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by 6stringmerc 3690 days ago
Quite a convincing description! I can really dig the overview and description of transition and use case scenarios. Kind of makes me chuckle to see a Dummy Terminal return, I mean, cough, Zero Client. The more things change, right?

As a quite satisfied user of Amazon's StoryWriter program online I can really agree the ease of access and stability of the resource provides value. I've moved from CelTx at this point, and will probably even import to Amazon from that.

A friend is experimenting with Amazon's VideoDirect system as well, so I hope to hear about that experience. He did mention the need for Closed Captioning took some effort to find a suitable online tool (there are some good free ones) and the large file uploads for HD video isn't the most fun, but so far, so good.

For some reason, Amazon has targeted some of the creative sector in ways that Google and Facebook I don't think quite understand how to set up. Sure, both have some dominant platforms and tools (YouTube, "Artist Pages") but these new-ish developments by Amazon seem to be sticking the landing pretty often.

Gotta say though, I like seeing this admission:

>I do still run PowerPoint locally, since you can never know what kind of connectivity will be available at a conference or a corporate presentation.

Nice. Every little defense against Murphy's Law in presentation/performance is a wise move in my experience.