Some useful and interesting feedback is starting to come in on the use of nonlinear. It’s very exciting to see people come up with ideas that you’ve never thought of. People’s imagination and creativity amazes me.
Here are some tips for working with nonlinear.
How do I load my PowerPoints / Keynotes? – You can’t yet directly load PowerPoint or Keynote files into nonlinear [update: yes, you can now]. Instead, you need to:
(1) export them as PDFs
(2) upload those PDFs to some type of webhosting; and,
(3) use the “Download from Web” option in nonlinear to enter the URL and download the PDF. This ability is being worked on now.
Can’t erase files - Nope, you can’t. Not yet. [update: yes you can now!] If you’ve created a presentation, you can delete all the slides in the presentation. This is coming soon.
Video doesn’t play - This might be very frightening, but if you can play the video using the video player that comes with iPad, there’s a quick fix to get it to work properly in nonlinear. Resetting the device clears cache and a memory problem that prevents videos from playing in some apps. To reset an iPad, hold down on the home button and power button at the same time for three seconds.
No web hosting - currently, to get PDFs onto the device, you’ll need to upload your PDF to the web and then download it using the “Download Files” feature. Web hosting can cost between $2 – $10 / month for your own domain, but there are a few free web hosting sites for you to temporarily upload your PDFs to. One that I’ve tried out and seems to work well (though they try to sell you things) is webs.com .
If you have any tips or questions, you can send them directly to info@keetsy.com.
