Common Craft - Modern Tech Topics in Plain English
September 19, 2007
Common Craft has built a series of presentations explaining modern tech topics in “Plain English”. What’s most interesting about their presentations is that they use a classic method of stop motion animation to explain these things. This counterintuitive approach is done entertainingly with paper cut-outs.
I think the Google Docs video I included above is their best, but if you were entertained by that, check out the older ones:
RSS in Plain English
Wikis in Plain English
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
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Um, subversion anyone? I suspect that subversion underlies the whole thing, as Google pays the wages of a few subversion developers, afaik.
It’s nice to see that there’s a easy-to-use web interface for what’s essentially an age-old concept, but that doesn’t mean the age-old concept becomes any newer.
What’s more frustrating is that in recent years, version control systems have become more and more distributed (for good reasons), making a centralized repository on Google’s servers look even more outdated.
But maybe that’s just the pampered software engineer’s point of view.
Hmm, trying out Google Docs, I have to say that they must have put in a bit more of an effort besides building an UI on top of Subversion. Looks nice :)
Hey, thanks for the kind words and including the videos in your post. We’ve been having a blast producing them.
One small note too. I’d love to know your name and thank you personally, but I couldn’t find it on the site. Maybe this is by design, but I thought I’d mention it.
Ahh, scratch that. I found your name in the disclaimer.