By leelefever on June 16, 2009 - 3:09pm
Today we released a new video called "Twitter Search in Plain English"
The video uses an metaphor of the small town of "Twitterville." The town has an election and the people use Twitter to track real-time news, a hashtag to organize discussions and trends to find new information.
While it wasn't our intention, the video matches closely with the events currently taking place in Iran, where people are using Twitter to organize and share news about their disputed election.
If you know people who get Twitter, but don't understand things like hashtags and trending topics, this video will help.
Watch Twitter Search in Plain English.
By leelefever on June 16, 2009 - 2:59pm
By leelefever on May 26, 2009 - 12:11pm
Today we published a new video called "Preparing an Emergency Kit in Plain English." 
This video represents a new kind of relationship for Common Craft. A while back, we were contacted by Public Safety Canada (PSC) about this subject and we saw a couple of opportunities. First, we could work on a video that has the potential to have a positive impact. Second, we saw an opportunity for a win-win in terms of the video's ownership - something we call a hybrid relationship.
Emergency kits are a widely accepted part of emergency preparedness and most agree on what a kit should contain. The opportunity we saw was to work with PSC to create an emergency kit video that would fit their needs and give us an opportunity to offer a similar video for licensing on commoncraft.com. So, PSC received a video built for their Canadian audience and we have a video with versions appropriate for our American audience. We see this as a win-win and enjoyed working with PSC to make it happen.
This video offers governments and organizations focusing on emergency preparedness a quick and effective way to help citizens get started on building their kits. It can be licensed and branded for use in training and education, or on public facing websites.
Watch the video here.
Video: World Wide Web in Plain English
Show Description:
<p>
<span class="description">A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers addresses and links. </span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/25f1be59-9a84-4d75-94ef-acd0b5ccf0af">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-world-wide-web-plain-english">transcript</a>?
</p>
<p>
<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
</b>
</p>
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</p>
Store Description:
<span class="description">A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers, addresses and links. </span>
Individual License Price:
WMV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=233942&cl=15474&ejc=2
WMV, Site License:
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MOV, Individual License:
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By leelefever on April 08, 2009 - 1:37pm
By leelefever on March 30, 2009 - 7:39am
Andrew Pegler, plain English writer and editor, is frustrated by the language that dominates business and law. In "Join Winnie's War and Mind Your Language" he has harsh words for what passes as communcation these days:
Video: Computer Software in Plain English
Show Description:
<p>
<span class="description"> A short explanation of how operating systems and software programs work together to make computers useful and customizable. </span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvOfSrFZDc">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/253fc0e4-32fe-4c36-80e4-5dfb692dbb95">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-computer-software-plain-english">transcript</a> ?
</p>
<p>
<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
</b>
</p>
Store Description:
<span class="description"> A short explanation of how operating systems and software programs work together to make computers useful and customizable. </span>
Individual License Price:
WMV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=226513&cl=15474&ejc=2
WMV, Site License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=226568&cl=15474&ejc=2
MOV, Individual License:
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MOV, Site License:
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By leelefever on March 24, 2009 - 9:38pm
Video: Computer Hardware in Plain English
Show Description:
<p>
A short explanation of the basic parts of computers and what they do to make computers work. Focuses on the Hard Drive, RAM and Processor.
</p>
<p>
<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pYiNyGKB84">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/3359111">Vimeo</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/dc7ca26a-7d5d-404e-8e21-c9e67ec037ac">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-computer-hardware-plain-english">transcript</a>?
</p>
<p>
<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
</b>
</p>
Store Description:
A short explanation of the basic parts of computers and what they accomplish to
make computers work. Focuses on the Hard Drive, RAM and Processor.
Individual License Price:
WMV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=214580&cl=15474&ejc=2
WMV, Site License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=214605&cl=15474&ejc=2
MOV, Individual License:
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MOV, Site License:
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By leelefever on February 25, 2009 - 11:52am
