Power of instructional mini-videos

Besides technology, I have interest in "reading" and "watching" home improvement articles.  And this interest usually gets stronger during major life events like buying/selling/moving. I go to a book store and my eye naturally gravitates towards the Home and Garden magazines or when I turn TV on, I naturally have to switch to HGTV to see what's going on. Vern Yip, Carter Ooserhouse, you rock! :-) I hope to put this learning in practice when I buy my own next home. 

My sister recently bought a new house and she have been asking me lots of tips about things such as home organization, remodeling, etc.  I sent her links to various resources available on the Web.  But she kept asking me the same questions again and again! She basically wanted me to fly over there and just do it for her!  I then tried another tactic, which basically involved sending her selected "How to" Videos from Expert Village. I initially started with sending her the "How to organize your life" videos.  The key was to send her useful and filtered information in a display format that she liked.  Now she is asking me less and going to Expert Village to search for a video first, but ofcourse, she still wants me to come there and do it for her. :-)

Anyways, it is important to have a collection of related information in a site that you can trust.  The MSDN Channel9 is such venue for Microsoft and its customers to share conversations and dialogs.  Many of Microsoft's MVPs and RDs have their own blogs and websites that provide useful information for Microsoft technology users around the world.  What if Microsoft was to provide a venue like Expert Village for MVPs/RDs to podcast short and sweet "how-to" videos on MS technologies?

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• Anonymous
  November 18, 2007
  Besides technology, I have interest in "reading" and "watching" home improvement