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40 Days

My wife (and best friend and soulmate/ love of my life), Jeri DuBois, passed away on April 3, 2020. We had nearly 45 years of marriage together (our anniversary would have been in May). During that time, I came to know a very special person (in so many ways). She […]

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Insect macro-photography

Many readers of this weblog probably know that one of my many passions is entomology. In fact, I hold multiple degrees in the field (and have taught a number of classes over the years as well). I always hoped to be able to show some photographs of insects. However, there […]

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Adobe Premiere Rush

Our Central Illinois Chapter of Web Professionals meets the second Tuesday of each month (typically on the East Peoria campus of ICC). For our May meeting, I decided to provide a demo and overview of the recent Adobe software – Premiere Rush. This works both on the desktop (as long […]

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Adobe Captivate 2019 Variables

I am providing a webinar on the use of variables in Adobe Captivate 2019 as part of the Adobe Partners By Design weekly webinars. [Wednesday, April 24, 2019]. I have previously given an overview of the use of variables and advanced actions as part of the Adobe Tech Wednesdays weekly […]

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WordPress Security

I had the honor of discussing WordPress security at the East Peoria WordPress meetup on April 15, 2019. Several individuals requested a copy of my slides so that is linked. Obviously, this was an introductory presentation. This information is provided as is and is for informational purposes only. All opinions […]

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Adobe XD review

We are beginning another season of web design and development competitions. In fact, I will be helping with the Illinois state web contest on April 12. Of course, this gets me thinking of the overall process of web design and tools which can help. Given that we have a central […]

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Captivate 2019 Interactive Videos

I recently posted about the new VR (Virtual Reality) features in Adobe Captivate 2019. This post is a continuation of the new features in the latest release. I will be giving a webinar  on some of these features on Nov. 14 and thought it would be helpful to provide this […]

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CSS Custom Properties

Since I am officially “retired,” I have a little more time to investigate items which I find interesting. I have recently been experimenting with CSS custom properties (aka CSS variables). I thought readers might be interested in some small examples demonstrating the capabilities of CSS custom properties. While these certainly […]

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DuBois Epic Excursion 1

I recently returned from a short trip to South Dakota and Wyoming. I traveled there with my son and eldest grandson. I thought it might be interesting to share our experiences with others. I put together a trip summary using Adobe Spark Page (just follow the link and you will […]

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Amazon Polly and WordPress

During our recent Peoria WordCamp, I was intrigued by Keanan Koppenhaver’s presentation on voice interfaces in 2018 and beyond. One of the technologies he mentioned was Amazon Polly (a text to speech engine and much more). I thought I would try out this technology. You will note that there is […]

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Captivate 2019 and VR eLearning

Adobe recently released their 2019 version of Captivate. After examining many of the enhancements, I thought it might be useful to focus on the virtual reality features which have been added. When you first open Captivate 2019, you are presented with the following screen. You will note that one item […]

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ES6 materials

The week of July 9, 2018, I will be discussing some features of ES6 (JavaScript) at a couple of local Meetups in the Peoria area. I thought it might be helpful for participants to download the materials (including exercises) as reference for our discussions. Here are the materials we will […]

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My first year in retirement

Those who know, realize that I retired as a tenured full professor from an Illinois community college effective June 30, 2017. Since it has now been a full year, I thought it might be helpful to provide a bit of a recap on some of my activities. I am just […]

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Games in Captivate

I am providing another webinar on working with Adobe Captivate on March 15. This one will focus on inclusion of pre-built assets (such as games) and creating custom themes. If time permits, we will also discuss multi-state objects in Captivate. For those who wish to examine the example files, one […]

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Captivate Draft update

I first provided an overview of Captivate Draft in 2015. This became available as an iPad app along with Captivate 9. For those who have been following along, I am giving a series of webinars on various aspects of Adobe Captivate. I plan to cover Captivate Draft in my early […]

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