Amazing free offer for Camtasia 3.

For those who are interested I just found out that Tech Smith who produce Camtasia, is making the old version 3 available for free for PC Plus readers. The following article provides the information required to download and install this free version.

http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=199669

Camtasia is a product which allows you to record your activities on your computer and make that into a type of movie. We have seen the product regularly referred to by Internet Marketers.

We have for some time wanted to test this program so we can provide short instructional videos. For us this is a great opportunity to review this product.

It took a couple of attempts to download the 28MB program, but we were successful and I look forward to checking out Camtasia 3.

I hope others find this information useful.

Opera 9.2 Australian English language User Interface.

We have recently released the Australian English language User interface file for Opera 9.2.

To obtain the file please go to the following page www.dictionary.JustLocal.com.au.

Those who know the work I do, will also know I create and maintain a range of Australian English dictionary files used by over 100,000 Australians for spell checking in projects such as: OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Internet Explorer/ieSpell, Opera/Aspell and many others.

I use the prescriptive dictionary I created, which is known affectionately as the Kelvin version. (A prescriptive dictionary uses the most commonly used spelling where there are two ways to spell a word such as organise/organize.) The way I now spell is as a result of four years of working with the dictionary files.

From my perspective Australian English has its roots in British English. The Americans made some significant choices as a result of Noah Webster's work in the 1800's, but we have let time evolve our language, with influences from both the UK, US and other countries. Our version of English will continue to evolve and I like to think of Australian English as our language.

Updating the User interface file for Opera 9.2 raises some very tricky English issues and I would like to hear feedback from others.

To me there is no right or wrong with the language, just preferences.

The following are some notes I made whilst making the latest changes to the Australian English Opera user interface language file.

The spelling of words is based on the standard we use for creating the Australian English dictionary files. Further information can be found at www.dictionary.JustLocal.com.au. This means the following occurs.

• Since "online" is in the AOD, this is kept as is and so is "offline", even though it does not appear in the dictionary.
• Toolbar is kept as is, because it is listed in the AOD.
• The hyphenated versions of the words are used because the AOD has these entries.
  setup -> set-up, startup -> start-up
• The "our" version of words are used: color -> colour, favorites -> favourites.
• The "ise" variation of words is used such as "maximise". Both "ise" and "ize" are valid in Australia, however "ise" is the most commonly used variant and listed first in the dictionaries.
• The spelling of "dialog" becomes "dialogue". Even though the programming construct is a dialog based on the US spelling, we spell dialog as dialogue in Australia.

Any comments on these decisions is welcome. If there are inconsistencies in the user interface it is most likely an oversight and needs to be fixed, so let me know.

Thanks in advance.

Using a blog to promote a business

We decided to test the concept of using a blog promote a business.

The advantages of this approach are:

• Anyone can easily create a blog
• Blogs are free
• Blogs are a modern and acceptable means of sharing information
• Blogs can be set up almost instantly

A blog could be used as a complete website, or simply a component of an existing website.

We see many uses of blogs for the advertisers of JustLocal.

For example many community groups or individuals can now take advantage of the Free For Community Use section of JustLocal. However many such groups or individuals don't have a web presence. A blog could provide the presence they need to get started, and in many cases it may be all they need.

A blog can be used to keep users informed of new products and services. A blog could link to a website, or deeper into a website such as http://www.JustLocal.com.au.

Blogs provide a new, low cost approach for businesses wanting an Internet presence and is something we feel businesses should explore.