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While I don't disagree that Bob Martin presents useful information in those videos, his presentation style is... bizarre to say the least. You'll find as you w
by a-priori 12y ago
While I don't disagree that Bob Martin presents useful information in those videos, his presentation style is... bizarre to say the least.
You'll find as you watch them that the signal-to-noise ratio drops with each episode. In the last few, there's about ten minutes of useful information mixed in with about 50 minutes of cosmology lessons, tours of his house and neighbourhood, and babble amongst his various alter egos (Data, Sherlock, Spock, Minecraft guy, Ruby guy, Microsoft fanboy, and so on).
Everyone has their own threshold for how much of that they can tolerate. For me, it crossed that about five episodes ago.
- valarauca1 12y agoI asked elsewhere but perhaps I asked the wrong person. Which episodes would recommend in particular for the highest bang-for-my-buck?
- a-priori 12y agoMy memory's a bit foggy about what's in each one and how much of an acid trip they all are, but I'd say episodes 6-14 are kind of the sweet spot you're looking for. The next several, from 15-19 cover some good stuff but are getting really wacky, and beyond that could be good if they weren't so damned weird.
- zerr 12y agoTo be on the safer side - you can download videos from torrents and pay afterwards for the episodes you find valuable.