Where Was Desktop Search When We Needed It?
Jon Udell,
Jan 26, 2005
Screencams - applications that let you record a video of your screen, with a voice-over - have been around for a long time. I remember the Lotus screencam product from 1997 or so. Screencasting is the distribution of screencam videos in (much) the same way that music is distributed in podcasts. Probably the best way to do it is to use Flash, the way this one does; it makes the viewing experience seamless. Oh, and do take a moment to look at this screencast - it gives you one of the best Windows tips you'll see all year: "Desktop search has been right under our noses for years -- built into Windows but then crippled by weird design choices." For another example of screencasting, see Udell's account of the Heavy Metal Umlaut page on Wikipedia.
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