Terri Lonier and I became friends while in the National Speakers Association and have continued our relationship as our own entrepreneurial businesses have grown and changed. She sends out a terrific weekly educational segment I highly recommend: Working Solo Minute.
What was most valuable to me recently was the introduction to a site call commoncraft.com which explains technology in a way that makes it easy to understand. I’d been hearing about wiki’s for some time now but could never get a clear explanation of what they are or how they work. After four minutes of watching the clever and simple animation on the commoncraft site, I get it. Not only that, I’ve started and used two since then–one for a personal group I’m in and another for a business community I coach. Try it, you’ll like it!


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June 16, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Kare Anderson
As another fan of Commoncraft (I interviewed him before interviewing you
+ and your gracious, idea-packed interview is now on our blog)
I think one reminder from seeing their videos is how difficult it is
to make things simple and fun to learn… yet they make it look easy
to explain things for us
June 17, 2008 at 7:47 am
janepollak
@Kare
That’s exactly right! It’s simple and fun, and we’ve moved away from that in this digital age. It was so refreshing to see. Thank you for the comment and plug!
June 17, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Lena West
Jane:
I LOVE that you’ve mentioned the work of the folks at Common Craft!
They do such a good job of explaining totally techie products in non-technical terms. I LOVE them and am a big fan.
And kudos to you for using wikis! Way to go!
-Lena
June 17, 2008 at 2:46 pm
janepollak
@Lena
Thank you! I find great resources–like YOU–and then share them with my readers. Let me know if there are others you’d recommend I pass on.
June 19, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Linda
Wow….I’m very impressed. The ammount of time it must have taken for each one of those videos — since they draw it on paper — I just can’t imagine! I enjoyed the Twitter one, because I keep hearing about the website but never really understood what the buzz was all about. Thank you for this resource.