• Have talent/interviewee bring an alternate set of clothing.
• Herringbone, stripes, or small patterns do not look good on camera.
• Keep jewelry simple.
• Do not allow interviewees to wear bright white. Cream, eggshell, or light gray are preferred.
• Utilize a make-up artist. People give a better interview when they look good. Decision-makers favor approval copies when their people look professional.
• Maintain eye contact throughout the interview.
• “Edit in the Camera.” Encourage short answers and come back to topics again. Better to focus on good, tight answers, than trying to cobble together six takes to make your point.
• Avoid enumeration or the phrase “Like I said before.” It is highly likely that you may use step three, without steps one and two. You also wouldn’t be asking the question again, if you were happy with what the answer was “before.”
• Don’t be afraid to stop and start over. Do not let an answer ramble on. Smiles and nods encourage subjects that they are ‘on-target.’
• Relax.

Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint

1. Too few slides
   2 Too many words
   3 No ‘road signs’ (where are you going?)
   4 Reliance on gimmicks (skip sound effects)
   5 Ignoring design
   6 Not rehearsing
   7 Forgetting your audience

The Rules of Presentation Design

• Limit fonts used
  • Use a heavy font
  • Avoid stock templates
  • 3-7 bullets per page
  • A bullet is 2-5 words
  • Readability test, (stand 15 feet away from the screen, can you read it easily)
  • Design for the back of the room
  • Create your own templates
  • Use builds or simple animations to bring bullets on line by line
  • Justification & capitalization (be consistent)
  • Consider screen vs. print
  • Use transparency
  • Ease to change
  • With multiple presenters, utilize a style guide and templates
  

Looks like Apple is making it easier to find Safari extension soon. The Firefox community is already pretty vibrant in this regard and I look forward to more coming out for my favorite browser.

Apple sent out an email today asking for submission to their "Safari Extensions Gallery".

We'll soon be launching the Safari Extensions Gallery, a new destination that provides you with an opportunity to increase the visibility of your Safari extension beyond your website. The Safari Extensions Gallery will feature selected extensions that offer an innovative user experience. And a one-click installation process will allow users to seamlessly install extensions from a developer’s website without ever having to leave the Gallery. MacRumors.com has early extensions that have already been released.

1. Open up your General Preferences and be sure that the Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network box is checked.
2. Add your files to the Render Queue like normal.
3. Choose File > Run Script > render_and_email.jsx, you will now be prompted for your email settings.
4. Enter server smtp address: such as mail.mac.com, click OK
5. Enter the reply to address: such as the email you want to use to send the message.
6. If your server required log-in (most do), click YES and enter your ID and password. Click OK.
7. Enter the recipients email address. Click OK
8. An email with the subject AE Render complete will be sent when the queue is finished.

A Better Stop

Need to Re-render?

1. Select a previously rendered animation.
2. Press Command + Shift + D (Control + Shift + D) to duplicate the render item with the same settings and output name. This will rewrite over the previous file to the exact same destination.
3. Save your work, then click Render when ready to output.

• To create guidelines for refined production workflows, archiving methods, and best practices for digital photography based on a variety of capture methods and intended image use. The guidelines will be developed on the basis of research, analysis of software products and other tools targeted at professional photographers.
• To publish the dpBestflow™ as a website open to the public. The adoption of the dpBestflow™ guidelines will be promoted to the professional photography community and the public through programming at industry trade shows and a nationwide series of training events at ASMP chapters, trade shows, and educational institutions.