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Forced pace is a huge problem for videos. If you encounter a paragraph that you already know all about in an article, you can skip it. If you encounter a sectio
by jonfw 6y ago
Forced pace is a huge problem for videos. If you encounter a paragraph that you already know all about in an article, you can skip it. If you encounter a section of a video like that, it's harder to skip so I'll end up trying to sit through it, getting bored, then distracted, and then who knows what I'll miss.
The 'killer feature' of writing is the ability to self-pace. To me that makes them orders of magnitude more effective as a means of communicating ideas.
- koonsolo 6y agoI'm in the same boat. But I noticed a lot of my developer co-workers prefer video's. Especially the younger generation (I'm 41).
- skummetmaelk 6y agoWritten materials can also be used as reference much more easily. You can't ctr+f a video to look for the specific nugget of information you need.
- ivan_ah 6y agoFor self-pacing videos, this chrome plugin is VERY useful. You can watch videos at 2x, 2.2x, or any other increment of 0.1x: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro...
- chpmrc 6y agoIt depends on how the video is structured. You should divide a video into sections and index them the same way you would with a book.
- andrei_says_ 6y agoThe killer feature of video is to bring in multiple pages of connected concepts and quickly tie them together, along with emotional emphasis.
- quickthrower2 6y agoThe lack of Ctrl-F too! Although maybe that’s a fixable problem with transcribed videos