Another great video from the folks at commoncraft on the value of social media:

Technical innovation has made word of mouth [or word of web] and user experience a much louder and important voice than advertising's soulless megaphone.

Guess the secret's out about how non-threatening and easy it is to do the Twitter thing. Oprah's doing it. The dude from "Dude, where's my car?" is doing it. OCLC's doing it. Sure, you'll get the lame status update sandwiched with the newest programming news from PBS, but it's all on who you follow, follow? Still, you might be asking, what's the value in this thing? Well, it's all about the converstations, people! Also, the good links. And pictures, if you want to share them. Oh, don't forget the New York Times, CNN, and up-to-the-literal-minute breaking news. If you're hankering for something that can explain Twitter better so you can exploit it to YOUR benefit then check out commoncraft's Twitter in Plain English:

Twitter does cater to the banality of daily life (in 140 characters or less), but you can utilize this near-synchronous communication tool with friends and strangers alike to share tips, tricks, and everything interesting in between. How can you use this type of tool to reach your library users? Start with this list and imagine the possibilities.

I've seen this trend with more frequency, of explaining complex concepts into easy to digest ideas via powerful and effective visuals. The latest I've come across is this video titled, "The Crisis Of Credit Visualized"

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

What can libraries learn from these kinds of delivery?

Care to know the beginning of the interwebs? Behold, the video version of how it all began:
History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.