Maui Jeff

In August I built a WordPress website for the Maui Smart Grid project. Being a fan of informational videos to explain things, I pitched the idea of a short informational overview video about the Maui Smart Grid project to the project leaders. I drafted a short creative brief and culled all available information I had [...]

I’ve been intrigued with online explanatory videos since attending a workshop at VizThink ’08 presented by Lee and Sachi Lefever of Common Craft. Soon thereafter, I stumbled upon an explanatory infographic video created by Xplane, a prominent leader in visual thinking. Their video, “Did You Know 4.0” hooked me on the educational potential of using [...]

As part of the recent redesign and restructure of this site, I wanted a video explanation of why people should use video explanations on their websites. After all, if I’m extolling the virtues of it, shouldn’t I use a video explanation myself? So, I came up with this short little teaser.

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 [...]

Online videos on your website can be very effective way to increase traffic, improve conversion rates and explain your concepts or products better. Online video services such as YouTube and Vimeo make it super easy to embed a video on your website or blog. Here’s an example using an online video explanation I made to [...]