Master of My Own Domain
Bye-bye Media Temple. You are not the hotness you think you are. Hello, Mac Mini server!
Best Practices in E-Learning
There’s a big difference between best practices in terms of learning theory — something that’s difficult to quantify and/or prove — and technology.
Eolas is at it again
This week — a year and a half after settling with Microsoft — Eolas has gone on the attack again, filing suit against “Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Argosy Publishing (publisher of The Visible Body), Blockbuster, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, GoDaddy, J. C. Penney, JPMorgan Chase, ‘transactional’ adult entertainment provider New Frontier Media, Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises, Rent-a-Center, Staples, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, Yahoo, and YouTube.”
Ideas wanted for new SCORM wrappers
I’m working on a new SCORM 2004 wrapper for both JavaScript and ActionScript that will contain advanced functionality and improved shortcuts. I’m looking for good ideas.
CaptivateController updated
The CaptivateController has been updated to fix the gotoSlideAndPlay and gotoSlideAndStop bugs.
Changes to pipwerks.com, part 2
In case you hadn’t heard, pipwerks.com was hacked last week. The entire database was erased. Bastages. Luckily, I had a recent backup. While going through the pains of a new WordPress install (with new plugins, extra security, and imported posts/comments), I decided “why not throw a new layout in the mix, too?” I mean, if I’m going to make changes, I may as well do them all in one shot, eh?
Changes to pipwerks.com
Just a quick note: I’m renovating this site to make better use of WordPress’ capabilities. Because of the move to WordPress, many of my static HTML files will be converted to WordPress ‘pages’; this means you may see some odd posts in my RSS feed from time to time. Feel free to ignore them.
Introducing the CaptivateController
It took me much much longer than I anticipated, but I am happy to announce the new CaptivateController utility.
This controller is not a simple rehash of the original pipwerks.captivate.control utility; it is a complete re-write that adds a number of extra features.
Captivate 4 variables gone wild
The folks at Adobe recently published a list of Captivate 4 variables. While it’s a solid list, it’s not really a complete list.
SCORM security (two kinds of SCORM people)
I’ve had a flurry of emails and messages regarding my SCORM cheat the past few days, and have received feedback from a number of well-regarded SCORM aficionados, some of whom contributed to the standard and helped make SCORM what it is today. This is wonderful, I’m very happy to hear from everyone, especially regarding such an engaging topic.
But as I hear more from these seasoned SCORM pros, I’ve made (what I believe to be) an interesting observation: there is a sharp division between die-hard SCORM developers and casual users. I suppose I’ve felt this way for a long time, but it’s really coming into focus this week. Let me try to define the camps.