Author Archives: Betsy Weber

Register now for ScreencastCamp 2013!

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Campfires, s'mores, BBQ, tech, geek crafts, sporks and lots of screencasters. What more could you ask for over a weekend? Mark your calendars for our third ScreencastCamp on August 2 - 4, 2013! Once again, we're having it at our TechSmith offices in the lovely Lansing, Michigan area. Already sold on it? Register now (it's free to attend!) Update 5/8: We've filled the 100 spots available for ScreencastCamp but have opened a wait list. If you register you'll be added to the wait list and notified Continue reading

London Calling! Betsy’s April Travel Schedule

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Mind the Gap! I'm hitting the road and crossing the pond. And, I'd love to meet-up with you if you're in the London area (London, England, not London, Ontario... sorry my Canadian friends). Here are just a few of the events I'll be attending. Find me there, or I'd love to meet-up with you for a pint. My treat!       April 12 - 13: Bacon, Developer Conference April 14: Join me for a Geek Photowalk around The British Museum! April 15: Grab your TechSmith spork Continue reading

New book: Interactive guide to Camtasia for Mac

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Calling all you Camtasia for Mac users! There is a great new learning resource available to you. Dave Buell, who has been an Information Technology professional for many years, has written a new book all about Camtasia for Mac. Over the past decade, Dave has authored, directed, and produced many different eLearning and interactive design programs. Dave's interactive book for Camtasia for Mac is available in 2 different formats - Interactive PDF and an iBook (which works great on the iPad). With Continue reading

Make Screencasts Less Scary at SXSW

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It must be that time of year again! Time for SXSW! Coming to SXSW? TechSmith is headed to Austin, Texas too! We'd love for you to stop and visit us in the TechSmith booth. We want to get your feedback and show you what's new in our software and apps, plus we're having a finger puppet giveaway and will be recording monster green screen puppet shows in the booth! Our location will be at Stand 205. We have several people from TechSmith making the trek to SXSW who’d love to meet with you. Feel Continue reading

Thank You for 25 Great Years!

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Think back 25 years ago. It was 1987. What were you doing? TechSmith was just getting started and opened its doors in 1987… 25 years ago today, on February 28th. Technology has changed! Think about all the technology that has come and gone in 25 years. Computers were running Windows 2.0 in 1987. The Macintosh SE had just been released. The World Wide Web wasn't even around until 1990! It's hard to imagine a time before that. The first release of Snagit came in 1991, Camtasia was released Continue reading

New Book: Camtasia Studio 8 – The Definitive Guide

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The Camtasia Studio book is available now! When TechSmith launched the first version of Camtasia in 1999, Daniel Park made the videos for the new release. Daniel has been involved with Camtasia from the start. Daniel is a professional screencaster and has started his own company, dappertext. He has trained people around the world to be better screencasters. And, now, Daniel has written the book about Camtasia. Well, actually 6 books about Camtasia over the years! Daniel just released a Continue reading

Help Needed: TechSmith User Conference

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I need your help! As you know, at TechSmith, we love your feedback. Your input and opinions make TechSmith and our products better. TechSmith is looking into hosting our first ever User Conference and we need your thoughts to help us create the best experience possible. What is a User Conference? Well, typically they are a training, networking and professional development event. Plus, I’m looking forward to meeting so many of you in person! If you have 5 minutes to spare, please take Continue reading