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Play by Play: Zed Shaw
- xutopia 16y agoJust days after my unlimited account expires.
- enry_straker 16y agoIf you really want to, just e-mail them and ask for it. The folks at peepcode are fantastic. Very pragmatic and polite. And you have nothing to lose. :-)
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- dpritchett 16y agoGreat idea for a peepcode series. I thoroughly enjoyed Zed's 0MQ talk from PyCon this year [1]. I liked it so much that I dug up all of the Zed I could find on Youtube, Vimeo, and Blip. I'm very interested in this product. [1] http://blip.tv/file/4878885?utm_source=player_embedded http://blip.tv/file/4878885?utm_source=player_embedded
- igorgue 16y agoI saw Zed live too at SuperConf in Florida, I had dinner with him, he's really what he represents, just a very good programmer, professional and guy, by far the best I know in our field. He gave me some advices about my career and programming in general (and specific: Testing in Python), we even joke about silly stuff (e.g.: The Social Network movie).
- bstar 16y agoProfessional is not a word I would use for Zed. Someone that's professional would not be as confrontational and antagonistic as Zed is. He seems to be that way, often to his own detriment. With that said, the aggressive side makes him a very unique individual that many of us highly respect. I don't aspire to be like the guy, but he sure does motivate me to step up my standards and accomplish more. Zed's just way more interesting than Professional.
- gnaritas 16y agoHe's commenting on Zed the actual person, not Zed the on-line persona that you're talking about. These aren't necessarily the same things.
- white_devil 16y agoProfessional is not a word I would use for Zed. Someone that's professional would not be as confrontational and antagonistic as Zed is. He seems to be that way, often to his own detriment. Oh please, can we just give this tired old tripe a rest already?
- BasDirks 16y agoHow did I not know about peepcode? I don't mean to hijack this post but: is it worth the money? Does anyone have experience with their videos?
- kmfrk 16y agoThe ones I have bought have been decent, but nothing to blow me away. I'd watch a preview and ask people who've seen that specific episode before buying.
- igorgue 16y agoI love Peepcode, the NodeJS tutorial is great, explain to you everything you'd probably learn in days of reading. I also got some VIM videos and a MacRuby video. In my opinion they have the best tech screencasts on the web
- bobbywilson0 16y agoWhen I bought peepcodes, they were always great. Usually including a couple of hours of video with an accompanying pdf. The production quality is excellent and for the price, you can't beat it.
- BasDirks 16y agoThanks for the replies. I'll have a look at some of the previews on offer.
- pchristensen 16y agoI'm a big fan. If it's something you've just heard about or don't know anything about, there's usually no better way to get up to speed than peepcode. For stuff you know a little about, it can be slow because they take the time to lay a good foundation. If you put a dollar value on your time, PeepCode is a no-brainer.
- duck 16y agoI agree 100%. Also would add these new "play by play" videos are great especially if you are a freelancer or not working with other awesome folks. They really give you some insight on not just how to do something, but what their thinking while they do it. I've picked up several Vim tricks and just general workflow tips. Looking forward to more of these.
- swah 16y agoI'm watching it; the format is a little bit strange. Mostly just Zed giving tips to another guy, should get better. Almost 2 hrs of video.
- fdb 16y agoThe Play by plays are awesome. If you just look at a finished product, code looks so effortless. However, even experts struggle getting it right: only through understanding the problem, trial-and-error and a lot of refactoring does code become "effortless". I recommend the PbP of Gary Bernhardt: great tips on VIM, Git and RSpec.
- telemachos 16y agoGary now is selling a subscription service of his own with screencasts: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts. There's a free sample one (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog/how-and-why-to-avoid-nil https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog/how-a...) and then it's $9 a month.
- frou_dh 16y agoWatched the whole thing. Fairly good. Rather than the approach to hacking together this specific prototype, the more general nuggets of advice were (predictably) the good stuff. Seeing the Python part being built up at fairly high speed was interesting, but the R part was a bit fumbling and the graphs nonsensical (both because it was essentially random data, and you didn't even know what the Python part was doing at that point in the video). (Different type of thing, but here's the best Zed video I've seen: http://vimeo.com/2723800 http://vimeo.com/2723800)
- swah 16y agoI enjoyed it, but it wasn't as professional and dense as I expected from the description. The edition is a little bit rough, cutting the video when they are talking, etc. But the advice given was very sound and Zed is a really nice teacher/guy.
- zedshaw 16y agoGlad you liked it. Yeah, my R is a little rusty but hopefully you got the general idea of gathering stats and then tracking them to see if you can improve them.
- frou_dh 16y agoYes, certainly. I'm also very glad to pay money for this type of thing because, for whatever human reason, screencasts click with me and I retain a lot from them compared to reading.
- moondowner 16y agoThe ACL is Dead is the best video from Zed I've seen so far. It's also a must watch for every young programmer/student, Zed provides insight how things in most of the big companies work.
- bane 16y ago(Different type of thing, but here's the best Zed video I've seen: http://vimeo.com/2723800)* http://vimeo.com/2723800)* Great talk! I really enjoyed how you explained where the business people are coming from, described the pains of being an engineer to the crowd, and then tried to describe a middle path. Very enlightened.
- jschuur 16y agoI liked his earlier Play by Play preview videos better, where you actually got a small snippet of the conversation as a sample, so you could get a feel for each of the featured coder's style and tone: http://peepcode.com/products/play-by-play-fhwang http://peepcode.com/products/play-by-play-fhwang This one was all content overview and too much of a glowing summary of Zed's accomplishments (a third of the preview) at the start for my taste.
- swah 16y agoIt would be more interesting to have a 3 month timelapse of Zed's screen. That would explain his productivity better :)
- zedshaw 16y agoHmmm, that could be interesting actually. It might be possible to replicate that with source code checkins on a project.