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Article: Multimedia development: what it takes?
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- Canadian Manager
- Article date:
- September 22, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Canadian Institute of Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Sooner or later we will all be able to effortlessly place multiple media elements into our every day documents, mail messages, presentations and "multimedia books". In the meantime, however, the task is left for multimedia developers on the "bleeding" edge to produce titles and content in a complex and changing time.
Multimedia developers are a very special breed. The development process is not for the faint of heart or the slight of talent. To build effective and engaging multimedia, the developer must walk the fine line between form and content. As such, they must be creative and analytical at the same time. They must understand how people learn and think as well ...