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Custom Video: Microsoft Windows Live.com
By leelefever on November 19, 2008 - 2:39pm.
Length: 3:03
Date Produced: Nov 19 2008
Views: 4326 reads
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Common Craft was hired by Microsoft to help explain the new Windows Live.com. We were so excited to work with a local organization on a project that highlights a new direction for the company.
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Custom Video: Microsoft Windows Live.com
By leelefever on Nov 19 2008 - 2:39pm
Common Craft was hired by Microsoft to help explain the new Windows Live.com. We were so excited to work with a local organization on a project that highlights a new direction for the company.
Need a custom web video? Check out our Explainer Network of producers.
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Custom Video: Google Reader in Plain English
By leelefever on Aug 26 2008 - 9:06am
The Google Reader team hired us to create this one minute introduction to Google Reader. Our other videos for Google include: Google Docs, Mobile Maps (My Location) and Google Apps with Salesforce.
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Custom Video: LinkedIn
By leelefever on Jul 2 2008 - 8:49am
I've been a member of LinkedIn for years and like many members, I wondered how to get more from my connections. The company came to us to help address this question in video form. Ultimately, it's about uncovering LinkedIn's ability to not just connect, but get things done.
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Custom Video: Meetup.com
By leelefever on Jun 11 2008 - 5:18pm
I've always admired Meetup's goal to use the Internet to get people together in the real world. We were happy to be able to work with them to get that message in front of more people. Douglas Atkin and the rest of the Meetup folks were a pleasure. Did you see the recent article about them in Business Week?
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Custom Video: Using Google Apps with Salesforce.com
By leelefever on Apr 14 2008 - 10:29am
This video was created to help introduce a collaboration between Google Apps and Salesforce. It's our third client production for Google and focuses on how Google Apps tools like Gmail, Docs, Calendar and Talk are integrated into Salesforce CRM, keeping everything in the sales process on the same track.
You can also view the video on Google's You Tube channel and the Google Blog.
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Custom Video: H&R Block's Tango in Plain English
By leelefever on Jan 30 2008 - 1:20pm
Tax season. Ugh. I know. When we were first contacted by H&R Block we wondered if tax preparation was something that would be a good fit. However, after seeing Tango for the first time, it made sense and we were impressed. The Tango experience is a personal one that's designed around removing the pain of taxes and making it a little fun. We all need more levity, right?
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Custom Video: Enerjy for Java Development
By leelefever on Jan 22 2008 - 10:47am
Enerjy was our first client production focused on the world of software development tools (its a plug-in for Eclipse.) Enerjy does something unique: it looks at Java code and produces the Enerjy Index - a 1-10 scale of integrity. This helps developers understand what parts of the code are likely to produce bugs - and why. The video will hopefully make this clear:
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Custom Video: Buying a Home with Redfin
By leelefever on Jan 2 2008 - 11:02pm
Redfin is disrupting an industry that really needs disruption: real estate. A local Seattle company, they came to us because people often misunderstand what it means to use an "online real estate brokerage." See if this video makes it clear for you.
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Custom Video: Google's My Location for Mobile Maps
By leelefever on Dec 11 2007 - 10:48am
We love making videos that explain truly innovative products. Such was the case for the video we produced for the Google Maps for Mobile team. The video explains a new feature of Google Maps for Mobile called "My Location" that makes using a mobile map much more efficient by establishing your location without GPS.
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Custom Video: Vancouver's I-Move (In A Minute)
By leelefever on Dec 4 2007 - 1:37pm
Vancouver BC, like most cities, has traffic problems. To help solve this problem, TransLink, the Greater Vancouver (BC) Transporation Authority created a new website designed to help citizens plan around traffic problems. The site is called I-Move .ca and here is a one minute introduction.
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Custom Video: California School Finance in Plain English
By leelefever on Nov 26 2007 - 11:46pm
This video is a client production for the organization YouthNoise, which aims to encourage youths to get involved and make a difference. The video is currently displayed on the Right to Learn part of YouthNoise.com and was produced with goal of explaining how California schools are funded.
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Custom Video: MyGads in Plain English
By leelefever on Nov 16 2007 - 7:04pm
MyGads is one of those useful tools that is difficult to explain without seeing it work. It's part wiki, part bot, part mobile. Hopefully the video does a better job than my text...
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Custom Video: Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English
By leelefever on Oct 2 2007 - 10:04pm
Wetpaint is a local Seattle company that makes super easy-to-use wikis for the consumer market. This client production, our third, is currently displayed from the front page of Wetpaint.com.
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Custom Video: Google Docs in Plain English
By leelefever on Sep 17 2007 - 9:20pm
Our second client production was for the Google Docs team. For the first time, we got a chance to work on a product that we use every day. This video was timed to accompany the release of Google's new presentation product.
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Custom Video: PRWeb in Plain English
By leelefever on Sep 17 2007 - 1:12am
Our first client production, this video is focused on PRWeb's newswire service and a concept we call "The River of News."
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