In a Facebook fog
Whatever happened to a help menu on Facebook? Was there ever one? Even a search of the Internet didn't help me much. It was the old trial and error version for me on how to add photos to Facebook. Once I got into the photo album, it was easier to figure out. It was getting there that was the hard part. That got me to thinking. . .
Wouldn't it be great if all of these new tools came with helpful hints for the clueless? I would be glad to be a guinea pig for them when it comes to what kind of tips to provide in plain English.
An elegant solution if there ever was one
That brings me to another point: the point of what happens when you wander the Internet. Sometimes you find a site so great, so full of practical knowledge that you think "Wow, why didn't I think of it?" or "This is fantastic that someone's brain works this way.” or even "Yowee, such an elegant solution!"
Don't take my word for it. See for yourself what I am nattering on about. It’s a small company called Common Craft, which uses “video and paper to make complex ideas easy to understand.” I bet you will fall in love with this company like I did, once you see one of their videos. Fun, irreverent, simple, to the point, most excellent training tools.
I stumbled upon a video they created for Twitter, a social networking site, and had a BIG wishful moment that Facebook would hire them to work the same magic for their site. Suffice it to say that they turned me from being Twitter Clueless into Twitter enlightened.
And the best part? While I was at their website, I also learned how to sign up for RSS feeds after watching that video.
Out of the Facebook fog
A long preamble to this: Check out the Chamber’s very first photo album of the very first Third Thursday that took place on July 17. Captions! Big photos! Ability to move those photos around! What do you think?
