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Remote for Powerpoint and keynote

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Tonight I installed an app on my iPhone that is truly amazing. I can control my Keynote (or PowerPoint) from my phone. (Click here to install it on your iphone)

Now why in the world would you want to control your presentation with your phone?

I can see my slide notes on the screen of my phone.
If I turn a different mode on – I can see my slides – on my phone.
As a remote – running over WiFi – I get a much more consistent and solid connection to my computer than I would from Apple’s IR remote or a third party remote.
I can see a timer on my phone – to keep me on time with my presentation.
The software has a pointer that I can use over my Keynote to highlight sections on the screen.
Honestly – I can’t find my Apple remote – and this is much better than setting my laptop in front of me and hitting the space bar.

This is truly awesome – I am sold. And – it cost 99 cents! Imagine spending a buck and getting a remote for your presentation. It’s not another gadget to carry around or loose – I always have my phone.

I am in geek heaven – not really but at least on a geek high.

Pointer for iPhone – company website

Install the App on your iPhone

You will have to install an app on your computer (Pointer Server) – which you can download from their website. It might add an additional 2 minutes to your install – but well worth the time.

Tags: iPhone, Keynote, mac, presentation
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Don’t Crash

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I’ve seen it so many times. A technical distraction takes the speaker into a different world. I remember filming a class when a professor’s laptop died. He forgot his power supply and ran it off the battery. When his laptop shut off, so did he.

He couldn’t operate with out it. He didn’t even know where he was in the lecture. What have I covered? What’s next?

Today in my presentation my Keynote crashed. I restarted it and it crashed again. The giggling students in the back were real encouraging. I would have been laughing too. I restarted the computer and it crashed again. Why?

I am still a believer in Keynote and my experience has been much better than PowerPoint. This is the first time that Keynote has caused this problem for me. PowerPoint did this to me more often than not. And usually when it died, it took the computer down with it.

I don’t know if I kept my cool and I don’t remember if it threw me off. Unfortunately we video tapes the event and I will have a record of my mistakes.

What have a I learned? Preparation must take into account contingency. Do I know my presentation well enough to run without it? Am I versed enough in the topic to handle it alone? Can I troubleshoot my laptop and get it back up and running without interrupting the class? Do I have a backup system?

Tonight I will present the same material. I will spend a few hours with my system beforehand trying to troubleshoot the problem. I will probably also have a second laptop on hand.

One copy is not a backup.

Tags: error, Keynote, mac, PowerPoint
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Keynote is awesome

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I am using keynote for my presentation tomorrow and I am very impressed.

Now I’m not a rookie in Keynote, but I did convert a 50+ slide PowerPoint into Keynote. The transition was seamless and editing the presentation is so much easier.

Most of the images that I am using have a background. But with Keynote I can use the “instant alpha” feature to remove the background. I have successfully ran this on most of the images and the entire presentation looks better.