HOW DO I GET IMAGES OFF THE WEB TO ADD TO A PRESENTATION OR DECORATE MY BLOG?
One thing that can really make a presentation more exciting is to include an image. There is a nice free image capture program, called Jing, that runs on both Wintel and Mac platforms. Google “Jing” to find it or go directly to http://www.jingproject.com
One consideration in using screen capture softare, however, is intellectual property. For presentations, to protect yourself include somewhere on the page a small copy of the URL you got the image from. For commercial use, however, you need to ensure you are not violating someone’s IP (intellectual properly).
BTW, Jing is free and carries no adverts. Puzzle: what’s their business model.
Hint: If you want to explore other screen capture alternatives, click on the “Screen Capture” tag that appears in the header of this posting.
HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR BLOG?:
If you go to your blog’s “dashboard” you will see in the left hand column a set of options. One is “appearance.” Click on it and you will be shown a set of alternative designs – indeed, five pages of them. You can select the one you like and, once you are satisfied with it, make it your active design. Note, that some designs have limited functionality – e.g., no tags or RSS feed.
HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE IMAGE ON YOUR BLOG?
Click on Image and Choose the Custom Image option either in the pull down or near the top of the Appearance page. You can then, by playing around with the settings a bit, size and select your own image to replace any already on the page.
HOW DO I CREATE AN IMAGE OF THE CORRECT SIZE?
Once you select the Custom Image option you will be shown the required image size. Using screen capture software (such as Jing, to be discussed in my next posting), create an image of the appropriate size and save it as a file. Back in the Custom Image page you can then select that file to replace whatever image was previously there.
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Dennis Adams and I have added a podcast element to our Executive MBA Class. Now we are planning on producing a weekly 15 minute “radio show” podcast called “The Blake and Dennis Radio Show.” We already have a twitter page, a domain name, and a blog. But, thus far, no content.
Part of the plan is to have a social network to go along with the show. But, first we need to get out some content.
