Chris Pitzer

Well, that didn’t take long! In my last post I talked about how I didn’t know of any free websites that had good collections of screencast tutorial videos. I just stumbled upon….

wikivid.com – A screencast aggregator

There’s nothing very wiki about it, as the videos are all static content collected from sites all over – but it’s still a great resource. Visit the link, and you will see a list of tutorial categories. When you select a category (for instance, Linux or Flash) you will see tutorial videos within that category organized under subheadings (like Intro or Actionscript).

A nice feature wikivid is that it doesn’t send you off to all those frightening, distant websites to view the screencasts. You get to watch everything without ever leaving wikivid. The interface is simple and quick, and even allows you to give quick feedback on the videos you view.

So – it’s all pretty simple, but that’s what makes it so easy to use. I look forward to seeing where the go from here!

I’m really excited about CamStudio. The video will introduce you to a few of the basic features. If there’s interest, I may even look into putting together a tutorial that goes through all the settings. My bigger concern for the moment, however, is that there are still a lot of issues that need to be ironed out. The most blatant of which are perhaps the ugly flash player interface (which you can see below in the video), and their sloppy website.

Don’t get me wrong though – the program is super useful even in its current form. I’m just holding out hope that it will get even better.

CamStudio is an open source project, so I’ve gotten in contact with them and offered to pitch in where I can. More on that as it develops.

Enjoy the video!

I am desk job averse. It’s one of those things that everyone knows about me – fundamental to who I am.  It’s not the work itself.  Honestly, the odd jobs I do avoiding a 9-5 are probably less fulfilling that the work I could otherwise get.  But what is the average career – 40 years?  I’m not satisfied doing what I want to on evenings, weekends, and vacations.  I want my career to be an expression of my aspirations.  For me, the way to do this is to be an entrepreneur.

So now I’m walking down a road many freelance web developers will find familiar.  I’ve done a few jobs for peanuts, have a portfolio I am beginning to like, and have finally filed the paperwork for an LLC.  It is a joint venture with Michael, and in addition to being an organized venue for us to do web work through, we have a few projects lined up for this summer!  More on those as they progress.

I’ve been putting off starting a blog for about a week now, wanting my first post to be something monumental.  Enough of that.

Procrastination is evil – value momentum over perfection.

Hello world!!