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Update: I've got the answer!

Thanks to Jackie Huba for telling me about SnapzProX (Ambrosia Software for Mac). It's the coolest little tool. It captures a Flash video from YouTube and coverts it to a .mov file. Which can then be uploaded into Keynote (and also PowerPoint).

Note: I'm becoming quite the pro with Keynote. As I get the hang of it, I like it a *lot more* than PowerPoint, which I basically loathe.

Thanks also to Stephan Spencer

Update: I've got the answer!

Thanks to Jackie Huba for telling me about SnapzProX (Ambrosia Software for Mac). It's the coolest little tool. It captures a Flash video from YouTube and coverts it to a .mov file. Which can then be uploaded into Keynote (and also PowerPoint).

Note: I'm becoming quite the pro with Keynote. As I get the hang of it, I like it a *lot more* than PowerPoint, which I basically loathe.

Thanks also to Stephan Spencer who directed me to Lifehack.org for an explanation of how to download a YouTube video. (I haven't tried this yet.)

Sorry to be an idiot. I'm sure I'm missing something totally obvious. Below is one of the Chevy Tahoe spoof videos.

Two questions:

1. What's the link to the YouTube Tahoe video I'm looking for? You know; the one where all the Tahoes go over the waterfall.

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This came in an email today.

Hi Debbie, I was early for a lunch meeting and decided to walk into a bookstore to kill some time. I really had no purpose in the bookstore, so I started to think of some books that I wanted to skim through. Yours was one of them.

I was only going to skim your book, soak up the info, then put it down and head off to my meeting. However, I got so engrossed in its contents, I was unaware of the time. I nearly missed my

This came in an email today.

Hi Debbie, I was early for a lunch meeting and decided to walk into a bookstore to kill some time. I really had no purpose in the bookstore, so I started to think of some books that I wanted to skim through. Yours was one of them.

I was only going to skim your book, soak up the info, then put it down and head off to my meeting. However, I got so engrossed in its contents, I was unaware of the time. I nearly missed my meeting and immediately jumped up from the lounge chair to go and purchase your book. I just couldn't leave it behind.

What a tremendously beautiful book you've written. It was certainly needed in the market. Every blogging book I've seen focuses on the mechanics of launching a blog. Yours is the first that focuses on the strategies of launching…

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I'm moderating a discussion on these knotty questions over on the iaoc blog this week.

Day 1: Is it OK to ghostwrite a CEO blog?

The consensus seems to be yes at least amongst the small group of writers who're taking part in the discussion.

Feel free to add your two cents, either by adding a comment on the iaoc blog (you have to create a login which is kind of a pain but not hard to do). If it's easier, click Comments below to add your

I'm moderating a discussion on these knotty questions over on the iaoc blog this week.

Day 1: Is it OK to ghostwrite a CEO blog?

The consensus seems to be yes at least amongst the small group of writers who're taking part in the discussion.

Feel free to add your two cents, either by adding a comment on the iaoc blog (you have to create a login which is kind of a pain but not hard to do). If it's easier, click Comments below to add your thoughts.

Day 2: Should a ghostblogger for a CEO reveal him or herself?

Again the consenus, thus far, is very un-bloglike. I.e. "no."

I'd really like to hear from readers who aren't writers per se and who work in a corporate environment. Am I hopelessly naive to think that a CEO can write his or her own blog?

Is Sun's…

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