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
Friday we saw a Google Alert of a FOX News story of counselors offering Skype Counseling Sessions. A quick email to our client revealed what we’d not previously known. Two counselors are offering Skype counseling sessions–one even to a client in Russia, and they’re working out well. So after a quick email pitch to KDFW 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
Preston Place Counseling Offering Child-Parent Relationship Training We are proud to announce that Dr. Terri Gonzales of Preston Place Counseling here in Dallas is now taking enrollment applications for parents of children under the age of 10 who are struggling with behavioral issues in their child and seeking assistance. Her child-parent relationship classes will be Read More
QR Codes At A Funeral Home? Even In Death, You Cannot Escape Social Media I shot a funeral today for a client at the Grove Hill Funeral Home on Samuel in Dallas, Texas today. While talking to the building organizer about particulars of the event, I could not help but notice how Grove Hill is Read More
What Apple Didn’t Tell Us About Changes From iBooks Author Version 1 Series We published our book for iPad 21012: Science & Prophecy of the Ancient Maya by Dr. Mark Van Stone on Aug. 23, 2012 using the 1.0 version series of iBooks Author. The book cleared through Apple’s approval process in a day or Read More
iBooks 3 books for iPad now includes a powerful Social Media component that allows a reader to share content with others via Twitter, Facebook, Message, and Email. From an educational standpoint, this is significant. The new “share” function from highlighting allows for the exchange of text within a book via Mail, Message, Twitter, Facebook or Read More
Another one of the most amazing aspect of books for iPad s the capability brought about by the iBooks Author Video widget. In our opinion, it’s really hard to decide if 3D animations or videos are the most compelling interactive feature of this new form of book. Really, at this point, you don’t want to Read More
iBooks Author 3D animations set books for the iPad apart from every other kind of book that ever has been made. That’s not an exaggeration or a snazzy marketing claim. It’s fact. Books for the iPad, and the newly released iPad mini, include iBooks Author 3D animations, videos, multi-touch interactive images, puzzles, study guide notecards Read More
Books for iPad–The Great Gold Landslide of 2012 Earlier this year I was having a breakfast meeting–one that lasted for 4.5 hours–with our colleague, George Saltsman from Abilene Christian University’s spin-off, Connected Consulting, (and there’s a story I need to share about George,) but this point I must make first. We’d been talking about the Read More
