Category: Review
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TechSmith SnagIt 2020 New Features for Marketers
In this product review, I look at two new features in TechSmith SnagIt 2020 that marketers and content creators will find very handy: templates for images and video from images. If you’re a content creator, you’ll get a lot of value out of both features for creating instructional content for webinars, presentations, your website, and…
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Solicited Review: TechSmith SnagIt 2019
In this review, learn the two features that matter most to me as a marketer, one which protects personally identifiable information, and the other which makes design feedback much easier. FTC Disclosure: I was provided a review copy of the application at no cost. Learn more about TechSmith SnagIt 2019 here. Can’t see anything? Watch…
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Book Review: Talk Triggers by Jay Baer and Daniel Lemin
In this video, I review the key points of the new book Talk Triggers, including why it’s better than other books on word of mouth, what data points to look at, what data points the book misses, and why most people will gain no benefit from the book despite it being best-in-class. Watch the video…
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Friday Foodblogging: Wacaco Minipresso GR Unsolicited Review
Someone asked me recently what my morning fuel of choice is. The answer is coffee, but in many different forms depending on the day. We’ve got a Keurig machine at work, which does an able job of making coffee. It may not be the best quality, it may not have any cool factor whatsoever, but…
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Clustering: The Most Powerful Feature in Tableau 10
I’m a self-professed nerd. I react with the same amount of excitement and vigor about a new software release that baseball fans react with about a new season or that Netflix fans react with about new episodes of their favorite show. When IBM Watson Analytics released its new version, I immediately jumped in with my…
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Solicited Review: Mohu Curve 50 Indoor HDTV Antenna
During Prime Day, I saw a deal I couldn’t pass up: the Samsung 55" 4K curved TV. I love 4K TVs as second monitors for my laptop. The amount of real estate and high DPI means you can have a dozen windows open at the same time and not feel cramped. I don’t watch much…
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Solicited Review: TravelPro Platinum Magna 2
Disclosure: My friend and colleague, Erik Deckers, asked me if I would review the TravelPro Platinum Magna 2. I agreed; TravelPro sent me a review unit, but provided no other compensation. Product Basics The TravelPro Platinum Magna 2 is a 21-inch roller bag with four wheels on the bottom, the usual standard features including multiple…
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Unsolicited Review: Johnny Headphones with V-Moda Boom Mic
If you do any kind of audio work – podcasting, music, etc. – get yourself a pair of Johnny Headphones as fast as you can. Johnny Headphones are made by my good friend and podcasting co-host John Wall, and they’re absolutely incredible. Why? They’re a custom build that mixes some of the best studio monitoring…
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Solicited Review: Clickshare from Barco
I recently had the opportunity to test out the Clickshare group screensharing system, sent to me by Noel Bellen of Barco. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the premise is fairly simple: sharing screens is harder than it should be. If you’ve ever sat in a corporate conference room and watched as someone struggled to find…
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Klout Perk Review: Keurig 2.0
I received the Keurig 2.0 brewing system via Klout as part of a Klout perk. While the instructions from Klout say that I’m under no obligation to review it, I will anyway. So, here goes. The system itself has a larger footprint than equivalent current models. It’s probably 25% larger than the equivalent previous model.…