SlideSix - Get Your Message Out There!!

I was checking out analytics this morning for SlideSix and saw a very cool thing. One of the keywords for my traffic was:

model-glue coldfusion 8 ajax examples

The really cool thing? My SlideCast on SlideSix was the 5th Google result for that search!! If you have a presentation - whether it's a sales pitch, a technical preso, an announcement - whatever message you want to share - you should really consider uploading it to SlideSix.

Thanks to Peter Bell for sending me a few test PowerPoint files the conversion engine was significantly upgraded a few days ago. And what could make your message even more powerful? Adding video or audio!

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SlideSix.com Demos Online

Here's another message that went out to members this morning. I'm probably going to continue to cross post some of these that I think are useful/helpful until I can get a blog set up for the site.

Greetings!

Just a quick line to let folks know that I've added a page full of screencast demos to SlideSix.com. The demos range from super simple (registering for a new account) to super cool (adding media to your slides). You can see the videos here:

http://slidesix.com/index.cfm?event=page.demos

Also, did you know that you must 'Publish' your presentation after you have uploaded it? I've noticed there are a handful of SlideCasts created, but very few have been published. To publish your SlideCast, log in and select 'My Presentations', find the SlideCast in your list and click 'Publish'. If you've had any problems importing or publishing please let me know!

If you want to drop us a line:

http://slidesix.com/index.cfm?event=page.contact

Thanks for your support.

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Message To Early SlideSix.com Adopters (And You Too!)

I wanted to post the message that went out to the early adopters (or as I call them 'brave souls') of SlideSix.com for the benefit of everyone who may have not heard about the site yet.

This message is going out to the handful of brave souls who decided to give SlideSix.com a chance in the first few days after its launch.

First of all, let me thank you for signing up and joining our little community. I truly believe the product we are offering has an edge that no one else has yet offered in the online presentation arena.

Secondly, I'd like to let you know that a number of miscellaneous bug fixes and several minor enhancements have been deployed in the few days since the launch. I won't go into every little detail, but here are the highlights:

*Modified profile edit page so that you are not required to re-enter your password every time you edit your profile (you only need to enter a password when you want to change your password - Thanks for the idea Ray!).

*Fixed image uploading. Also now allow any readable image to be uploaded for groups and users. The following image types can now be uploaded: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF - and many more.

*Added ability to unsubscribe from communications (like this one). Certain important announcements will still be sent, but if you'd like to not receive informational updates like this one you can uncheck the subscribe box when editing your profile.

Plus many more bug fixes. Thanks to the users who have taken the time to let me know about these!

In the coming days I plan to author several demo slidecasts that will show some of the cooler features available here at SlideSix.com - these demos will include some audio/video features to show you just how powerful these are.

I have many, many ideas for growing the functionality and features of the site, but I need your help! Please feel free to tell a friend about the site.

You can also help by Digging the site here:

http://digg.com/software/Online_Presentations_With_Audio_Video_SlideCasting

Thanks again. With your help I really believe this site can grow!

Read more about SlideSix.com here and be sure to Digg it!!

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What Is slidesix.com?

So the big mystery is over. My silly 'Layer' posts have all been hinting at the launch of my new project, slidesix.com. So what is slidesix.com? Here is an abridged overview - see the 'About' page at the site for more info.

What is slidesix?

slidesix is a site for you to create presentations. We've all had to make a presentation at one point or another, and sometimes we wished we could share that presentation with a larger audience. slidesix is a public community where you can do just that - share your message with the world. Simply put:

• Register (and verify) a new account
• Create a presentation (from scratch, or by uploading a file which will be converted)
• Attach audio and/or video (via multimedia recording within the site) to your slides (slidecasting)
• Publish your presentation!

You can also create Groups, and even turn your presentation into a 'slidecast' by attaching video and/or audio to your presentation (by recording directly to the site with your microphone or web cam).

Once published your presentation can be viewed on slidesix.com, viewed and saved as PDF, or embedded on your web site or blog by using the simple embed code.

You'll also be able to subscribe to RSS feeds for group or user presentations.

That is all for now. Go register and try it out!

Oh - a quick note to folks attending the cf.Objective conference - the wifi here at the conference hotel is obviously not all that hot so make sure to check out the site when you get on a better connection!

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Introducing slidesix.com - The Presentation Layer

See more at slidesix.com

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Layer 7

This application layer interfaces directly performs application services for the application processes; it also issues requests to the presentation layer. Note carefully that this layer provides services to user-defined application processes, and not to the end user. For example, it defines a file transfer protocol, but the end user must go through an application process to invoke file transfer. The OSI model does not include human interfaces. The common application services sublayer provides functional elements including the Remote Operations Service Element (comparable to Internet Remote Procedure Call), Association Control, and Transaction Processing (according to the ACID requirements).

Above the common application service sublayer are functions meaningful to user application programs, such as messaging (X.400), directory (X.500), file transfer (FTAM), virtual terminal (VTAM), and batch job manipulation (JTAM). These contrast with user applications that use the services of the application layer, but are not part of the application layer itself.

1. File Transfer applications using FTAM (OSI protocol) or FTP (TCP/IP Protocol) 2. Mail Transfer clients using X.400 (OSI protocol) or SMTP/POP3/IMAP (TCP/IP protocols) 3. Web browsers using HTTP (TCP/IP protocol); no true OSI protocol for web applications

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INTEGRATING COLDFUSION 8 AJAX WITH MODEL-GLUE APPLICATIONS

Just finished my session at cf.Objective(). Thanks to everyone who came and participated. I was a bit nervous giving my first public CF preso but I think it went pretty well. Attached is the PowerPoint and sample code.

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cf.Objective() Preview - This Thursday

Dan Vega blogged about our upcoming Cleveland CFUG meeting this Thursday evening, but I wanted to point out to folks that we'll be broadcasting the meeting - which is a preview of my, Brian Meloche and Ray Camden's cf.objective() presentations - via connect. Everyone is encouraged to attend the Connect session to get a free preview of the goodness coming to cf.objective() this year. The connect URL is http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

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Is Anybody Even Reading These 'Layer' Posts?

I know I'm not...

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Layer 5

The session layer controls the dialogues/connections (sessions) between computers. It establishes, manages and terminates the connections between the local and remote application. It provides for full-duplex, half-duplex, or simplex operation, and establishes checkpointing, adjournment, termination, and restart procedures. The OSI model made this layer responsible for "graceful close" of sessions, which is a property of TCP, and also for session checkpointing and recovery, which is not usually used in the Internet protocols suite. Session layers are commonly used in application environments that make use of remote procedure calls (RPCs).

iSCSI, which implements the Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) encapsulated into TCP/IP packets, is a session layer protocol increasingly used in Storage Area Networks and internally between processors and high-performance storage devices. iSCSI uses TCP for guaranteed delivery, and carries SCSI command descriptor blocks (CDB) as payload to create a virtual SCSI bus between iSCSI initiators and iSCSI targets.

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