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This is a repackaging of the thinkvitamin website from Carsonified. These are literally the same videos I already downloaded from ThinkVitamin. Same talking hea

This is a repackaging of the thinkvitamin website from Carsonified. These are literally the same videos I already downloaded from ThinkVitamin. Same talking heads, same, same...

cstefanovici 15y ago
RYAN CARSON this is lame in that its an expensive version of http://www.codecademy.com http://www.codecademy.com Also you are using the same videos from ThinkVitamin which provide good introductory knowledge and that's it. Codeacademy makes you actually code and had badges long before you guys.
- whyleyc 15y ago
  This is akin to greeting Google's launch with: "LARRY PAGE this is lame in that it's a crummy featureless version of http://www.yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com You are using the same internet to search on. Yahoo makes you actually log into a nice portal and had search capability long before you guys." Just because there's a competing product in the marketplace doesn't devalue what Ryan's doing here. In fact, I think Treehouse is already outstripping Codeacademy on breath of education and video quality.
- vladsanchez 15y ago
  It's like saying CODEACADEMY is lame because its an expensive version of http://www.lynda.com http://www.lynda.com or http://www.showmedo.com http://www.showmedo.com . Get a life dude!
- nhangen 15y ago
  Actually, I think Codecademy used badges after Rails for Zombies did...so everyone must be copying Greg and crew right? Who cares...no one really cares about badges anyway...except of course, VC's, who are already out of touch.
  - nhangen 15y ago
    OK, so I lied. Badges are surprisingly addicting. I've spent the past hour and a half unlocking them on Treehouse.
- apechai 15y ago
  tryruby had the in-browser coding before codecademy. I'm pretty sure codecademy uses the jq-console plug in which was around before: https://github.com/replit/jq-console https://github.com/replit/jq-console Badges have been around in video games and educational games for a while and Rails for Zombies already used them.
ryancarson 15y ago
We've added a lot of new content that wasn't on Think Vitamin Membership. However, yes, all the older content from Think Vitamin Membership has been retained in the Archive. It's still valuable so we didn't want to throw it away.

This is a repackaging of the thinkvitamin website from Carsonified. These are literally the same videos I already downloaded from ThinkVitamin. Same talking heads, same, same...

cstefanovici 15y ago

RYAN CARSON this is lame in that its an expensive version of http://www.codecademy.com http://www.codecademy.com Also you are using the same videos from ThinkVitamin which provide good introductory knowledge and that's it. Codeacademy makes you actually code and had badges long before you guys.

whyleyc 15y ago
This is akin to greeting Google's launch with: "LARRY PAGE this is lame in that it's a crummy featureless version of http://www.yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com You are using the same internet to search on. Yahoo makes you actually log into a nice portal and had search capability long before you guys." Just because there's a competing product in the marketplace doesn't devalue what Ryan's doing here. In fact, I think Treehouse is already outstripping Codeacademy on breath of education and video quality.
vladsanchez 15y ago
It's like saying CODEACADEMY is lame because its an expensive version of http://www.lynda.com http://www.lynda.com or http://www.showmedo.com http://www.showmedo.com . Get a life dude!
nhangen 15y ago
Actually, I think Codecademy used badges after Rails for Zombies did...so everyone must be copying Greg and crew right? Who cares...no one really cares about badges anyway...except of course, VC's, who are already out of touch.
- nhangen 15y ago
  OK, so I lied. Badges are surprisingly addicting. I've spent the past hour and a half unlocking them on Treehouse.
apechai 15y ago
tryruby had the in-browser coding before codecademy. I'm pretty sure codecademy uses the jq-console plug in which was around before: https://github.com/replit/jq-console https://github.com/replit/jq-console Badges have been around in video games and educational games for a while and Rails for Zombies already used them.

ryancarson 15y ago

We've added a lot of new content that wasn't on Think Vitamin Membership. However, yes, all the older content from Think Vitamin Membership has been retained in the Archive. It's still valuable so we didn't want to throw it away.