Top 10 Posts of 2007

Hello All! Here are the top 10 posts of 2007: E-learning Design Challenge Series – Designing a Game Based Course Storyboard Templates in Instructional Designing 8 Easy Steps to Create a Storyboard Top 8 Reasons Why Captivate Rocks Needs Analysis in Instructional Designing Designing an Effective Instructional Design Strategy – Learning from Gaming Tips to [...]

My First Article on Technology – 9 Important Lessons I Learnt

I have just completed an article on two different technologies: BPM and BRMS. I realize that writing about technology is not easy especially if you come from non technology background. In this post I shall share how I went about writing my first article on technology and important lessons I learnt in my attempt to [...]

What I Understand About SOA

I am reading a lot about technology these days. Being a graduate in English Literature, I have to really make lots of efforts to understand techie stuff. Thanks to the umpteen articles on the web that have been facilitating my learning. In this post I shall talk about the concept of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) [...]

Meet the Crabby Office Lady

  Do you know her? If you do not, let me introduce her to you. She is the Microsoft Crabby Office Lady – a secretary from a bygone era. Her desk is littered with lipstick-marked foam cups of coffee, she’s the one who keeps the supply of sticky notes, and only she knows just where [...]

The Gamer Generation is here!

I have always been in favour of teaching and learning through games because I feel this would make teaching/learning more effective. If you browse through some of my earlier articles, you will find some gaming strategies applied to e-learning. Professor Karl Kapp has some interesting information on his website on the Gamer Generation. Also read [...]

Photoshop 6.0 Help Manual Goof-Up

I am pinpointing one example of a goof up in the Photoshop Help manual for three reasons: Photoshop being a widely used tool cannot afford any such goof ups regardless of the version of the tool To help you keep in mind some important things while writing instructions for a product feature To help you [...]

PowerPoint: What is Appropriate When and Why?

PHello Guys, The tips provided in this presentation applies to Instructional Design too. Therefore I am posting this here.

A Quick Guide to Developing Product Demos

Developing effective product demos is a challenging exercise. You will not be able to develop a product demo on your own unless and until you know the product too very well. Knowing the product does not imply knowing how to use the product. Rather it indicates a thorough knowledge of the capability of the product. [...]

Product Demos vs Product Tutorials

Yesterday I was tied up the whole day with a product demo. If you have read the About Me page in this blog, you must be aware that I work for a software product company that develops Business Rules Engine. Therefore I get to do a lot of demos and tutorials for the product. I [...]

Photoshop Lesson for the Day : How Layers Work

Hello All, I have uploaded a short demo on how to work with layers in Photoshop. Regret the poor quality of the video. Upon request I shall send the original copy of the video to your mail id.  Please access the video here: How Layers Work