Understanding the latest internet/technology tools — in short, plain-English videos

Lee le Fever from Common Craft is the creator of this wonderful series of videos on the latest in technology and internet tools. Lee estimates their videos have been downloaded 35 million times in the 4 years to April 2011.

That’s impressive! Watch some of them and see for yourself.

1. RSS in Plain English
RSS feed allows you to stay informed about what’s been posted on your favourite websites. Rather than you having to check your websites for the latest, RSS brings the latest to you.

2.Twitter in Plain English. Twitter is a very strange concept!!!

3. Phishing scams in Plain English
Phishing is the sending of deceptive emails with the intention to trick the user into giving out their private information, such as passwords and credit card details.

4. World Wide Web in Plain English

5. Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Handy tips for improving your search results.

6. PRWeb in Plain English
PRWeb is a fast, affordable way to get your news out into the world.

7. Social Media in Plain English

8. Blogs in Plain English

9. Twitter Search in Plain English
The mountain of Twitter posts offers a very useful source of social data, useful for all sorts of purposes.

10. Wikis in Plain English
A wiki enables communities to write documents collaboratively.

11. Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English

12. SharePoint in Plain English

SharePoint is Microsoft software that allows organisations to set up internal Web portals or intranets for document sharing and search.

13. Augmented Reality — explained by Common Craft
Augmented Reality is augmenting things in our real world, e.g., a handbag in a shop, with computer-generated information, e.g., its price, what its made of and other useful information. Clever!

Common Craft have lots more videos in their internet/technology theme exclusively available for viewing at their website. Topics include Cloud Computing, BitTorrent, Online photo sharing, podcasting, and secure websites.