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DevLearn 2007

Philip Hutchison

08 Nov 2007 — 1 min read

Today was the day… I gave a presentation at the eLearning Guild’s DevLearn 2007 conference in San Jose. Topic? Captivate-to-Flash ActionScript Communication. Not a sexy title, I know, but there was a pretty respectable turnout… which indicates to me that a lot of people want to use Captivate but are feeling quite frustrated with its limitations.

I had a few technical glitches with the laptop and projector (Murphy’s Law, I suppose), but otherwise all seemed to go well. The audience was very receptive and had some great questions. I even managed to give a little plug for SWFObject.

While working on this DevLearn presentation, I realized I have an awfully lot of Captivate-related stuff (scripting how-tos, demonstrations, blog posts, etc.). So much, in fact, that I decided to dedicate a new section of my website to Adobe Captivate. You can find it at https://pipwerks.com/laboratory/adobe-captivate/.

I’m still trying to fill out the content and smooth out the wrinkles, so please bear with me. Hope you like it!

Comments

Aaron wrote on November 8, 2007 at 5:58 am:

Phillip, This is awesome stuff, and couldn't be timed more perfectly. Thank you so much for sharing.

Aaron wrote on November 8, 2007 at 1:54 pm:

Phillip, The Session Notes you put together are not only so helpful, but so beautiful, this merits a second post. You've certainly raised the bar for writing and blogging about Flash stuff and E-Learning. Many kudos…

Jana wrote on November 13, 2007 at 11:30 am:

I attended your session, Phillip, and found it extremely useful. In fact, I have already used some of your suggestions to solve a Captivate issue I was having. Thank you so much for sharing your substantial knowledge and know-how. You are right, I think. There are lots of Captivate users out there who would like to take it up a small level.

Brian Dusablon wrote on November 19, 2007 at 10:01 pm:

Thanks for posting this – going to the "lab" right now – we're working on several projects in Captivate right now – trying to get better.

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