In this episode, Scott and Wes everything about their recording — from gear to software to tips and tricks for creating a good screencast.
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Show Notes
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4:00
14:30
- What are the essentials for hardware?
- Put a t-shirt under your keyboard
16:00
32:00
- Making Mistakes
- Leaving in goof ups and debugging
40:00
- Bad screen recordings
- What is boring? What is annoying?
- Recording pet peves
- Tips for sizing your editor
- Gross sounds
- Too many files
50:00
- What makes a good recording?
- Good contrast on colour scheme
- Keeping the code open
- Short recordings
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