It’s hard to keep up with everything, and finding time to read a book — even if you can find an appropriate book at a fair price — can also be a problem.

One possibility to consider is learning from videos, such as those available at Lynda.com. These are high quality videos created and produced by professional trainers. Watch them online (if you have a broadband connection and decent computer) or buy titles on CD.

When I bought the latest version of Photoshop I received free use of the Lynda.com training library for a month. The videos I watched were extremely helpful.

In 2006 Maria Langer and I co-authored a book on WordPress. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms, and one I recommend without hesitation to anyone wanting to get a website up and running with minimum fuss and best speed.

Now available online at Lynda.com is a video training series Maria has created about the free, hosted WordPress.com blogging system — WordPress.com 2.5 Essential Training:

There are many reasons to have a blog: to inform customers about new products and specials, to share information and expertise with a worldwide community, or to express oneself and communicate publicly. WordPress.com is a free and flexible set of web-based blogging tools that can be used to launch a new blog in minutes. The tools can then be used to personalize the blog and update and improve it continually. In WordPress.com 2.5 Essential Training, Maria Langer walks through the entire process of building and maintaining a blog, from setting up an account to using advanced customization techniques. She explains how to create and organize posts, pages, and links, and also offers tips on how to become a better blogger.

Visit the link above and watch a few of the free sample videos. Each sample is about 3 minutes long and will give you a feeling for whether or not you’d enjoy the entire series.

The full training course is available for US$25 per month, but for that you have access to the entire library of courses. You could sign up for one month, watch all the videos you’re interested in and then stop the subscription.

There’s a growing list of dozens of courses that includes topics such as blogging, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Excel, Internet Explorer, Office for Mac, Windows XP.

Try some of the freebie samples, and tell us in the comments what you think.

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