How do I … ?

Have you ever been confused when someone tries to explain the intricacies of  “new” tools and technologies such as Blogging, RSS, Twitter or Social Bookmarking? CommonCraft has produced several videos in their In Plain English series which explains all these and more ina a simple but humourous way. They are available from their website but most are also on YouTube or featured on various blogs.

Organizations of all types purchase these videos for training and education but there are no limitations on giving links whereby students – or friends – can view them online. Each video also includes the code for embedding it in a website. I’d like to put  RSS in Plain English in the margin of this blog but haven’t worked out how to do it yet.

An article in the Commoncraft blog also refers readers to Explainers to Watch in 2009 and gives a list of good presentation sites both visual and verbal.

Tapping into Media

How can we make our web pages more popular with our clients? This article from libraryjournal.com has several suggestions including the use of videos and podcasts. We do have one video clip on our web page but can also make better use of the free videos available from YouTube. A podcast is in the pipeline and will go live soon.

What subjects would you like to see covered if we do make more use of these tools?