I’m writing this post to document something that’s been frustrating me all morning.
YouTube is in the process of rolling out an update to their user interface in which the player takes centre stage and many other elements can be dynamically navigated without interrupting existing videos, and forcing a page refresh.  It looks pretty schmick in some respects, but I’ve notice certain elements have been seriously affected.
Case in point is locating the embed code for playlists. Via George Siemen’s blog I discovered a collection of really great interviews with a dozen …

[For clearer viewing of this video, I recommend clicking on the monitor icon in the lower right-hand corner of the video player to view this clip full-screen.]
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve begun to explore screencasts as a far more visual way of depicting subject matter than text or screen shots are capable of. I find they are a very effective means of explaining a process/workflow in that they enable a proper demonstration. I’m also hopeful that, once I get the workflow finalised, they can also be a …

[Update: This post originally writting in Blogger. Unfortunately it appears that Wordpress doesn't support the embedded presentation.  You can either visit the presentation online or download the PDF version here]
In celebration of the fact that Google Docs finally supports embedded instances of user-created presentations, I have put together a short how-to guide covering the use of this tool and how instances of your presentations can be embedded in you site.
I also like the fact the larger presentation view incorporates a chat panel. Google isn’t alone in this addition …