At Barcamp Vancover on Saturday, Tod Maffin of CBC led a discussion on favourite tech tools, widgets, gadgets and other geekery.
All of the tips were great, but I want to point out one in particular.
Lynda.com is $25 per month service that provides online training programs. The Lynda movie library is the best tutorial site I have ever seen.
Lynda is the show-me tool.
No time to take a course but you learn by watching, check out Lynda.com.
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