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"I knew a few phrases from maybe 3 or 4 Johnny Cash songs before I saw this movie. I knew he had gone to prison (though I wasn't sure why), and that he married June Carter. I also was pretty"
Review: Walk the Line

"Okay, yeah, the day's almost over, but you know how it is... things got away from me. The dog ate my homework. And then he did this: So there you have it. Not just a dog on a skateboard... a dog"
Better late than never (maybe): Tuesday TubeWatch

"I'm currently watching the recorded version of Oprah's first session of her "class" on A New Earth, which is about "new spirituality". For the purposes of this post, however, the topic is irrelevant. What I'm interested in is how it's"
Oprah's Online Training - experience review

"Everybody dies. Some of them more than once. Usually, that kind of statement is either a joke or a major spoiler, but then, this is a time travel movie, so I really haven't told you anything of any importance. Or have"
Review: Stargate: Continuum

"I don't understand. NBC Universal is canceling three of the best Sci-Fi shows in recent memory. Journeyman, The 4400, and The Dead Zone are all goners. What's the deal?! All three of those shows were good and getting better! The last I"
NBC Universal nailing the coffin shut on Sci-Fi

"In 1941 and 1942, Superman showed up in some great Max Fleisher cartoons. I just picked up a Volume 1 DVD at the Dollar Store and it was a bargain. These old cartoons are great. In some ways I thought they"
Review: Superman: Max Fleisher cartoon shorts

"At first glance, Laws of Attraction is a typical romantic comedy. Guy and girl meet, they don't get along, then they're stuck together, then they fall in love. The difference here is in how the relationship is handled. This is"
Review: Laws of Attraction

"NBC.com > Heroes "They thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities." When I first heard of this show, I figured it would be an X-Men rip-off, similar to Mutant X. After having watched the preview, though,"
Heroes preview

"Interesting premise for this one: two people live in the same lake house, one in 2004, the other in 2006, and yet, with the help of a mailbox-cum-time portal, they are able to write letters to each other and fall"
Review: The Lake House

"The preview makes it look like Roslin is the last Cylon, but is that just trailer-trickery? Get your vote in now, before all is revealed next week! (A few names on here are pretty much out of the running now... this"
BSG: The Last Cylon Revealed!

"I just found an interesting review of estimation strategies for creating e-Learning courses. Pete Blair has graciously posted a few free resources that could come in handy, one of which is his estimation "course" and tool (Design and Development Time Estimator)."
Course development estimation

"Wink - [Homepage] Just ran across this free application that could be a replacement for Adobe Captivate, if you're looking for a quick and dirty way to create software demos. Did I mention it's free? Just from the screenshots and incredibly short"
Replace Adobe Captivate for free?

"The Simple Dollar » Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards Lately I've felt like Trent was recycling the same advice over and over again, and I was starting to lose"
Personal Finance on 5 business cards

"The Simple Dollar » The Money Savvy Pig and My Son’s Allowance Another good idea from Trent, over at The Simple Dollar. A transparent, compartmentalized, piggybank does seem like a good way to teach money management to young kids. His plan"
Teaching money management to kids

"I Googled my head off for help with this last night and couldn't come up with anything, so I thought I'd put this out there for those of you who want to put your head through your monitor because Captivate"
Fixing published audio problems in Captivate 2

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Interviewing for creativity

In the e-Learning Guild‘s discussion community, the concept of using stories for training is being covered. At one point, Christy Tucker noted that at a previous job she had worked with a person who had been a high school English teacher and was very good at creative writing. She really appreciated his skills in creating a story to engage the learner and push the concepts through. She then made the point that you didn’t have to . . . → Read More: Interviewing for creativity