I just had to share one of the more interesting ancillary collaboration websites that I have seen in a while. It is called screenjelly. I am not sure how to even classify this website in terms of its application but it is a brilliant SaaS website that allows anyone to make a short screen capture video (max 3min in length) to be shared with the masses or privately. No software to download or install. It is entirely web based. It even picks up your microphone as if using video IM so that your video has a sync’d audio track.
Now, 3 minutes, is really a short amount of time to do grand tutorials with rambling explanation like I tend to do for ArtOfBI.com (see our videos), but for small quick explanations this is a great tool. Best of all it is FREE and it is hosted for FREE. The only drawback that I see so far is that there is no editing functionality. However, I think that is why this type of tool will be successful. It is like micro-blogging. When you have something to show you just crank it out quickly and send it off to your colleagues or whomever; it is short enough for them to either get the gist the first time through or replay it a few times to get the core point trying to be conveyed.
I may be using it going forward for some quick video tips and continue to use Camtasia for the longer more detailed stuff.
See more and view their demo at http://www.screenjelly.com/
