When I see videos showing videos, the computer screen is just a flat object with moving pictures.

But with a Skype video call, the video frame looks like a hole into someone else's home. You don't look "at" the screen, you look "through" the screen. Does that make sense to you? Maybe it's the interaction that breaks down that wall.

For example, here's a video by Arthur, a vlogger and the NewYorkGardener on YouTube, where he shares his discovery of Skype. See how he plays with his camera and his mac and talks to one of his YouTube friends. (Loves that he doesn't need to wear headphones with Skype.) It's like opening a physical window to talk with your next door neighbor.

You can almost taste the Cheerios a minute in.

"Skype Me Hard!" is the name of the video and Arthur's request that you Skype him at f3lixfield.