a tough situation, you want…
Read More100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
If you have an amazon.com wish list, make sure you put things you really want in it. This Christmas, I had about a dozen books on my wish list and I got them all. One of them was 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by Susan Weischenk. Sure it’s almost the end…
Read MoreATD TechKnowledge 2016
I was able to attend ATD TechKnowledge January 13 to 15, 2016. Â I really enjoy the intersection of technology and learning so this is a fun conference for me to attend. Â I attended some really great sessions and I’ve come back with a lot of ideas for things I want to work on. Day 1…
Read MoreThe Allen Experience
On October 6th, I attended The Allen Experience hosted by Allen Interactions. It was in Denver as part of the Training Magazine Online Learning pre-conference events. Went to a session with Ethan Edwards at ATD ICE this summer and an hour about building better eLearning wasn’t enough so when this was in my backyard I…
Read MoreTechnology for Trainers
My friend and mentor Thomas Toth’s new book Technology for Trainers arrived in my mailbox today.  I already had the chance to read it and I really enjoyed it.  Maybe I’m a little bit of a geek but I think building eLearning is fun and Thomas’ book is full of best practices for doing just that.  Thomas…
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