This link takes you directly to the "Health" tab and cues up the video "Two-Minute Relaxation Technique" which I promptly skipped as I found it a bit insipid. However, something about the clean layout of the flash player (I'm guessing what this all is based on) and the other promising titles lead me to investigate further.
I only have watched a few of the short studio-based videos but I was kind of curious what you (those of you who actually read my blog) think of this sort of media format. Does it seem too infomercial-like? Too stilted? Refreshing and useful?
Personally, I poke around on the internet (using Google search as a launch pad) for various topics such as those mentioned above. Perhaps having short videos to display the basic information encased on websites is the way to go. Perhaps I am way behind the times and this is more common than I think. Brett will probably school me on this topic.
Anyhoo, I was slightly disappointed with "Choosing Pain Medications" because I thought it would cover muscle relaxants as well but then I was way too ambitious with my expectations. It's not necessarily a bad video if you can never remember if you should take Advil or Tylenol for a fever, or swelling, or a migraine-like headache. I know I always get those two common pain relievers mixed up.
Then I jumped to the "Style" tab to see what kind of topics were on the menu. "Size Solutions for Women" wasn't useless as it contained some easy-to-understand and implement strategies for dealing with parts of your figure that you find not-so-stellar. The video strongly reminded me of the practical guides in fashion magazines like In Style or Women's Health. In fact, I see this type of web-based video as a perfect complement to those paper-based stories. Maybe it's already one of many resources in the stable of those magazine websites. I don't really feel like checking right now because I would be hopelessly sucked in and forget what I wanted to accomplish in the first place.
So to abruptly end this post and get back to my web-poking, I give you the word of the day (ok one word of the day... that is actually in the dictionary and not something I made up on the fly like I often do... and I didn't know what it meant before I looked it up... and Brett knew what it meant):
iniquity (noun)
1. gross injustice or wickedness.
2. a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin.
- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/iniquity
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