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Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by SeanAnderson »

somebee wrote: post #70
SeanAnderson wrote: post #68

I literally yelled aloud, "Wait! Stop! What is going on?! THIS IS COOL." when I first interacted with your product. This is novel & fantastic. Well done. EDIT: I've gone ahead and moved all my UI/UX feedback into GitHub per your request. Good luck working on this! :)

Thanks for really valuable feedback :) Great if you want to submit and follow up at github.com/scrimba/community! We hadn't really planned for a HN launch yet so a lot of the ux is rough around the edges.

Yep :) I know how valuable the "I've never used this before" interactions can be with a product! I'll toss up an issue!

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by [deleted] »

somebee wrote: post #70
SeanAnderson wrote: post #68

I literally yelled aloud, "Wait! Stop! What is going on?! THIS IS COOL." when I first interacted with your product. This is novel & fantastic. Well done. EDIT: I've gone ahead and moved all my UI/UX feedback into GitHub per your request. Good luck working on this! :)

Thanks for really valuable feedback :) Great if you want to submit and follow up at github.com/scrimba/community! We hadn't really planned for a HN launch yet so a lot of the ux is rough around the edges.

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Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by biot »

mrborgen wrote: post #66

Thanks a lot for all the feedback, everyone! We're overwhelmed by all the positive comments. If you have any feature requests, please submit them as issues here: https://github.com/scrimba/community Also, a few people have asked us how to create content, so we're obviously not making it clear enough. To do that, simply create an account (with GitHub) and start screencasting in our browser editor. If you want to get i…

Is the video format documented somewhere, or are you keeping that proprietary?

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by erikpukinskis »

If you provided an embeddable iframe widget that I could put on my own site, and intercept the file changes to do my own rendering, something like:

    
    scrimbaWidget(".my-container", "sc-ri-mbaID", function onFileChanged(name, source, output) {
      persistToMyBackend(name, source)
      output.innerHTML = renderFromMyServer(name)
    })
... this would be a very interesting platform play. You would be providing essentially the audio, text capture, and synchronization, but I could keep doing my app hosting. Not having to store audio or deal with browser incompatibilities around recording and playback would be worth some money to me.

Like Filestack for screen recording.

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by faceyspacey »

mrborgen wrote: post #66

Thanks a lot for all the feedback, everyone! We're overwhelmed by all the positive comments. If you have any feature requests, please submit them as issues here: https://github.com/scrimba/community Also, a few people have asked us how to create content, so we're obviously not making it clear enough. To do that, simply create an account (with GitHub) and start screencasting in our browser editor. If you want to get i…

Y apply to YC. If ur serious about anything and ur a serious developer, u don't need money, connections, etc. Y dilute yourself, Y forever be beholden to investors. I know I don't want anyone telling me what to do regarding my baby.

Programming apps is quicker than ever now. All you need is a ramen noodle revenue stream to keep you afloat while you build.

I urge you to question why you really wanna go to YC. Is it to get consigned by "daddy"? It sure can feel good. It's an accomplishment of it's own, but a sub-par intention.

You got this far, why not monetize on your own so you can support yourself through your product, and never have to give up any equity and rights to decision making for YOUR COMPANY!

Too many people are eager to allow others to have a say on their baby. Don't do it unless you absolutely need to. Start charging. I'll pay for this product. Forget YC. Believe in yourself. Are you a follower that eagerly seeks direction from others or a leader who just knows what must be done and doesn't look to others for validation. Validation seekers will always fare less well because they are less confident. So the question is: why are you not confident in yourselves? Why is this going to fail if you don't go to YC? To put the question in the positive, how could you get to where you wanna go and farther without YC?? What do you need? Is it just ramen noodle revenue for you guys while you build? If so, maybe there are other ways. Have you even tried to explore them?

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by drumdance »

sly010 wrote: post #28
nichochar wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is so much opportunity for learning here... I agree, I wish podcasts had some kind of technology that allowed you to follow things that are hard to convey through Audio.

I once started writing a podcast app like that. As a listener I would reallly like the idea. Unfortunately I don't see why a podcaster would do the job of adding metadata on my platform if they don't get anything out of it. If it was a core of their value proposition, they would probably use a mooc platform and not a podcast. Then I though I would probably need to build a more useful tool to manage other needs of a p…

For sponsored podcasts you're right. But much of what I listen to doesn't have advertising, or it's indirect in the form of interviewing guests who promote their products.

For example, one of the podcasts I really like is run by a guy who a) knows a lot about real estate and b) sells a SaaS product for people who want to do what he does. He frequently references show notes, PDFs, webinar signups and the like in his show, and I engage with most of that stuff... if I remember to do it when I get home.

In his case the value per customer is quite high, so he would probably make the investment in rich media. He doesn't have sponsors and so isn't beholden to click through rates.

And I'd wager that's true for the vast majority of podcasts. A handful make money from advertising because they have really large audiences. The rest do it as a hobby or to promote their businesses.

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Post by divanvisagie »

hmottestad wrote: post #79
divanvisagie wrote: post #78

This is pointless, tried editing , did not work as I thought it would. Sad!

There is a small "play" button in the top right corner you have to press after editing. You don't need permissions to edit, but you do need them to save.

Yeah I saw that , little bit too minimal to be honest , doesn't scream "click me" so was a bit confused initially. Though it was just another play button for the video. Maybe moving it to the output window would be a bit less confusing
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