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Something I've always wanted is "a Netflix queue for tech I want to learn" Ideal features would include: - a regular review of the things you've listed to see
by tedmiston 11y ago
Something I've always wanted is "a Netflix queue for tech I want to learn"
Ideal features would include:
- a regular review of the things you've listed to see if they're still relevant and to help you prioritize
- a way to see what's trending amongst everything you've listed (ex. I have three front end web frameworks on my list but React is collectively popular, so perhaps I should start there)
- it could notify you if a new (good) book / blog post is published on a topic you're interested in
- you could compare with your friends to see if someone you know has learned it recently or to sit down and hack together
- it could share a common list of subtasks across users -- for example, starting with Django Rest Framework might consist of: (1) doing the python tutorial + (2) doing the Django tutorial + (3) doing the DRF tutorial
- 3adawi 11y agosomeone please do this!
- akerro 11y agoWhy don't you do it?
- bryanrasmussen 11y agowell I want this and I don't do it because I'm already deep in doing other stuff (I bet the parent comment has the same reason). And even if I wasn't doing the stuff I already am doing I have a backlog of stuff, some of which would be highly innovative, that I am not doing that I should find the time to dust off and begin working on again. Asking someone to do something is really just saying - I'm too busy, if someone with the requisite skill is looking for something to do please consider this an upvote!
- tedmiston 11y agoI can relate. In the case of this project, I'd pushed it off because I thought others wouldn't be too interested. Nothing like a little HN community validation :)
- tedmiston 11y agoWow, I'm quite surprised by the response (+26 upvotes). I anticipated this was a super niche thing. I think I will build it :)
- visakanv 11y agoI want this for everything. Music to listen to, books to read, guitar skills to learn next, etc
- literatechie 11y agoHave been making an app that vaguely does this, integrating with a lot of media APIs to let you save whatever to check out later. Refocusing it around making it a "read it later queue" for these things sounds like it would be a good idea.
- NhanH 11y agoWhy wouldn't multiple TODO lists work for you? Just a UI/UX issue or is there any reason?
- trainstroker 11y agoI think that having an application specifically tailored for a use case has more potential for rich experience and integration with the content.
- visakanv 11y agoI do currently have multiple todo lists, but the experience of going through all of them can be kinda tedious. I'd be curious to try something more intuitive, if it existed.
- stakent 11y agoOrgmode for Emacs?
- trainstroker 11y agoI made a chrome extension called Will Listen Later that partially addresses the problems of music junkie drowning in I listened soundcloud and YouTube links.
- tedmiston 11y ago
- danielhooper 11y agoTreehouse pretty much hits those points. They have a library of videos and tutorials across a variety of topics. This content is organized intro tracks, which are tailored collections from the library so you can track your progress of learning a specific discipline. Some of these tracks share the same subtasks. There is a public ranking system for users based on points. You receive points for watching videos, completing quizzes, and doing code challenges. It's pretty meaningless, but these points are categorized based on what type of track they were earned from, so you can see what people are most recently learning. They don't tailor their notifications to specific niches. You always get a Netflix like notification whenever they upload new content. Their feed doesn't have the option to sort by what's trending/popular either. It's a relatively expensive service and is criticized for being pretty dumbed-down in how they deliver learning material, but I think it can be useful.
- tedmiston 11y agoTreehouse is great, especially for learning the basics across a variety of disciplines. I hadn't heard of their pointing system, and I'll have to explore that. I'm also a fan of what Stack Overflow did with points & badges. What I'm envisioning is something agnostic of any particular learning platform or the content you choose to learn from, at least to start. Thank you for the insight.
- jmeister 11y agohttps://www.metacademy.org https://www.metacademy.org provides plans for learning certain technical topics.
- tedmiston 11y agoThe way they've structured the learning paths with prerequisites, etc is neat. It also seems there's quite a bit of advanced material here. Thanks for sharing.