Hey…it’s usefull after all.

I’ve spend the last four years working on USU OCW. I have seen the incredible amount of traffic we get, but I think deep down I’ve always worried that maybe nobody really used the site. Maybe all that traffic was people just coming across information, realizing it wasn’t that helpful, and then leaving. Maybe all my work, and the work of the professors, was for naught.

Then a few days ago, I was asked to create a Flash file. I opened Flash and quickly became lost. I thought to myself, “If only I could find a good set of tutorials on the web.” Then I remembered…Andy Walker…Intro to Flash.

Thirty seconds later I was watching Professor Walker’s video, and learning Flash. I realized it’s not just an academic exercise, but something that helps real people in their real lives.