Archives for February 2009

#41 Forward and Backward navigation in Visual Studio Editor

February 5, 2009 by

These are great. I already knew the keyboard shortcuts, but I didn’t know the toolbar tricks. For once (this is unusual) the tool bar offers a tiny bit of visual help that superceeds the use of the keybaord only tricks. Confused? That’s why I like video. You will too. Watch video #41

[CTRL]+ [-] = Move Back

[CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[-] = Move Forward

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Today @GangPlank – Brown Bag Lunch: ScreenCast Focused Video Blogging

February 4, 2009 by

I’ve been forced into @GangPlank, and I’m scared!

Not really, but kinda!

GangPlank Headquarters is a very community oriented tech group in Mesa, and I’ve heard about all the community events they do, but I always seem to be to busy to get over there. With all the community stuff I do, it’s hard to get to everything. Anyway, in December I got a mail from Derek that basically said “You’re speaking in February”. Didn’t ask, just appointed me. There was an out clause, but I agreed, and really liked the idea.

Had he just called out for speakers, I (and presumably others) wouldn’t have responded.

 So Derek — Good job on the take action / just ^ do it (NSFW) / plan.

In January 2009, I started a new blog, and I’m focusing a lot on screen cast videos. There is a lot of reasons, but mostly I just like video. You can say and do so much more, in so much less time, and people really Get It on video.

Here are my starter topics / bullet points to cover in my 20-30 minutes.

Some of these I know, and some of them I don’t. I’ll share what I’ve learned over the last 30 days in getting started with a ScreenCast video blog, as well as be asking questions about the parts I don’t know.

  • Software used / Camtasia Recording / Snagit (I heart TechSmith Tools)
  • Screen size (why I chose the somewhat weird 900X580 resolution)
  • Microphones and pre-amp (I use a Mobile PRE USB)
  • Rendering (Camtasia and/or Microsoft Expression Media encoder)
  • Mobile rendering (for playback on Windows Mobile)
  • Hosting / storage (why I have two storage facilities)
  • Blogging engine (how/why I chose GraffitiCMS)
  • Playing back on Silverlight vs. Flash
  • Online media players, ScreenCast.com, Youtube, Yahoo, Google, Soapbox

 

 

Here is the recorded uStream.tv embed….

Live TV by Ustream

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#40 (With Mystery) Go To Line facts; many ways to execute Go To line.

February 4, 2009 by

It turns out that there are many many ways to use the Go To Line feature. This video uses a couple, as well as tried to uncover a mystery. I’m going to need your help with this one. Please leave comments if you know the answer.

What’s the question you ask?

Watch the video 🙂

[CTRL]+G = Standard Go To Line Dialog
 
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#39 Middle button support in the Visual Studio Editor

February 3, 2009 by

Middle Button support in Visual Studio. What does it so? Watch this …

 

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#38 Rid Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bars in the Visual Studio Editor

February 2, 2009 by

Do the horizontal and|or vertical scroll bars drive you nuts? Are they in the way? Taking up to much space? None of the above? All of the above? If you have ever had the need to make them dissapear this video trick #38 shows you how.

 

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