Apple today showed off their new (FREE!) iBooks Author app, a new way to author ebooks (including text books). Included in that is a feature allowing you to completely embed a Keynote presentation into your ebook.
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Tom Negrino, author of several books on Keynote (as well as many other wonderful books) has alerted us to a hilarious new video on youtube that exemplifies every bad presentation ever given. If attended any sort of business meeting in the last 5-10 years that included a projected presentation, you been there. Heck, you may have even GIVEN a presentation like this (ED: I know I have, complete with botched Apple software demo and a bad case of the nervous shakes).

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Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL

Apple today released a minor update to Keynote 5, bringing it to version 5.1.1

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Jumsoft, a developer of application templates for Mac OS X, is proud to introduce an addition to its selection of premium-quality design themes for Apple’s Keynote. The five new themes, like the rest of the Pro Themes for Keynote collection, offer up-market quality at a reasonable price.

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We feel terrible that we didn’t get on this bandwagon at the start, but those of you interested still have a day to get involved.

ProfCast Mobile is an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that will allow you to create, give, and record presentations from your iOS device.

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Graphic Node, a graphic design company that specializes in creating themes, templates, and illustrations for Mac OS X, has announced another addition to its assortment of themes for Apple’s Keynote. Ten new themes have been added to the 10 designs from the previous version of Still Themes, which allows Keynote users to explore different ways of transforming their presentations into standout productions.

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