Thanks Ethan for introducing me to Skitch! It’s a good thing I switched to a Mac or else I couldn’t use this. 
Skitch is an awesome tool for making quick screen captures and jotting notes - and a tool I will make plenty of use of! I often open up Photoshop or some other program just to open a screen shot and jot notes, but now I’m using Skitch. If you’re reading this on a Mac right now, check out Skitch! Below is a very quick Skitch I did of this blog just before I posted this…
And here is a video describing the service:
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9 responses so far ↓
1 Jeremy Osborne // Mar 10, 2008 at 10:19 am
After my year with Windows Vista, I’m really clear the release of that OS is the WORST thing Microsoft has ever done. I’m not just going to throw out my computer, that’s dumb and wasteful, but my next computer will (99%) be a Mac.
2 Jody // Mar 10, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I haven’t tried Skitch but am really liking Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/ It seems similar but also handles screencasts and allows you to host files by ftp to your own server instead of theirs.
3 Todd // Mar 10, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Jeremy: I hope Windows Vista marks the beginning of the end of Microsoft OS domination! Or, maybe Microsoft will someday finally make a good product to compete with Mac?
Jody: you should totally try Skitch. It’s a no-brainer to use and if you ever like to screen shot and make notes - it’s perfect! The one-click image hosting is pretty sweet too. I’ll have to check that jing project out too.
4 Jeremy Osborne // Mar 10, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Jody, thanks for mentioning Jing. I’m putting together a demo using Democreator, but once again the audio compression appears to totally suck. Wonderful that it only shows up in the final editing hours of my demo
Jing looks promising, although I find it humorous that they use Camtasia to make their own walkthroughs.
5 Todd // Mar 10, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Jeremy, too funny. Let me get this straight…Jing offers an alternative to Camtasia (although not exactly the same) but shows how they are cool by using Camtasia! LOL
6 Jeremy Osborne // Mar 10, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Yep, that is correct. Although, as I just admitted over twitter (especially considering how much I advocate open source) Camtasia is a great product, and well worth the $300 purchase price.
7 Todd // Mar 10, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Is it just me or have I been seeing a whole lot more Camtasia going on lately? It seems like people are really going nuts on it…or am I just late to the Camtasia party going on?
8 Jeremy Osborne // Mar 10, 2008 at 11:47 pm
I don’t think you’re late, I just think Camtasia was first to corner the market on ease of use, and no one followed suit over the last 6 months. I did about 6 (paid) screen casts or one of my clients about 6 months ago, and haven’t seen anything remotely as good as Camtasia since that time.
9 Todd // Mar 11, 2008 at 12:11 am
Sort of related: I had a meeting today on GoToMeeting for the first time in at least a year or so and I was sort of impressed by some of the newer features they’ve added (new to me at least) like highlighting and being able to “take control” of someone else’s computer. Anyhow, I think I need to start making better use of tools like Camtasia and GoToMeeting - super helpful when words or images alone just can’t describe what you’re trying to convey.
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