Here is a quick little screencast I prepared that shows how the just released Parallels Desktop RC2 coherence mode just got way better. In a nutshell, a couple of small tweaks gets rid of that nasty old Windows Taskbar. Clicking on the Parallels dock icon opens up the Start Menu.

The Amazon Web Services Developer Connection has an 18 minute screencast that will show you how to Set up and Run Amazon EC2 from Windows. EC2 is Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud web service. With EC2 you can setup and run your own virtual server for less than $80 per month.

I have created a 15 minute screencast that will show you how to Debug JavaScript with Firebug. I cover a number of concepts such as using the console, interactive debugger and timer features of the Firebug extension for Firefox. If you haven’t tried Firebug yet, I’m sure that this screencast will convince you to make it a part of your JavaScript coding workflow.

I hope you enjoy my first screencast! I plan on doing a few more over the next couple of weeks, so I would appreciate your feedback.

Launch the screencast now! (requires Flash)