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My 5 Favorite Holiday Movies and What I Learned

Cloudshare

So, why I have decided to share my favorite seasonal movie list? Elf ” is a 2003 comedy that centers on Buddy, a human who was adopted and raised by Santa’s elves. I have to admit, though, a big lesson I take away from this movie comes from George Bailey’s mother: “marry the right person!” Because I’m excited and I can.

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Technical Communications: Small Steps to a Giant Leap.

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Consider that it only took 10 years for us to move from typewriters (1980) to laser printers (1990), from text-only Web browsers (1993) to websites with embedded movies (2003). How does Neil Armstrong's journey into space relate to technical communication? The Apollo 11 story can provide another lesson for technical communicators.

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Writing & Grammar: Less than or Fewer?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

The movie lasted less than 2 hours. About the Author:  Jennie Ruby is a veteran IconLogic trainer and author with titles such as "Editing with Word 2003 and Acrobat 7" and "Editing with MS Word 2007 " to her credit. Thus, even though you can count minutes, you are still talking about a mass of time.

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Writing & Grammar: Do I Italicize the Comma After an Italic Word?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Here is an example where the commas are part of the italic material:   We rented the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. In fact, keeping the commas roman (not italic) creates more space around them, making it clearer that they are separators between these italic words.

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Steve Rosenbaum – Curation Nation - #devlearn keynote

Learning Visions

Between the dawn of time and 2003 we created 5 exabytes of info – we now create that much info every two days. On Foursquare you check in and tell people you’re going to a cool movie but not that you’re at the dry cleaner. 30% of respondents to a survey check their email in the middle of night. The is too much signal. Be conscious.

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Free: PowerPoint to Flash in One Click

Take an e-Learning Break

SWF) movies from your PowerPoint content (.PPT,PPS,PPTX,PPSX) It is compatible with any PowerPoint version 2000/XP/2003/2007 installed on a Windows machine. One interesting option is adding YouTube movies into your presentation. Free PowerPoint to Flash converter promptly creates web-friendly Flash (.SWF) Check it out: [link]

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How Virtual Reality Became 2015’s Comeback Kid

eLearningMind

File this under “Topics Most Likely to Have Been a 1980s Sci-Fi Movie Plotline”: A 26-square mile real-life Sim City is currently under construction deep in the New Mexico desert, designed to test new technologies on a grand scale. It was the year 2003 and Second Life was the game du jour. Virtual Heyday.