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Fewer videos, please, and more well illustrated walkthroughs. For one, videos are very hard to go back and reference specifics from, and two, they age poorly i

Fewer videos, please, and more well illustrated walkthroughs. For one, videos are very hard to go back and reference specifics from, and two, they age poorly in this world of quarterly updates.

bartread 6y ago
> they age poorly in this world of quarterly updates. Seriously? Does org mode - and particularly the fundamentals - really change that much and that regularly? And if it does, what's the point of learning it in the first place?
- dpbriggs 6y ago
  It doesn't change that frequently. There was a major release a while back that changed attributes slightly, but the core is stable
  - bartread 6y ago
    Yeah, I figured. I was really just trying to highlight what I saw as a ridiculous point. I occasionally use emacs and always have the intention of using it more. Whilst a lot of work has been done on it and, in many ways no doubt, it's much richer, the fundamentals really haven't changed at all in the 20 years since I started using it. I think for these tutorials video is a fine enough format: it'll certainly work well for some people, whilst others would prefer a different format. Both of those points of view are OK. Neither needs to be attacked.
melling 6y ago
There’s plenty of written information on org mode. It’s simply a different market. People love videos.
- Voliokis 6y ago
  I've looked around and found it difficult to find a good resource for a beginner. Trying to figure out org-mode amounts to googling and finding a bunch of different unrelated sites that address the topic in ways, usually for an audience that is more advanced than I usually am and assuming knowledge that I don't yet have. "Plenty of information" isn't the same as accessible and practical.
EsotericAlgo 6y ago
While I personally agree I think this caters to a different audience. A large swath of people simply learn better from videos (or are more engaged by perhaps...).
- funcDropShadow 6y ago
  Or they believe they are more enganged.

Fewer videos, please, and more well illustrated walkthroughs. For one, videos are very hard to go back and reference specifics from, and two, they age poorly in this world of quarterly updates.

bartread 6y ago

> they age poorly in this world of quarterly updates. Seriously? Does org mode - and particularly the fundamentals - really change that much and that regularly? And if it does, what's the point of learning it in the first place?

dpbriggs 6y ago
It doesn't change that frequently. There was a major release a while back that changed attributes slightly, but the core is stable
- bartread 6y ago
  Yeah, I figured. I was really just trying to highlight what I saw as a ridiculous point. I occasionally use emacs and always have the intention of using it more. Whilst a lot of work has been done on it and, in many ways no doubt, it's much richer, the fundamentals really haven't changed at all in the 20 years since I started using it. I think for these tutorials video is a fine enough format: it'll certainly work well for some people, whilst others would prefer a different format. Both of those points of view are OK. Neither needs to be attacked.

melling 6y ago

There’s plenty of written information on org mode. It’s simply a different market. People love videos.

Voliokis 6y ago
I've looked around and found it difficult to find a good resource for a beginner. Trying to figure out org-mode amounts to googling and finding a bunch of different unrelated sites that address the topic in ways, usually for an audience that is more advanced than I usually am and assuming knowledge that I don't yet have. "Plenty of information" isn't the same as accessible and practical.

EsotericAlgo 6y ago

While I personally agree I think this caters to a different audience. A large swath of people simply learn better from videos (or are more engaged by perhaps...).

funcDropShadow 6y ago
Or they believe they are more enganged.