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Written By: JeffBennett on March 16, 2010 No Comment
Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Video Explanation

I just published my latest video explanation – The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is setting a pathway to transform Hawaii into a model for energy independence and sustainability. This animated infographic video explanation covers the main points of the initiative. If you’re writing a blog article or story about the [...]

Written By: JeffBennett on March 3, 2010 No Comment
Latest Video Zen Inductee

I’ve heard comments that this type of video seems disjointed and without a coherent story. But I like the style. I think this is fun, engaging and stylish.

State of the Internet
http://www.vimeo.com/9641036

Written By: JeffBennett on January 14, 2010 No Comment
Critical Thinking Explanatory Video

Today I published a new explanatory video about critical thinking called “Do You Think?”

Noticing increasing societal polarization, especially political, where people are bombarded with “facts” and opinions by pundits and experts, I’ve felt frustrated that so many people choose to blindly follow their pundit of choice like rats following the Pied Piper, without really thinking [...]

Written By: JeffBennett on November 19, 2009 No Comment
Video Zen

I’ve developed a bit of a fascination with online explanatory and informational videos lately and so decided to create a page here devoted to that – a page I’m calling Video Zen. Most recently, Xplane has put out a couple of video presentations that are getting a lot of attention, The Carbon Economy and [...]

Written By: JeffBennett on August 1, 2009 No Comment
WordPress Screencast: NextGen Photo Gallery

Just finished recording and editing a screencast to show how to install the NextGen photo gallery on your WordPress web site, create a gallery, upload some images and post a gallery in a blog post or a page.

NextGen Photo Gallery for WordPress from Jeff Bennett on Vimeo.

Written By: JeffBennett on July 23, 2009 No Comment

WordPress started out as a blogging platform but become a full blown Content Management System allowing you to create and publish your entire website with it. But, by default, WordPress home pages display your blog articles, and often times you might want something different for your home page, some static content perhaps.

There’s a pretty simple [...]

Written By: JeffBennett on May 16, 2009 No Comment
Online Visual Explanation: Plastic Bottles & Ocean Pollution

We’re living in a time of information overload and complexity, inundated with too much information and too little time to get through it. I believe that visual explanations, such as video and online presentations, will be an important tool for organizations to convey their message, whether that’s selling a product or advocating action of some [...]

Written By: JeffBennett on April 14, 2009 No Comment

As a web and multimedia developer, I work with photos provided by clients to incorporate into websites on a daily basis. A common problem I run into is that a lot of people don’t understand some really basic things about digital images. For example, I’m often provided photos that are way too small for the [...]

Written By: JeffBennett on April 16, 2008 No Comment

At VizThink ‘08 I attended a session with Lee and Sachi LeFever of Common Craft, “Solving Explanation Problems with Simple Online Videos.” It was a great session and I came away from it excited about doing my own. I started a project weeks ago (ok, months ago) and have finally finished it. [...]

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