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Video is good for concepts that need visualizations, though a good blog post with animations or illustrations can work too. Video is required hands on demonstra
by clinta 7y ago
Video is good for concepts that need visualizations, though a good blog post with animations or illustrations can work too. Video is required hands on demonstrations, like how to fix something on a car.
But videos showing somebody write code or commands is infuriating. There's no need for that. A blog post with code examples would be much better.
- ScottFree 7y agoI'll second this. The trend of recording videos or podcasts instead of writing blogs and/or articles is both infuriating and concerning. Videos, podcasts and audiobooks have attracted a much larger viewership than anybody anticipated. Reading and reading comprehension are on the wane. More and more, I see the label "post-literate" applied to Gen Z and it worries me.
- valand 7y agoAgreed. Other things about people coding, though, in tech talks and conference, I actually enjoy seeing the psychological and social impact of the talk as much as the concept being talked about. They're fun.