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DHH Keynote at RailsConf Europe: 'The best programmers write the most legacy software.'
- swombat 18y agoInteresting, but it's just some quick notes jotted by someone in the audience. I'd be much more interested in seeing the video feed for this.
- compay 18y agoBe patient, and thankful for the sneak peek. I'm sure someone will upload it soon.
- swombat 18y agoI didn't complain :-)
- mechanical_fish 18y agoGiven that it's DHH, and the guy really knows how to speak, I look forward to the video too. But, as more and more of the subjects I'm interested in are turning up in video form as well as in text form, I've been able to compare the two media. And I find that text is really useful. It's more searchable, and more quotable, and it's easier to see its overall structure. And it's more efficient. For example, when the speaker spends time explaining something that you have already thought about and understand, you can skim right through it at top speed. I got through this document in a couple of minutes. The video version will take considerably longer. It's almost to the point where I'm tempted to start commissioning transcriptions for the talks that I'm really interested in. It would be a kind of public service -- release the transcriptions under CC license.
- compay 18y agoI think that would be a splendid idea for a website. I'm sure deaf people would appreciate it too!
- mechanical_fish 18y agoAlas, the cost of getting transcriptions made isn't quite low enough to be "negligable". So it would require a bit of thought.