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Steve Swettenham
Steve Swettenham
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About me
Was an Instructional Media Analyst for the Centre for Learning Design and Development at Athabasca University and Red Deer College. Later on a learning designer for Red Deer College.
I have also worked for private organizations with their web presence, digital communications, and content management systems.
LibreOffice Documents
By Steve Swettenham 18 July 2011 @ 11:27amwww.libreoffice.org - LibreOffice Documents in multiple formatsOpening ODF (.odt, .ods, .odp, etc) Files
By Steve Swettenham 2 September 2011 @ 4:07pmlnxwalt.wordpress.com - A recent portal to applications for ODF.How fun triggers solutions
By Steve Swettenham 20 September 2011 @ 3:37pmca.news.yahoo.com - An intersting article on the application of gaming toward solving a problem.FOSS Open source video
By Steve Swettenham 13 October 2011 @ 3:20pmwww.apdip.net - A free OER on open-source. I have the DVD ISO if interested. Alternate links: http://www.archive.org/details/The-Codebreakers http://www.iosn.net/publications/multimedia/the-codebreakers-1/ French Subtitle -...Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems
By Steve Swettenham 13 October 2011 @ 3:57pmwww.apdip.net - Global trends in digital communicationFOSS resources
By Steve Swettenham 13 October 2011 @ 4:04pmwww.apdip.net - A good collection of links to FOSS resourcesZotero installation
By Steve Swettenham 17 November 2011 @ 1:07pmwww.zotero.org - All about installing Word Processor Plugins for Zotero 2.1Infamous design/development process tree-swing comic
By Steve Swettenham 24 November 2011 @ 11:22amblog.thingsdesigner.com - An example of illustrative narrative on a lot of subjects - such as learning, course design and development etc... Source: Outsourcing Guide - Knowing the Right Questions to Ask http://www.paragoninnovations.com/guide.shtmlWeb Annotation - Coda Notes for Safari
By Steve Swettenham 20 March 2012 @ 10:18am Comments (2)www.panic.com - A fantastic annotation and markup tool! Plugins often available for Firefox are finally available in Safari.Firefox extension for discovering websites via DNS Service Discovery (Bonjour)
By Steve Swettenham 20 March 2012 @ 10:25amSkitch for education
By Steve Swettenham 20 March 2012 @ 10:26ampaulhami.edublogs.org - A great annotation/markup tool for tablets.Screen Recording Apps for iPad
By Steve Swettenham 20 March 2012 @ 10:28amteachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com - Interesting sampling of free and payware.Ipad Projecting and Annotating
By Steve Swettenham 20 March 2012 @ 10:31amblog.uvm.edu - Interesting review of apps. However, the iPad 3 can project directly with an HDMI cable connection to a Video Projection Unit without additional apps.Blackberries...just another company without a design team
By Steve Swettenham 20 March 2012 @ 2:47pmwww.ipadnews.nl - Tablet doomEasy Image Annotation
By Steve Swettenham 18 April 2012 @ 12:50pmhttp://skitch.com - Free and highly recommended - available for desktop and idevice.BBC TV Channel Homepages: Responsive Design
By Steve Swettenham 17 October 2012 @ 9:20amwww.bbc.co.uk - An excellent review of responsive design, one that every website needs to consider if they want to be in the 21st century.50 Windows 8 tips, tricks and secrets
By Steve Swettenham 14 November 2012 @ 8:41pm Comments (1)www.techradar.com - The insanity of losing productivity gained in Windows 7 to the 'feel the vibe' movement of Windows 8. Prediction - Those computer users with Windows 7 will be more productive than Windows 8 users.Disruptions: You Know You Can’t Live Without Apple’s Latest Glass Rectangle
By Steve Swettenham 14 November 2012 @ 8:54pmbits.blogs.nytimes.com - An interesting discussion on technology and design. I agreed with it all and had flashbacks of other moments in past tech.Free Windows Media Center for Windows 8 Pro
By Steve Swettenham 15 November 2012 @ 9:01amwindows.microsoft.com - For Windows 8 Pro usersCitation Managers Comparison
By Steve Swettenham 26 November 2012 @ 9:35amwww.library.wisc.edu - Current as of November 09, 2012 A good review with link to Wikipedia's Comparison of Reference Management SoftwareThe Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet
By Steve Swettenham 7 February 2013 @ 7:13pmtechczech.net - A good treatment of some key differences between Drupal and Wordpress.Mac Bibdesk
By Steve Swettenham 21 February 2013 @ 4:00pmbibdesk.sourceforge.net - An interesting Bibliographic management tool utilising Zot2Bib (http://mackerron.com/zot2bib/) or download for Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zot2bib/). Main reason for using such a tool could be for building a reference...Mac color blindness simulator - Sim Daltonism
By Steve Swettenham 21 February 2013 @ 4:07pmmichelf.ca - Sim Daltonism is a great accessibility tool for non-colour blind developers.Speed Learning
By Steve Swettenham 6 March 2013 @ 10:02am Comments (1)www.crackle.com - Crackle.com may just be the first "legitimate" free streaming movie service on the planet (Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackle) As an ode to Distance Education I submit this iconic TV episode.
