Oncor Blog Presentation Recently I was invited to speak during a panel discussion at Oncor in Dallas. I began a blog in 2004 using the name of TheDadsCenter.org. Somewhere in 2007 I began using my fabled name, @DaddyClaxton on Twitter and then bought the domain. The original “Daddy Claxton” was mentioned in a song by Read More
What Book Did You Read Last? How did you choose it? The last book I read was John Ed Mathison’s When God Redefines the Possible, soon to be released for Kindle, Nook and iPad. Today I was given a stack of books to read by a potential client. Yeah, that makes me a little different Read More
The Print To eBook Conversion–A New Way To Look At ‘Books’ At Claxton Creative here in Dallas, we’ve done a number of print to e-Book and iBooks Author-generated conversions and one thing becomes immediately clear throughout this process–the print to e-Book conversion process shouldn’t be a matter of just replacing the print copy into digitized Read More
Balance Ragged Lines InDesign Layout Stopping Full Margin Layout We’re working on the layout of John Ed Mathison’s EPUB version of When God Redefines The Possible, now completed as a book for iPad and nearly ready for submission to Apple. But our wonderful client also wants versions for Kindle & Nook and so we’re working Read More
Press Club of Dallas Book For iPad–Making the $$ Work Attached is the link to my book for iPad, which was my presentation to the Press Club of Dallas on March 2, 2013. Feel free to download the book. Once it’s on your desktop, drop it into iTunes and then sync your iPad. The file Read More
Congratulations Apple on iTunes U 1 billion downloads! At Claxton Creative, we’ve been working to generate content for iTunes U for our clients and studying ways to enhance this ever-expanding form of e-Learning. Classes on iTunes U are free. That drives some learned professors mad as they don’t understand the revenue model shift. Usually, people Read More
Life Is Good When You’re The WOW! At An Apple Genius Bar Since I bought my first MacBook Pro on Oct. 11, 2007, I’ve had my share of opportunities to visit the Apple Genius Bar at Northpark Mall. If you don’t know, it’s one of the smallest stores in the Apple Store inventory, but also Read More
Can You Use Hype To Create A Parallax Animation For An iBook Widget? For more than a year now I’ve been working on a sister project–TheWondersExpedition.com and trying to help share some fascinating discoveries I’ve noticed in the study of amazing places around the world. And to begin telling that story in digital book form, Read More
DALLAS DIGITAL BOOK PUBLISHER DESIGNING INTERACTIVE BOOKS FOR JOHN ED MATHISON MINISTRY IN MONTGOMERY, AL Former Alabama Governor’s Press Secretary Teaming Up With Storied Frazer UMC Minister To Bring ‘When God Redefines The Possible’ Book To Life MONTGOMERY, AL—Claxton Creative, LLC of Dallas, led by former the former press secretary of two former Alabama governors, Read More
The Barnes and Noble Lost Sale From Today I needed a work book TODAY. I was in Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Park in Dallas and had it in my hands. It was a book about ePublishing in Adobe’s InDesign. Stamped on the back of the book was a price of $49.99. I checked the Read More
