The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.

I’d like to let you in on some of the inner workings of our Jing Project development here at TechSmith. We use a tool called Campfire that is a Web-based chat room of sorts that allows us to share documents and keeps a permanent log of past days and months. We use Campfire to ask quick questions to the group, troubleshoot, seek opinions and announce updates. Sometimes we talk about things that have nothing to do with Jing.

Jing 1.3 and 1.4 incorporated new features that required new buttons. You might be amazed at how much discussion and work goes into the simplest little button. Alan Dennis is our Interaction Designer, and he incorporates all the grief we give him into something tangible and “clickable.”

In this Jing video (0:58) I show you how Jing quimply enhanced our conversation about the little buttons in the upper right of the History window. (Audio is beneficial, but not required to get the gist of this demo.)

A few users have been kind enough to point out to us that AVG antivirus software is currently giving a warning that the Jing .EXE has a trojan in it. Jing doesn't contain a trojan, or any other type of virus.

While the Jing Project is new, TechSmith has been around for 20 years. Honest, no trojans. :)

We’re trying to get a hold of AVG to get it sorted out. We'll be sure to update you when we find out why we generate a false positive. Thanks for letting us know. We really appreciate the feedback.

Want to see Jing in action? Have feedback or feature reqeusts? Stop by the TechSmith booth at SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas! We'd love to meet you and chat. I'll be there March 8 - 12. The Jing Product Manager, Tony Dunckel, will also be at the show.

I have a few passes to the expo if you'd like to attend the exhibits. So, if you're attending SXSW or are in the Austin area, drop me an e-mail or call me on my cell, +1.517.410.0030. I'd love to chat with you about future projects, screencasting, product feedback, twitter, hockey, or whatever topic you choose! And, if you can't attend SXSW, I'd love to be your roving reporter. Any sessions you'd like me to attend?

Meet AJ Morris. You might remember his name from a while back when he shared a multi-image capture tip. AJ’s been a big proponent of using Jing to help make our Tech Support even better. When Jing first came out you can imagine that some of the Tech Support folks were a bit nervous. “We’re going to support a free ‘Project’?” As it turns out, Jing has been a great asset for those in support. I fired up a little camcorder and “interviewed” AJ a while back. Let me warn you—this is not an Anton-quality production, but it’s short and you’ll get a little peek inside TechSmith.