Blizzappoccageddon 2011 hits mid-Michigan
1 February, 2011 § 1 Comment
Tonight mid-Michigan is expecting a gluttony of snow to land on our doorstep. So much snow that TechSmith has closed the offices tomorrow and Michigan State University has cancelled classes.
In the spirit of the weather, I wanted to plug two great things about TechSmith:
TechSmith’s software allows educators to fight blizzards like superheroes. When universities cancel classes and webinars are cancelled, software like Camtasia Studio and Camtasia Relay can step in and save the day. Both of these products allow presenters to record their presentations outside of the classroom, and email out recordings to students.
The company culture is great! From ugly-holiday-sweater day to conference rooms named after classic video games, everywhere you turn you’re in for a surprise. For example, my favorite room for scheduling meetings in is Galaga, where we have our own Plinko board. If you’ve been lucky enough to grab one of our prized possessions, a TechSmith titanium spork, then you’ll love what got cooked up today at the office.
With the blizzappoccageddon approaching, we wanted a way to measure the snowfall. What better way than to build a giant “titanium” spork? A Paul Bunyan-sized spork was constructed, and planted outside of one of our buildings. The company is live-streaming the snowstorm, and we’ll have a timelapse video to share when the storm leaves mid-Michigan.
JAWS 
For that snow day I stayed home and thus no issues whatsoever. On Feb 20th it snowed near equivalently and I was out while it snowed! Luckily I wasn’t far from home or had to do a lot of driving! Tell us how the Blizzappoccageddon 2011 affected you! And any other snow stories if you got them!
Also TechSmith’s recording of lectures can be quite helpful for conditions such as this!