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I've always found it odd that people want to share this sort of thing. Such as live coding videos or live editing. People change behavior when they are being w

I've always found it odd that people want to share this sort of thing. Such as live coding videos or live editing. People change behavior when they are being watched. Even when I know I'm being recorded and no one is watching, I feel a bit of the spotlight effect going on. I don't know that I could actually record my honest self without being performative. I wouldn't be free to do anything that might be embarrassing. Even in pair programming or coding interviews. It's an incredibly intimate thing, to watch someone take their brain noise and broadcast it, raw.

babyshake 4y ago
Especially for someone you've never met before, right after getting through a 30 second "getting to know you" introduction where you don't say anything of substance.
seizethecheese 4y ago
I don’t find it odd at all. I think it’s illuminating. Sure there’s an observation effect, but this is 1000x more informational than if Paul were to write an essay: “how I write essays”.
- solarmist 4y ago
  Which he’s done, if I'm remembering correctly.
whateveracct 4y ago
It's Sartre's "The Look"
stronglikedan 4y ago
> people want to share this sort of thing > People change behavior when they are being watched Maybe they want to share this sort of thing, so they can practice not changing behavior while they're watched.
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solarmist 4y ago
You don't create these if you're worried about being embarrassed. For most people, this is one of the most embarrassing things a person could do. I don't use them often, but when I'm doing something new, these kinds of references are absolutely invaluable. The impression you get from someone describing their process is totally different than seeing it. Especially iterative aspects, false starts, etc. All of those are thing writers AND readers gloss over.
madrox 4y ago
In my experience, some people perform better when operating feels performative. I don't think it's something anyone comes by naturally, though.
db48x 4y ago
That's true for many people, but people also like to show off, or to educate others. I think that recording yourself is just applying new technology to the problem. For example, Vernor Vinge wrote many of his stories on early computers. He didn't have any way to record that, but his style of annotating the text as he wrote it and thought of ideas or problems turns out to be quite interesting. He eventually shared his annotated text for A Fire Upon the Deep; you can read it at <https://3e.org/vvannot/ https://3e.org/vvannot/>. Although he didn't ever intend to publish them himself, JRR Tolkien kept extensive (but very badly organized) records of how his stories evolved over time. Christopher Tolkien later published stories from those notes, but also successive versions of the same story from different stages of it's development. "Beren and Luthien" is especially fun because you can see Tolkien's mistakes, such as characters like "the appalling Tevildo", Prince of Cats who captures Beren in the earliest surviving draft.

babyshake 4y ago

Especially for someone you've never met before, right after getting through a 30 second "getting to know you" introduction where you don't say anything of substance.

seizethecheese 4y ago

I don’t find it odd at all. I think it’s illuminating. Sure there’s an observation effect, but this is 1000x more informational than if Paul were to write an essay: “how I write essays”.

solarmist 4y ago
Which he’s done, if I'm remembering correctly.

whateveracct 4y ago

It's Sartre's "The Look"

stronglikedan 4y ago

> people want to share this sort of thing > People change behavior when they are being watched Maybe they want to share this sort of thing, so they can practice not changing behavior while they're watched.

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solarmist 4y ago

You don't create these if you're worried about being embarrassed. For most people, this is one of the most embarrassing things a person could do. I don't use them often, but when I'm doing something new, these kinds of references are absolutely invaluable. The impression you get from someone describing their process is totally different than seeing it. Especially iterative aspects, false starts, etc. All of those are thing writers AND readers gloss over.

madrox 4y ago

In my experience, some people perform better when operating feels performative. I don't think it's something anyone comes by naturally, though.

db48x 4y ago

That's true for many people, but people also like to show off, or to educate others. I think that recording yourself is just applying new technology to the problem. For example, Vernor Vinge wrote many of his stories on early computers. He didn't have any way to record that, but his style of annotating the text as he wrote it and thought of ideas or problems turns out to be quite interesting. He eventually shared his annotated text for A Fire Upon the Deep; you can read it at <https://3e.org/vvannot/ https://3e.org/vvannot/>. Although he didn't ever intend to publish them himself, JRR Tolkien kept extensive (but very badly organized) records of how his stories evolved over time. Christopher Tolkien later published stories from those notes, but also successive versions of the same story from different stages of it's development. "Beren and Luthien" is especially fun because you can see Tolkien's mistakes, such as characters like "the appalling Tevildo", Prince of Cats who captures Beren in the earliest surviving draft.