More on using videos for help and explanation.
Some examples:
Communicating user experience through video telling stories
Taking a cue from science fiction movies (Star Wars, Starship Troopers) using holograms of people sending messages, CNN used a holographic analyst on election night
How well does a 1930s short movie work as an online video?
Creative and innovative uses of online video
Working on getting the implementation part right:
Usability and interface design issues
In case you wondered, Why Do Adobe Flash Videos Slow Down?
To me, the very watchable WordPress.tv seems to have smoothed out such problems
FYI, people watch at all times, except during dinner: online video viewing has no ‘peak times’
Hybrid use of video with written materials or a personal touch:
Chrysler combines a dvd of longer explanations with a shorter than before car manual
A WordPress consultant points clients to WordPress.tv even while remaining their “central support mechanism”
Thought pieces
Sergey Brin on the potential of YouTube
The question of how videos are like or unlike explanatory comics
Dealing, as a communicator, with the explosion of new media
Local online news video: what types of content work best (features, local, breaking rather than national news or talking heads)
