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I rarely ever recommend people and if I do, I would have to have worked with that person for a good period of time before I ever made a recommendation. Today is one of those rare days and the first time I've ever done so in on my blog! If you are looking for a voice over professional for an eLearning course, eBook, commercial or a documentary... you should use Bob Souer.

I was first introduced to Bob when I worked at Global Learning Systems (GLS) / KeyStone Learning Systems (KLS) when I was doing media production. We had hired Bob to do voice over work for an eLearning project for us. I was absolutely impressed not only by the quality of the work Bob did, but his turn-around time was amazing! We sent him the storyboard with our naming convention and when he returned the files to us they were edited, EQ-ed, normalized & exported to each individual file per the storyboard. At that point, I didn't have to do any audio editing at all, they were ready to be put into the project.

Since leaving GLS/KLS about three years ago and coming to Harris Corporation's PSPC group (then Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems), we needed reliable voice over talent as we started the eLearning development. I couldn't think of anyone else that I wanted to work with thanBob Souer. We've worked with Bob on well over 20 eLearning course over the last 3 years and every single time he delivers that same quality.

This would would be a much better place if there were more professionals like Bob Souer. If you are in need of voice over work, Bob comes with my highest recommendations for his consistent quality voice over work, amazing turn-around time, and most of all his professional integrity.  If you have the privilege to work with Bob, I can guarantee you will enjoy the experience.

Bob Souer's Voice Demos:

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bob-souer-commercial.mp3 (1088 KB)

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bob-souer-documentary.mp3 (1186 KB)

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Bob Souer's Blog

Bob Souer's Clients

Well we've decided to swap TRImagination's blog from Tumblr over here to Posterous for two reasons:

1. Posterous is faster than Tumblr
2. Posterous is simple than Tumblr

For us, we use the blog as a communication tool and we don't have a bunch of extra time to fiddle around with this feature or wait for a page to load. I've been using Posterous for my personal blog (L33.me) since October 2009 and have just been blown away by how Posterous just works.

Cheers to the ladies and gents at Posterous for making an amazing tool!

-Lee

I've only had two critiques of Android so far: 1) OS Fragmentation & 2) some tweaks to the UI/UX would be nice.

As Google has a solid history of doing, they are stepping up their game with the next release of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Google is said to be "laser-focused" on improving the UI so carriers don't need custom skins such as: Motoblur, Ninjablur, SenseUI, etc...

Two possible, positive benefits if this pans out: 1) the end of these custom UI's from carriers that slow down the devices and cause so much pain while waiting patiently for them to upgrade, and 2) a better user experience is really welcomed!

The best part, it is rumored that Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will be coming Q4 of this year, and then after that it will move over to a year;y iteration/release process.

Interesting overall fact about Android I didn't know,

"If this news is true, it means that Google Android has had five variants that has a code name taken from the cake, such as Android 5.1 as 'Cupcake', Android 1.6 'Donut', Android 1.2 'Enclair', Android 2.2 'Froyo' (Fozen Yogurt) and Android 3.2 'Gingerbread '. If the note all the names that have the prefix letter alphabet C, D, E, F and G. An intelligent approach than Google, while the use of a snack/cakes makes this platform so impressed more "sweet" and sound friendly for the user." - via Oki Rosgani

I think this is FREAKING AWESOME! Can't wait to get my hands on one of these!!!

I was quoted on Adobe.com in regards to the public release of Adobe AIR 2. CHECK IT OUT: http://blogs.adobe.com/air/2010/06/introducing_air_2.html Stay tuned, I'll have an AIR 2 app releasing shortly!

BTW... this is in relation to Adobe releasing AIR 2!

This is a video demo that I created to show how easy it is to convert older Flash eLearning content so that is optimized for mobile devices. There is an actual demo towards the end that shows how smooth it runs on the Google Nexus One (running Android 2.2 FroYo and Flash Player 10.1 for Mobiles).

RESOURCES:

Authoring mobile Flash content for multiple screen sizes

Optimizing Performance for the Flash Platform

The following is a letter I've sent to Mr. Jobs concerning Flash & AIR on the iPhone & iPad:

Dear Steve,

I agree with you... apps and content need to run well on mobiles, and they need to be developed with quality and performance in mind. With that said, I think you are possibly misplacing your blame. Tools aren't the problem, developers are! I don't have a problem with Apple curating the App Store, but by forcing developers to use only one set of tools, I must respectfully disagree. This should be the developer's choice.

I think you are missing a huge opportunity here to increase your company's revenue. This little demo proves Flash content can run really well on mobiles devices that are comparable to your iPhone & iPad if done properly.

I believe the real issue that you aren't taking into consideration is that whether an app is built with Flash, Java or even Objective-C; they can still crash. I've seen it with my own eyes with apps on my iPhone and iPad. The quality of the app is up to the developers to ensure that their app is optimized and bug-free. It is not right to blame the tools when the developer built a bloated, buggy app that crashes. That blame should fall solely on that developer for not having a mastery of his tools. Plus, there are still a large number of iPhone apps built with Adobe's AIR iPhone Packager currently in the iTunes Store, of which that majority of them function just as well as Objective-C coded iPhone apps.

BTW... I still have one app, TheProducer, that has been locked eternally "In Review" since March 15, would you at least either approve or deny it. We would like to move forward building apps for the iPhone and iPad with Flash CS5, so that we can educate people of all ages, around the world on how they can create quality media with tools such as the iPhone 4.

I ask that you at least reconsider Apple's stand on this. You could increase your enterprise and gaming developer community significantly by accepting ActionScript developers.

Warmest Regards,
Lee Graham

Smokescreen - iPad demo #1 from Chris @ RevShockAds on Vimeo.

While there are NO facts, NOR rumors... yet... of this happening I think Adobe really should buy these guys out! Or at the very least, fund them and help them out. If you haven't heard, Smokescreen is a JavaScript render engine for Flash content. Basically, it will allow Flash content to run on Apple devices (iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch) without the 3rd party Flash Player plugin. 

While the feature set is fairly primitive for now and the performance is OK, this is the largest middle finger Adobe could flip to Apple. If Adobe was to put some resources to aid these gents with Smokescreen (like they've done with the Zend Framework), it really could go further to promoting their Open Screen Project!

Just my $0.02

Well I don't think Apple's announcements today were anything groundbreaking, but there were two features I found absolutely impressive:

1. iMovie for the iPhone - Shoot 720p, edit, add images & titles, then export. This will be very handy for news reporters and tech bloggers.
2. iChat for the iPhone - This is freaking amazing, but currently only available on Wi-Fi due to carrier limitations. Way to go AT&T Wireless!

   

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Images via: http://www.macworld.com/article/151730/2010/06/liveupdate.html

Which group do you fall into? Watch this video and find out.