1. Hype up your new operating system.
2. Announce that you will have a public beta within a month.
3. When you release the public beta, make sure you tell everyone it will only be available to a limited number of people for one day.
4. Success!
The Windows 7 beta is supposed to be available today. I’ve been trying for a while, but their system is so hammered I can’t get to the page where I’m supposed to get my product key and download link.
Just a quick post to tell you about a program I found quite well designed and useful. I always appreciate it when people mention my own software, so I figured I’d do the same.
I decided it was time to create some videos for SwordSearcher Bible Software. I bought a license for Instant Demo, and I’m glad I did. After a few days of work, I’ve got three videos done. They aren’t Hollywood productions, but they look and sound good, and give people who don’t like reading manuals or web sites an alternative to learning about my software. The learning curve for Instant Demo is not very steep, and there are excellent tools for all of the things good software videos need, like highlighting hotspots, tweaking and refining mouse movements and clicks, adjusting delays, and adding audio narration.
Yes, I’ve been pretty quiet here lately — with good reason.
Version 5.4 of SwordSearcher Bible Software is finally released!
For years I’ve received requests for Clarence Larkin’s Dispensational Truth. I’m happy to report that it is now part of the SwordSearcher study library, including all of the charts. This was a pretty big job. The charts in the book were not suitable for scanning as they often spanned pages and just couldn’t be properly combined into single images. So, I obtained large-format prints of the charts, then had them scanned with hardware designed to archive large blueprints. The result is the best possible scans of these old illustrations.
You can see what else has been added here.
For the second year in a row, SwordSearcher Bible Software has been awarded the SIAF People’s Choice for Best Personal Interest software. The award was announced at the annual Software Industry Conference in Boston, MA on July 19.
I wasn’t able to attend the conference this year. I’m sorry I missed it. But I’m certainly pleased to get the award again. To whomever is voting for SwordSearcher: thank you! (I’ve never solicited votes, so I don’t really know who you are.)
Ever since SwordSearcher 4.0, there have been users sharing modules (Commentaries, Books, etc) that they have built for the software. There are quite a few of them floating around the net, so it’s high time I did something to help SwordSearcher Bible Software users find them in case there are items of interest in their study.
SSModules: Free Module Downloads for SwordSearcher Bible Software is currently in “beta.” It’s beta because there isn’t much listed there yet, but I’m working on it. My goal is two-fold:
Work will be ongoing. I don’t know how long it will be “in beta” (certainly not perpetual beta like a Google internet service), but it’s usable now, so have a visit if you’re a SwordSearcher user. You may find something you like.