We're A Webby Award Honoree!
By leelefever on April 08, 2008 - 10:39am
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 02, 2008 - 10:48am
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 - 7:21pm
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 - 12:38pm
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 CommentsHuman Spam Comments - Where to Draw the Line?
By leelefever on March 04, 2008 - 10:27am
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 CommentsSigning Off for a While
By leelefever on January 31, 2008 - 1:54pm
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 CommentsHome for the Holidays (and an off-topic interview)
By leelefever on December 21, 2007 - 5:40pm
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 CommentsSite Note: Please Prove You Are Human
By leelefever on December 20, 2007 - 2:19pm
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.
View With Comments3 Questions from a Reader
By leelefever on November 15, 2007 - 4:39pm
In a recent blog post, we asked for questions from readers. Thanks to Joan from High Contagious Marketing for asking these thought-provoking questions:
1. If your fairy godmother told you she would grant you three wishes for your business, what three wishes would you request.
Wish #1: An easy one. Stop ALL spam, effective immediately. This includes online spam, junk mail, front door solicitors, political calls, etc.
New Directions in Our Blogging
By leelefever on November 11, 2007 - 6:07pm
We’ve come to depend on our time off as a time to re-think, to re-consider, to re-formulate. It happened last year when we looked for ways to make video a part of Common Craft and it happened again last week. Among other things, our time in Mexico gave us a chance to talk about this blog.
For a few months now, I’ve not been happy with my blogging, aside from the videos. I was at a blogging crossroads – a time when I struggled to define the blog’s focus. Our business, our product and world moved so fast that I couldn’t build any momentum outside of posting new videos. Often, this meant not blogging at all or only posting our videos.
