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The way that the video screen is occasionally moved out of the way to make room for the exercises is a really fresh take on the genre. And I like how the presen

The way that the video screen is occasionally moved out of the way to make room for the exercises is a really fresh take on the genre. And I like how the presenter comes off as enthusiastic but not canned. Very nice!

runemadsen 13y ago
Yes, Dan is an incredibly skilled teacher. I really love this too.
dhaivatpandya 13y ago
I'm not so sure. He seems a bit too enthusiastic to me; slightly artificial.
- vijucat 13y ago
  What if turns out to be exactly like that in real life, too? :-) I suppose it would cause some cognitive dissonance. One question I had while thinking about the (purely hypothetical) dissonance was : "Is he being overly enthusiastic, or is my low-key behaviour a subtle result of years and years of programming and debugging in an imperative model, where I literally have to internalize the computer, the Von Neumann architecture, and did I somehow end up being an unemotional VERSION of IT, a robot-human hybrid?!". A horrific thought, eh?! :-)
  - primitivesuave 13y ago
    Mind blown!
  - omarrr 13y ago
    Mind blown!
  - girvo 13y ago
    I was not expecting to read a comment like that on my Wednesday afternoon. Certainly thought provoking ;)
    - vijucat 13y ago
      Thank you! :-)
  - eru 13y ago
    Just the opposite: Von Neumann programming would make you overly excitable, what with all these state changes and side effects. Pure functional programming leads to immutable calm.
    - vijucat 13y ago
      Ha ha, thanks for the interesting perspective + play on words; "immutable calm" is a gem. You've got me worried, though; I AM overly excitable! Luckily, that excitement is due to the elegance of my / the solutions to the Scala programming assignments in the ongoing Coursera courses, so there may be some "immutable calm" in my near future. :-)
houshuang 13y ago
Yes very cool to see the video window move etc. But I really wanted to jump around (ahead) in the video/speed it up.
- tibbon 13y ago
  Jumping ahead, or rewinding to catch something you've missed. They should definitely put the transport back in there. I can see how they don't want people skipping around, but it does harm the experience a bit.
- fletchowns 13y ago
  You can watch all of them on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/80274630 http://vimeo.com/80274630

runemadsen 13y ago

Yes, Dan is an incredibly skilled teacher. I really love this too.

dhaivatpandya 13y ago

I'm not so sure. He seems a bit too enthusiastic to me; slightly artificial.

vijucat 13y ago
What if turns out to be exactly like that in real life, too? :-) I suppose it would cause some cognitive dissonance. One question I had while thinking about the (purely hypothetical) dissonance was : "Is he being overly enthusiastic, or is my low-key behaviour a subtle result of years and years of programming and debugging in an imperative model, where I literally have to internalize the computer, the Von Neumann architecture, and did I somehow end up being an unemotional VERSION of IT, a robot-human hybrid?!". A horrific thought, eh?! :-)
- primitivesuave 13y ago
  Mind blown!
- omarrr 13y ago
  Mind blown!
- girvo 13y ago
  I was not expecting to read a comment like that on my Wednesday afternoon. Certainly thought provoking ;)
  - vijucat 13y ago
    Thank you! :-)
- eru 13y ago
  Just the opposite: Von Neumann programming would make you overly excitable, what with all these state changes and side effects. Pure functional programming leads to immutable calm.
  - vijucat 13y ago
    Ha ha, thanks for the interesting perspective + play on words; "immutable calm" is a gem. You've got me worried, though; I AM overly excitable! Luckily, that excitement is due to the elegance of my / the solutions to the Scala programming assignments in the ongoing Coursera courses, so there may be some "immutable calm" in my near future. :-)

houshuang 13y ago

Yes very cool to see the video window move etc. But I really wanted to jump around (ahead) in the video/speed it up.

tibbon 13y ago
Jumping ahead, or rewinding to catch something you've missed. They should definitely put the transport back in there. I can see how they don't want people skipping around, but it does harm the experience a bit.
fletchowns 13y ago
You can watch all of them on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/80274630 http://vimeo.com/80274630