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This week's Screencast of the Week comes from Richard Treves on his Google Earth Design blog.

There are several reasons I picked this screencast. I like the use of sketch motion callouts to draw viewer attention to certain details in the video. Looks like Richard also used a watermark on the video for his university. I have to say one of my favorite parts about this screencast is not actually part of the video - at the end of Richard's blog post, he shares what he has learned and posted his Camtasia workflow. We can all learn from each other.

You can see a blog post all about the screencast here. It's a quick screencast running 6:34.

Hat tip to Richard Lane for emailing me the screencast! Any nominations for next week's Screencast of the Week? Email or post a comment.

Sorry for the light blogging, but I'm having too much fun meeting up with users and going to User Group meetings in the UK this week! We had some fun geek dinners in London and Edinburgh. Big thanks to Ian Smith and Colin MacKay and the Scottish Developers for setting them up! That's Colin in the pic sporting a spork mustache with one of our TechSmith Sporks!

I haven't even had any accidents (or caused any) driving over here... yet. :-)

So, on to the Screencast of the Week... Since I'm going to Paris, France for LeWeb, I thought it would be nice to highlight a screencast from France. This week's Screencast of the Week comes from a violinist, painter and sculptor France, Stephanie Valentin.

I like this screencast for several reasons. Stephanie does a great job at utilizing captions to teach how to draw and give tips. And, think Camtasia paired with a tablet (Wacom or Tablet PC) can make interesting content. Check out this quick screencast on 'How to Draw Realistic Mouth". It's a short screencast running 3:40 minutes.

My suitcase is packed. I'm sad to leave the UK, but looking forward to heading to Paris for LeWeb. Would anyone like to meet-up in Paris? Drop me an email or call me (+1.517.410.0030)...

I love a good road trip, don't you? Well, people of the UK, you've been warned... I'm coming to your side of the pond next week. And, I have rented a car!!! So, you might not only want to stay off the roads, but you may want to leave the country entirely!

I've got one last trip on my schedule this year. And, it is shaping up to be a great one! I hope I can meet up with many of you on the road!

Up first, is a stop is London! We're having a meet-up on Nov 30. I'd love to see you if you're in the area. Sign-up and details can be found here.

Big thanks to the wonderful Ian Smith (@irascian on Twitter) for organizing the London Meet-up! That's him in the pic with me!

After London, I'm heading up to Edinburgh, Scotland for a meet-up with the famous (or infamous!) DevExpress Evangelist Gary Short. I'm hoping Gary can teach me more Scottish slang words like tickety boo that I can use in screencasts. :-)

After that, I'm off to Ireland to meet with the awesome Heather James. Remember her? She wrote the Missing Manual for Jing.

And finally, I'll be in Paris December 9- 10 for the LeWeb conference. Anton Bollen will also be joining me in Paris for LeWeb!

So, if you're in London, Edinburgh, Dublin or Paris, I'd love to meet-up! Beverage of your choice and a titanium TechSmith spork is on me! Drop me an email, leave me a comment on the blog, call or text me (+1.517.410.0030).

Any travel advice for me? Where should I go? What should I see? Where should I eat?