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> If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article Thanks for actually

> If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article Thanks for actually writing. Written information can be parsed non-linearly, which is super important for learning and reference. For whatever reason, a lot of people don't seem to understand that, and just put out videos, which are like lectures: helpful, but frustrating.

ravitation 9y ago
Lectures, for me, are a great touchpoint, and, in the context of academia, a great way to set (and maintain) a rhythm. But they (almost always) require me to actively take notes (something I can't always do) to really take anything of value away from them. (All of that is to say, I agree with you.)
ivanhoe 9y ago
Both can be useful - especially if video is with live coding. Texts often omit the small details that are perhaps obvious to the author, but you are not aware of them. IMHO every installation instruction out there that takes more than copy&pasting 2 lines of text should be in a form of a video, because there's always that one step that is not in the text...
- 1812Overture 9y ago
  "Well, obviously, you needed to press CTRL+Q+F4 between steps 2 and 3, it's so obvious we don't even need to put it in the instructions."
- thomastjeffery 9y ago
  It also helps to actively do the thing the way you expect the reader/viewer to do it, so that you don't skip any steps, and you understand common pitfalls. The problem with doing that, however, is that you are doing something a specific way, on a specific platform, using specific tools. That can make it frustrating or even impossible for viewers/readers to break out of your specific workflow/tools/platform, which is usually what they want to do.
fnayr 9y ago
> For whatever reason Just a wild guess, but that reason could be that ad monetization works way better on videos than static pages and are more likely to garner subscribers to build a following.
- thomastjeffery 9y ago
  That's an excuse, not a reason. Reasons are dependencies. Excuses are orthogonal.

ravitation 9y ago

Lectures, for me, are a great touchpoint, and, in the context of academia, a great way to set (and maintain) a rhythm. But they (almost always) require me to actively take notes (something I can't always do) to really take anything of value away from them. (All of that is to say, I agree with you.)

ivanhoe 9y ago

Both can be useful - especially if video is with live coding. Texts often omit the small details that are perhaps obvious to the author, but you are not aware of them. IMHO every installation instruction out there that takes more than copy&pasting 2 lines of text should be in a form of a video, because there's always that one step that is not in the text...

1812Overture 9y ago
"Well, obviously, you needed to press CTRL+Q+F4 between steps 2 and 3, it's so obvious we don't even need to put it in the instructions."
thomastjeffery 9y ago
It also helps to actively do the thing the way you expect the reader/viewer to do it, so that you don't skip any steps, and you understand common pitfalls. The problem with doing that, however, is that you are doing something a specific way, on a specific platform, using specific tools. That can make it frustrating or even impossible for viewers/readers to break out of your specific workflow/tools/platform, which is usually what they want to do.

fnayr 9y ago

> For whatever reason Just a wild guess, but that reason could be that ad monetization works way better on videos than static pages and are more likely to garner subscribers to build a following.

thomastjeffery 9y ago
That's an excuse, not a reason. Reasons are dependencies. Excuses are orthogonal.