Screenr does that, but takes it one step further and integrates that functionality with twitter. The integration allows you to quickly record a video describing something, and then immediately share it with your followers on twitter.

There are times when you just can’t get your point across in 140 characters. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then video has got to be worth millions right?

Screenr makes sharing ideas super easy and the integration with twitter makes sharing almost anything easier. Screenr works with PC and Mac and can be seen on just about any device your audience may be using.

One of my favorite features is that it uses twitter oauth functionality, instead of just forcing you to enter your username and password on their site directly.

If you need to get your point across on how to do something on your computer, and your potential audience is on twitter, then give Screenr a try and expand your computing knowledge, expertise and resourcefulness for yourself and your followers.

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Screenr – Learning Computing Tasks Online

Here’s what they listed as their tips:

• Shrink Your URL’s
• RT = Retweet
• Direct Messaging
• Use the @ Sign
• Search For Your Friends
• Categorize Your Tweets for Added Exposure
• Share Pictures
• Tweet from Your Phone
• Pick a Good Desktop Client
• Download a Mobile Client

Maybe you agree with me and think these are more instructions and not real “tips”. What tips would you suggest for people? Here are a couple of mine to get you started:

• Tweet First, Follow Later – at least have a few tweets in your history before you start following more than a handful of people. People won’t follow you unless they can see what you’re talking about
• Update Your Avatar – give yourself a personality and let us see who you are or put an image with your tweets. It makes following you and recognizing you much easier as you tweet
• Complete Your Profile – more details about who you are will convince me to follow you or not

Now, what are your tips for users? Let us know in the comments!

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What Are Your Twitter Tips

We’ve all heard the analogy of giving a man a fish or teaching him to fish. The same holds true for technology. I can keep doing something for you, or I can teach you how to do it. The great thing is that sometimes the task is really so simple I don’t even need to teach you. You just need to do it yourself a couple of times and you’ll figure it out.

If you need directions somewhere, go visit Google Maps (http://local.google.com) which is my personal preference and put your address in. Then you can click on the little link that says get directions and put your other address in. Done! Print it out, email the directions, embed the map into your website or blog.

Need a phone number? Don’t call me and ask me what it is. Use the Internet and you can find just about anything you want.

Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to call my dad and remind him how to move files from his 3.5" disk over to a CD-ROM.

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How to Stop Relying on Others for the Simple Stuff

I on the other hand think about my computer skills and see all the other things I wish I knew how to do or just knew more about. More than general networking stuff? I think I’m clueless. Hard-core programming, LOADS of information to still digest and learn.

However, in my “real” job, I’m regularly reminded how much general computer knowledge isn’t out there. In helping support the applications and websites I develop during the day, I come into contact with a number of computer users that it’s far from second nature on what to do.

It’s for that reason that I think I’m going to do some short and quick, general knowledge posts about computers right here. If you’re like me and serve as the tech-support guy for people (particularly friends and family) then hopefully you’ll be able to direct some people to these posts for a quick tip on how to use their computer more efficiently, or just at a little bit higher level than they have in the past.

If you’re not the “computer geek” and have questions on how to do stuff and you’d like me to tackle them and give you a quick post on what to do, feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you’d like me to try and help you with here in the future.

I look forward to hopefully hearing from a variety of people on this one.

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Some Computer Basics 101

1. Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft Office User Interface
2. Course 4622: What’s New in Microsoft Office Access 2007
3. Course 4623: What’s New in Microsoft Office Excel 2007
4. Course 4624: What’s New in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
5. Course 4625: What’s New in Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
6. Course 4626: What’s New in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
7. Course 4627: What’s New in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
8. Course 4628: What’s New in Microsoft Office Word 2007
9. Course 4629: What’s New in Microsoft Office Visio 2007
10. Course 4698: What’s New in Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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Office 2007 Training Resources