Our Story of Getting Started with Online Video
By leelefever on May 5, 2008 - 9:26am.
We're often asked how we got started with our videos. Here's the story.
It all started with an online community. It was the latter part of 1999 and I was working in a healthcare data company called HBSI (which was eventually merged into non-existence). The customers were asking for a way to work together across hospitals. So, a few of us started an email group on eGroups, which is now Yahoo Groups. Through this experiment and the online community that grew out of it, I discovered my passion.
Our Videos at One Year: Facts and Figures
By leelefever on April 23, 2008 - 10:21am.
Well, as of today it has been exactly one year since all this video craziness began. On April 22, 2007 we published RSS in Plain English. We never guessed these videos would take us so far - it was just a problem that begged to be solved. Did you ever see a blog post with the same name from 2004?
Since our work is in front of people often, we both feel a little self conscious in talking about the numbers behind the videos. We don't want to seem ostentatious or too self-promotional. But, at the same time, I think that exposing some of the figures provides context and hopefully examples of the power of Social Media.
We're A Webby Award Honoree!
By leelefever on April 8, 2008 - 9:39am.
We have just been notified that The Common Craft Show is an Official Webby Award Honoree in the category of View With Comments
Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store
By leelefever on April 2, 2008 - 9:48am.
As I wrote recently, we've been thinking a lot about Common Craft's future. In the coming year, Sachi and I want to make even more videos for you - videos that are useful, both on the Web and in the workplace. We've recently created a new resource that will hopefully help us get there.
Today we're announcing the roll out of an early version of The Common Craft Store. It looks like this:
Common Craft - (Nearly) A Year Later
By leelefever on March 24, 2008 - 6:21pm.
It's been almost a year since we published our first paperworks video - RSS in Plain English in April of 2007. Since that time, we've been watching every comment, every blog post and every email. We are lucky to have fans like you that have shared our videos and helped us learn so much.
It's through watching these conversations that we've been able to see new ways for Common Craft to have a bigger impact in the next year. We'll be more specific soon, but for now, I'd like to share some big picture perspectives on how we see you and ourselves. These perspectives will drive the changes you'll see in 2008.
Pardon Me Friend, Can You Spare a Vote?
By leelefever on March 14, 2008 - 11:38am.
We've just been notified that our video "Zombies in Plain English" has been nominated for a Yahoo Video award for Best Animated Video. YAY!
Here's what they say:
View With Comments Human Spam Comments - Where to Draw the Line?
By leelefever on March 4, 2008 - 9:27am.
The arms race between spammers and bloggers continues and I often feel like I'm on the front lines. I'm so thankful for tools like Akismet that automatically prevent bots from spewing bullshit in blog comments.
View With Comments Signing Off for a While
By leelefever on January 31, 2008 - 12:54pm.
Dear reader, we will return in a couple of weeks time - please don't forget about us. We'll be thinking of you. In the mean time, here are some words to live by:
While this blog won't be updated, you may find new things on Flickr and Twitter. See ya soon!
View With Comments Home for the Holidays (and an off-topic interview)
By leelefever on December 21, 2007 - 4:40pm.
First, we want to wish you and yours good cheer and positive vibes for the Holidays. It's been an exciting year for us at Common Craft and it couldn't have happened without you. Your links, your blog entries, your emails to friends all put a spotlight on our work that wouldn't have happened otherwise. Maybe there is something to this social media thing after all. J
Between now and the New Year, we'll be with families on separate coasts and generally unavailable.
View With Comments Site Note: Please Prove You Are Human
By leelefever on December 20, 2007 - 1:19pm.
As Darren would say, this is a boring site note. I have finally turned on Captcha for comments to blog posts. This means that, in order to post a comment, you'll have to answer a simple question to prove you are human. I have a feeling you'll pass the test with flying colors.
More than anything, I want to know if you have any problems with the system. Thanks.
Updated: I'm testing a new system that I can't discuss right now (it's in private beta). This means that you may not see the captcha question as described above.
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