A number of people asked about creating DVDs so here’s a simple program and the basic instructions on how to use it. First, download and install DVDStyler. When you first open the program you’ll get the New project window. The only options you might want to check are the Video Format (check NTSC 720×480) and […]
In How To Self-Publish Your Book – Part Three, we concluded with my book being published on Amazon/KDP, but that isn’t the end of the story, because an eBook can be published in numerous outlets by the very nature of its low overhead. I discovered this by lurking around numerous book writing forums and I […]
If you are like me, you have been using Amazon for a very long time. With that being said, I have purchased many tablets over the years for myself but mainly for my kids and all those devices are registered at my Amazon account. After a while, you will notice that there are many devices […]
In this, the third part of my self-publishing series, I’ll be covering the final steps in publishing the book and, as a reminder, here are the main bullet points: Finalise the back cover blurb (synopsis) Upload the final book cover Devise a marketing strategy prior to publication Use the new book cover as a marketing […]
YouTube Video Quality Can Be Disappointing I’ve been uploading videos to YouTube since 2007 and whilst it’s true that any video uploaded will only be as good as the original source, with the advance of technology in the last twelve years everything has changed. In other words, you would expect games and home movies recorded […]
Polishing Your Manuscript Probably the most time-consuming and repetitive aspect of writing a book is the editing. It’s almost endless and the image above needs to have the caption multiplied by at least ten, if not more. However, it’s not a fruitless exercise by a long shot and I regard editing akin to placing the […]
It’s said that we all have a book inside us waiting to come out and whilst this may be true, the path to publishing that book can be long and torturous– until now. The Internet has changed everything and publishing a book today is a somewhat more democratic process, shall we say. I’ve recently completed […]
Having read fellow author Richard Pedersen‘s excellent article, laying bare the details of his system, my interest was piqued and I couldn’t resist the chance to show off my systems. What I Use I run two main computers which are predominantly gaming machines and I also use them for the more day-to-day things in life such […]
There are many ways to record audio off the Internet. This way involves using a cable called an aux to aux. It has identical Aux 3.5mm plugs on both ends. Record With Audacity The procedure is simple: Take one end of the cable and plug it into the Microphone jack on your computer Plug the […]
What I Use Due to undue and unfair pressure imposed upon me by one of our frequent commenters on DCT, I am forced to write this “What I Use” article. Mindblower is his name. He mentioned that I seem to have a few software gems in my pocket and that it would be an interesting […]
It is time to start that Holiday shopping!! Yes, Christmas is sneaking up and most of us have a Tech in the family. So, what do you buy for that tech nerd/geek (no offense, I’m a nerd/geek too)? Well, to help everyone out I jumped on the web and did some research. This is for […]
I wrote before about having a Maestro cable box from EastLink. It’s supposed to be the most advanced unit available, but since I’ve had it, I keep losing my channels. The usual error message is that it cannot connect to the media gateway. I have gotten in touch with Tech Support before and they suggested […]
