You’ve found all 9 posts in the explanation category.

Funny: Rockwells Retro Encabulator

By leelefever on March 26, 2008 - 12:51pm.

The yin to Common Craft's yang:

I wish I knew more about this, the YouTube pages offer little info.
Thanks to Paul Ingram and Ryan Turner for the pointers.

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Interview with Nora Young on CBC Radio's Spark

By leelefever on March 18, 2008 - 10:47pm.

Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Nora Young, host of the CBC Radio Show Spark, which is described as "smart and unexpected trendwatching." The show airs tomorrow at 11:30 EST and 4pm EST on CBC Radio One.

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Internet Power - A 1995 Video Explaining the Internet

By leelefever on March 18, 2008 - 11:27am.


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CBS's "Fast Draw" Whiteboard Explanations

By leelefever on February 18, 2008 - 2:25pm.

CBS is starting to integrate whiteboard-based explantions into the news.  We first heard about it  being used on the show Sunday Morning, where I imagine the lighter content seemed more appropriate.  Thanks to Ron for the pointer to this video.

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Discovering the RSS Explanation Problem

By leelefever on January 23, 2008 - 10:29am.

I remember the exact moment when it first became apparent to me that there was such a thing as an explanation problem.  I was at a small conference on Silicon Valley in early 2004.  There was a CEO of a start up there and during his talk, he mentioned RSS.  Someone raised their hand and asked the question "What is RSS?"



This CEO's responses to the question, and I'm not kidding, was "RSS is an XML-based content syndication format." As you might expect, this was met with a look of bewilderment.

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Data Portability For Non-Geeks

By leelefever on January 16, 2008 - 4:07pm.

If you look at DataPortability.org, it's obvious they have an explanation problem. I'm not likely their target audience, but "Turnkey Reference Blueprints" don't exactly make me want to get involved.

That's why I like this video by Smash Cut Media - it focuses on the pain of having to keep up with data across mutiple web sites - and how the Data Portability workgroup is helping to solve the problem.  It's a bit flashy, but effective and fun to watch. 

Check it out:

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A Wonderfully Entertaining Sushi Video

By leelefever on January 11, 2008 - 3:59pm.

This video is a masterpiece in my opinion - especially if you're into  Japanese culture (Sachi is half-Japanese).  It's just so culturally real, so bitingly satirical, so truly funny.  It won awards at the now defunct Resfest in 2003, and now it's on YouTube for your viewing pleasure.

Give it a little while to get rolling - it starts slow and literal.


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Video: RSS in Plain English

By leelefever on April 23, 2007 - 9:09pm.

The Weblog Elevator Pitch- One Year Later

By leelefever on April 27, 2005 - 3:27pm.

It was one year ago that I won my first contest as a writer. The challenge was to create the "perfect corporate weblog elevator pitch". It was put on by the folks at Weblogs Inc. via the Social Software Weblog and Judith Meskill.

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