As I promised the folks in my Blogging workshop last week, here’s the screencast of how to install and use the BlogThis! bookmarklet. (It’s in .swf format so you’ll need to be sure you’ve got the latest Flash Player installed in order to view it.)
On a more technical note, I used CamStudio to create the video and convert to flash. It also wrote an HTML page for me that embedded the video, instead of linking to it like I’ve done here. That code looks correct and is correct based on every bit of reading I’ve done on the subject. However, it completely works only in IE. In Firefox I get audio but no video. Take a look at the page if you’d like to help. If anyone has any suggestions or pointers please let me know.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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