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Ask YC: I have to iron. Where can I quickly find interesting non-fiction video besides ted.com

56 points by niels_olson 19y ago

what I've found so far: http://ted.com http://www.catonmat.net/blog/videos-from-defcon-15-hacker-conference/ http://content.nejm.org/misc/videos.shtml Where's more stuff like that? Interestingness and learning.

rms 19y ago
http://documentaries.videosift.com/ http://documentaries.videosift.com/
mechanical_fish 19y ago
google the "Long Now Foundation." If you're really hardcore try MIT Open Courseware. If you can iron while watching SICP and not burn your house down, you are the real thing. For a lighter version of MIT Open Courseware, Stanford on iTunes has some decent audio lectures. Not sure if there's any video, though.
- eru 19y ago
  If I know the wizard book by heart - is that considered cheating?
  - ajmoir 19y ago
    Potter! Stop bragging, ten points from Gryffindor.
    - eru 19y ago
      On the other hand ironing may be a challenge.
osipov 19y ago
check out google talks: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=engedu&sitesearch= http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=engedu&sitesearch= also at: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AtGoogleTalks http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AtGoogleTalks For more general topics, I like http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/ http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/
tgdavies 19y ago
You don't say what your interests are, but the googletechtalks channel on YouTube has lots of interesting stuff, not all Computer Science related.
p_alexander 19y ago
I've turned several TED lovers onto Radiolab (not video, but great content sure to open your eyes, covers the intersection between science and culture with very well thought out themed episodes). When I listen to an episode I'm almost guaranteed a major WTF moment. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/ http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/
- as 19y ago
  I just listed to one at your suggestion. I'll vouch a +1.
- nose 19y ago
  I agree. Also: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/studio http://www.wnyc.org/shows/studio
ajbatac 19y ago
intruders.tv
neilc 19y ago
fora.tv is very good, although the talks aren't too technical. videolectures.net is highly technical though, and also very good (lots of interesting machine learning talks).
Dylanfm 19y ago
There are quite a few techy/etc. videos from the NZ Webstock conference here: http://webstock.org.nz/past/recordings.php http://webstock.org.nz/past/recordings.php I've been enjoying them. The latest videos are from the conference held at the beginning of '08, so they aren't too old. Nat Torkington's, Peter Morville's and Luke Wroblewski's are all good and (often) front-end focused talks.
sjs382 19y ago
This isnt video but: http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigideas_podcast http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigi...
jamiequint 19y ago
bigthink.com
humanlever 19y ago
Check out https://www.miroguide.com/ https://www.miroguide.com/ for one of the most comprehensive listings of video feeds you'll find anywhere.
nertzy 19y ago
http://www.confreaks.com/ http://www.confreaks.com/ Mostly focused on Ruby so far. Click on one of the events in the right sidebar.
dewoller 19y ago
Physics for future presidents; entertaining, fun, educational http://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html http://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html
edw519 19y ago
http://www.changethis.com/ http://www.changethis.com/ Samples on a whole lot of interesting subjects to get you to buy the whole video, but just enough the get something out of. Short, too. Perfect for ironing.
shimon 19y ago
http://mitworld.mit.edu/ http://mitworld.mit.edu/ "MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT. MIT World's video index contains more than 500 videos."
sarosh 19y ago
Also, see: http://www.fora.tv http://www.fora.tv
ecommercematt 19y ago
Charlie Rose has over 4000 videos on his YouTube channel, if you're into in-depth, yet very calm interviews: http://youtube.com/user/CharlieRose http://youtube.com/user/CharlieRose
rudyfink 19y ago
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/ http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/ http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=techtalks http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=techtalks
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wastedbrains 19y ago
I just looked through my delicious for tech videos and found these Learning / Improving your Javascript videos: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming-language-through-video-lectures/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming... Machine Learnig and AI videos: http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2007/07/machine-learning-and-artificial.html http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2007/07/machine-learni... Google Research best of the year: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-research-picks-for-videos-of.html http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-research-p... Videos on better public speaking: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58703/winston1.html http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58703/winston1.ht... A bunch of Free CS videos: http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-computer-science-video-lecture_24.html http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-computer-... of course google tech talks: http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks free science videos (not CS focused): http://www.freesciencelectures.com/ http://www.freesciencelectures.com/ defcon videos: https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-video.html https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-video.html
- pkrumins 19y ago
  Hehe. 4 of those links are to my sites. :) Actually, if you looked more carefully through http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com (the right sidebar), you'd find around 10 posts on computer science videos (not just two you linked to :)) I'd also like to add more recent ones: Learning Python Videos: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-programming-language-through-video-lectures/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-programming-lan... Learning Design Patterns Videos: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-video-lectures/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns... Defcon 15 conference videos (more than 200): http://www.catonmat.net/blog/videos-from-defcon-15-hacker-conference/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/videos-from-defcon-15-hacker-co... :)
  - wastedbrains 19y ago
    Awesome thanks for all the excellent links. I find my way to your posts often, but didn't realize how often I bookmarked them in delicious. Keep up the good work.
gregwebs 19y ago
Not particularly hacker, but great in depth reporting/documentaries. I usually end up stopping my 'ironing' and just watching the video though. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ If you are interested in foreign policy, there is http://foreignexchange.tv/ http://foreignexchange.tv/
davidw 19y ago
On television? If you're lucky, and have cable with a few good channels.
sanj 19y ago
What's your reason for ironing?! That's way out of the Hacker mainstream!
phuesken 19y ago
http://smashingtelly.com/ http://smashingtelly.com/ Quote from the site: "Smashing Telly is a hand edited collection of the best free, instantly available TV on the web. Not 30 second clips of a dog on a skateboard, or the millionth person to mime the Numa song, but classic clips and full length programs, with a focus on documentaries and non fiction. Smashing Television, not Gimmick Television."
rubymaverick 19y ago
Haven't watched all of these, but the High Perf ones are great: http://www.bestechvideos.com/tag/yahoo http://www.bestechvideos.com/tag/yahoo
chandler 19y ago
Excepting the terrible execution, http://expertvillage.com http://expertvillage.com seems to have a variety of how-tos.
herdrick 19y ago
IT Conversations (http://itconversations.com/ http://itconversations.com/) has some good interviews and talks mixed in with the fluff.
lee 19y ago
Check out http://www.scitalks.com http://www.scitalks.com - many science talks from various sources.
DaniFong 19y ago
This really isn't intended for technical topics, but VideoJug.com is informative and hilarious. Videos are instructional, and include dating tips, reading body language, cooking, diy projects, negotiation, etc.
niels_olson 19y ago
So this got 53 points on hacker news, 2 points on reddit. 35 comments on hacker news, 2 comments on reddit. 39 links on hacker news, 3 links on reddit, all of which were already in the hacker news thread.

56 points by niels_olson 19y ago

rms 19y ago

http://documentaries.videosift.com/ http://documentaries.videosift.com/

mechanical_fish 19y ago

google the "Long Now Foundation." If you're really hardcore try MIT Open Courseware. If you can iron while watching SICP and not burn your house down, you are the real thing. For a lighter version of MIT Open Courseware, Stanford on iTunes has some decent audio lectures. Not sure if there's any video, though.

eru 19y ago
If I know the wizard book by heart - is that considered cheating?
- ajmoir 19y ago
  Potter! Stop bragging, ten points from Gryffindor.
  - eru 19y ago
    On the other hand ironing may be a challenge.

osipov 19y ago

check out google talks: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=engedu&sitesearch= http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=engedu&sitesearch= also at: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AtGoogleTalks http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AtGoogleTalks For more general topics, I like http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/ http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/

tgdavies 19y ago

You don't say what your interests are, but the googletechtalks channel on YouTube has lots of interesting stuff, not all Computer Science related.

p_alexander 19y ago

I've turned several TED lovers onto Radiolab (not video, but great content sure to open your eyes, covers the intersection between science and culture with very well thought out themed episodes). When I listen to an episode I'm almost guaranteed a major WTF moment. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/ http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/

as 19y ago
I just listed to one at your suggestion. I'll vouch a +1.
nose 19y ago
I agree. Also: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/studio http://www.wnyc.org/shows/studio

ajbatac 19y ago

intruders.tv

neilc 19y ago

fora.tv is very good, although the talks aren't too technical. videolectures.net is highly technical though, and also very good (lots of interesting machine learning talks).

Dylanfm 19y ago

There are quite a few techy/etc. videos from the NZ Webstock conference here: http://webstock.org.nz/past/recordings.php http://webstock.org.nz/past/recordings.php I've been enjoying them. The latest videos are from the conference held at the beginning of '08, so they aren't too old. Nat Torkington's, Peter Morville's and Luke Wroblewski's are all good and (often) front-end focused talks.

sjs382 19y ago

This isnt video but: http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigideas_podcast http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigi...

jamiequint 19y ago

bigthink.com

humanlever 19y ago

Check out https://www.miroguide.com/ https://www.miroguide.com/ for one of the most comprehensive listings of video feeds you'll find anywhere.

nertzy 19y ago

http://www.confreaks.com/ http://www.confreaks.com/ Mostly focused on Ruby so far. Click on one of the events in the right sidebar.

dewoller 19y ago

Physics for future presidents; entertaining, fun, educational http://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html http://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html

edw519 19y ago

http://www.changethis.com/ http://www.changethis.com/ Samples on a whole lot of interesting subjects to get you to buy the whole video, but just enough the get something out of. Short, too. Perfect for ironing.

shimon 19y ago

http://mitworld.mit.edu/ http://mitworld.mit.edu/ "MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT. MIT World's video index contains more than 500 videos."

sarosh 19y ago

Also, see: http://www.fora.tv http://www.fora.tv

ecommercematt 19y ago

Charlie Rose has over 4000 videos on his YouTube channel, if you're into in-depth, yet very calm interviews: http://youtube.com/user/CharlieRose http://youtube.com/user/CharlieRose

rudyfink 19y ago

http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/ http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/ http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=techtalks http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=techtalks

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wastedbrains 19y ago

I just looked through my delicious for tech videos and found these Learning / Improving your Javascript videos: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming-language-through-video-lectures/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming... Machine Learnig and AI videos: http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2007/07/machine-learning-and-artificial.html http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2007/07/machine-learni... Google Research best of the year: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-research-picks-for-videos-of.html http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-research-p... Videos on better public speaking: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58703/winston1.html http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58703/winston1.ht... A bunch of Free CS videos: http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-computer-science-video-lecture_24.html http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-computer-... of course google tech talks: http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks free science videos (not CS focused): http://www.freesciencelectures.com/ http://www.freesciencelectures.com/ defcon videos: https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-video.html https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-video.html

pkrumins 19y ago
Hehe. 4 of those links are to my sites. :) Actually, if you looked more carefully through http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com (the right sidebar), you'd find around 10 posts on computer science videos (not just two you linked to :)) I'd also like to add more recent ones: Learning Python Videos: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-programming-language-through-video-lectures/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-programming-lan... Learning Design Patterns Videos: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-video-lectures/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns... Defcon 15 conference videos (more than 200): http://www.catonmat.net/blog/videos-from-defcon-15-hacker-conference/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/videos-from-defcon-15-hacker-co... :)
- wastedbrains 19y ago
  Awesome thanks for all the excellent links. I find my way to your posts often, but didn't realize how often I bookmarked them in delicious. Keep up the good work.

gregwebs 19y ago

Not particularly hacker, but great in depth reporting/documentaries. I usually end up stopping my 'ironing' and just watching the video though. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ If you are interested in foreign policy, there is http://foreignexchange.tv/ http://foreignexchange.tv/

davidw 19y ago

On television? If you're lucky, and have cable with a few good channels.

sanj 19y ago

What's your reason for ironing?! That's way out of the Hacker mainstream!

phuesken 19y ago

http://smashingtelly.com/ http://smashingtelly.com/ Quote from the site: "Smashing Telly is a hand edited collection of the best free, instantly available TV on the web. Not 30 second clips of a dog on a skateboard, or the millionth person to mime the Numa song, but classic clips and full length programs, with a focus on documentaries and non fiction. Smashing Television, not Gimmick Television."

rubymaverick 19y ago

Haven't watched all of these, but the High Perf ones are great: http://www.bestechvideos.com/tag/yahoo http://www.bestechvideos.com/tag/yahoo

chandler 19y ago

Excepting the terrible execution, http://expertvillage.com http://expertvillage.com seems to have a variety of how-tos.

herdrick 19y ago

IT Conversations (http://itconversations.com/ http://itconversations.com/) has some good interviews and talks mixed in with the fluff.

lee 19y ago

Check out http://www.scitalks.com http://www.scitalks.com - many science talks from various sources.

DaniFong 19y ago

This really isn't intended for technical topics, but VideoJug.com is informative and hilarious. Videos are instructional, and include dating tips, reading body language, cooking, diy projects, negotiation, etc.

niels_olson 19y ago

So this got 53 points on hacker news, 2 points on reddit. 35 comments on hacker news, 2 comments on reddit. 39 links on hacker news, 3 links on reddit, all of which were already in the hacker news thread.