Wow, Thanks So Much for the Feedback

We are blown away with the response to the recent post "What Videos Should We Make?"  Not just the quantity (over 50 comments and lots of email), but the quality.  It's exciting to see suggestions that have opened up new ideas and ones that fit with a couple of the themes that have been top-of-mind. 

What Videos Should We Make?

Our big transition is almost complete and we need your help.  The new Store is up, we're finishing up the last custom projects and now is the time to plan what videos we'll offer in the Store over the next year.  We have lots of ideas, but we really want to know what you think.

We want to make videos that:

3 Questions from a Reader

In a recent blog post, we asked for questions from readers.  Thanks to Joan from High Contagious Marketing for asking these thought-provoking questions:

1. If your fairy godmother told you she would grant you three wishes for your business, what three wishes would you request.

Wish #1:  An easy one.  Stop ALL spam, effective immediately. This includes online spam, junk mail, front door solicitors, political calls, etc. 

BarCamp Vancouver Session - Feedback?

BarCamp Vancouver is about to lift off and I'm so excited. Vancouver is easily one of my most favorite cities in the world and happens to have a load of great people - many of which are planners of the event.

Booos and Yeahs - Coming Back By Popular Demand

Boy, did we learn something about our videos. You like the booos and yeahs, eh? I think that's pretty clear.

It's funny.  Did you know that the first time we did it for the RSS video it was completely spur-of-the-moment?  The booo just seemed to fit in that moment of production - we had no inkling that it would be a trademark.

I'll take the blame for it not appearing in this video.  I felt like it started to get a bit trite - I thought people might be getting tired of it. I was wrong.

I promise, cross my heart, that the next Common Craft Show video will have the booos and yeahs. 

The New Common Craft

After 3+ years, Common Craft has a new design and a new platform (Drupal) - Yay! We hope you like it, we sure do.

Do You Have an Inspiring Weblog Story to Share?

I’m looking for your help again, dear reader. I have a presentation on Wednesday and I plan to tell some stories. I’m introducing weblogs to about 25 people in 30 minutes, some of which know blogs, others, not so much.

I’m looking for inspiring stories of how an individual used a weblog and the weblog community to create real change in some way. Large or small stories, personal or second hand, I'll take all comers.

My point will be that weblogs and related tools are giving individuals a new kind of power- power that was not possible to achieve 5-10 years ago.

Help Request: Looking for Examples of Blogs Used for Enterprise Learning/Training/Leadership Development

I have a deliverable due in the short term (read: I'm in a hurry here) and I need to find as many examples/papers/posts/presentations, etc. of:

1. Blogs being used for training and leadership development inside companies.

2. Blogs being adopted used successfully by Fortune 500 companies.

If you know of anything that might be useful, please do leave a comment. Thanks in advance.