The video is the best part, at learntoprogram.tv, but the code is excerpted below: With just a little Javascript knowledge you can create a sliding div effect that is commonly seen on the web. In this video tutorial, Mark will show you how to create a sliding div within the browser. The sliding div reveals it’s content as the div opens and completely disappears once... Continue reading

Mark Lassoff of LearnToProgram.tv I was very lucky to catch Mark Lassoff in between speaking at DevLearn, working on his forthcoming book from Focal Press, and producing his next training video for the company he founded, LearnToProgram.tv. Mark is an anomoly in the world of elearning these days, because he knows how to code. [Awesome elearning interview here.] Now for a few personal questions that... Continue reading

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Nothing makes the revered middle way more beautiful than extreme deviations. Here's a funny commercial. One I know sports newsman @AaronMatas will like: Continue reading

Warning: this piece on Paper.li might end up as a story on a Paper.li daily. I will tweet the link to this blog post, which means that people who follow me and who have set-up a Paper.li daily could have a story in their Paper.li paper about this story about Paper.li. Cue the microphone feedback sound effect. I started to see a few @tweric's on... Continue reading

In a Hurry? No time to read? Just go sign up for beta testing at AppAuthorPro.com and you will get email updates when the app is fully available--soon! eLearning and Flash The iPad and Flash battle hit especially hard for elearning designers. Whether developing in Flash itself or with a rapid authoring tools like Captivate, the published content of elearning is flash. After getting an... Continue reading

February 23, 2011 -- UPDATE Beta testing is complete. You will soon be able to make custom, branded elearning apps for the iPad on our fully hosted CMS. Sign up now to be eligible for early bird pricing! Continue reading

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A happy drunk keeps striking conversation with a coiffed yuppie right in front of me on the bus. It's rush hour and hot. This drunk has the markings of a player. His shiny shirt unbuttons to gold, a chain punctuated by a shout out to Jesus. His prey looks busy texting and her long pale neck makes all men fidget and lick their lips. She is lovely. Her posture makes me want to obey. She retorts to the Latin lover with abrupt remarks for which he has no further woo. He looks wounded, a couple more times he gestures to... Continue reading

Image via CrunchBase I love that fears have special names, like arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. And that crazy one for the fear of the number 13. Yikes! My favorite fear these days is FOMO. FOMO is the Fear of Missing Out. It's a powerful force that has been sweeping the nation--and world. Or should I say swiffering the nation? (Shout out to Dane Cook.)... Continue reading

Stage actors often play little games backstage to warm up for a performance. The games open the vocal chords, the mind, and the spirit. Those games have become their own performance now--improv artists do shows all over, impressing the audience with their quick wit and ability to adapt to any situation thrown at them. Do you want quick wit? Do you want to adapt to... Continue reading

It never gets old. It never stops being amazing that some spark, some energy, gets embedded into a poem and then downloads into the reader's mind, scans the heart's address book, and emails every cell in the body with an attachment that, when opened, can erase everything. We want words to go viral at jazzjune.com. The official launch is just past May. We are jazzed by the poetry submitted, the artists eager to share photos, paintings, videos and music, and by the support of writers, friends, and family. I want to emphasize our interest in poems by poets at all... Continue reading