the internet in plain english

Everybody see the video this weekend explaining social networking sites?

Well it was created by a company called Commoncraft and they have a series of videos explaining different web utilities.

Here's one explaining RSS feeds. If you have a lot of internet sites that you read on a weekly basis, RSS feeds are a godsend:


Ever wonder what the idea behind sites like Wikipedia is? Here's a video explaining wikis:


Here's one explaining Twitter - a service that Glen referred to this weekend:

If you decide to Twitter, let me know at patchdrury at gmail dot com. I and several other folks from Crossroads are already on Twitter.

And finally, here's the one from this weekend about social networking in case you wanted to watch it again:


There are a few more on the Commoncraft website if you're interested.