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Re: Watch other people code

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Post by BasDirks » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 11:41 AM UTC

beaumartinez wrote: post #10

Interesting detail: I saw this link in an email I got very recently about VimConf. At the bottom it says "Copyright 30 Cubits LLC"—the contact email at 30 Cubits' page[1] is for Joey, I'd assume it's the same Joey as the guy behind VimConf. Man's on a roll! [1] http://30cubits.com/

The beard confirms. Great ideas indeed.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by Mvandenbergh » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 11:45 AM UTC

maeon3 wrote: post #4

I've grown the most as a programmer literally kneeling or standing behind the shoulder of programmers with 5 to 8 years more experience than I had. Those hours I spent in that position was more beneficial than hours sitting in expensive classes, hours spent debugging, hours spent reading, hours spent building new programs... combined. The speed of great content delivery by watching someone much better than you code c…

I think all you need are good channel descriptions, that way a novice who knows a little Python can choose to watch a stream of someone with 3-4 years Python experience rather than someone with 20 years of C experience doing linux kernel hacking.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by swaroop » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 11:47 AM UTC

beaumartinez wrote: post #10

Interesting detail: I saw this link in an email I got very recently about VimConf. At the bottom it says "Copyright 30 Cubits LLC"—the contact email at 30 Cubits' page[1] is for Joey, I'd assume it's the same Joey as the guy behind VimConf. Man's on a roll! [1] http://30cubits.com/

Actually, I assumed that VimConf was a great marketing strategy for castingcode.tv - am I wrong to think that the product came first and then the conference idea?

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by spodek » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 11:57 AM UTC

I bet I have a better idea for you.

Set up the same thing for watching people design. I don't design much, but I love and learn incredible amounts from watching people design. Could be any format -- web, print, architectural, etc.

Design is inherently more visual, so watching others communicates more and is probably more fun and engaging.

Also I suspect more people design than code so you probably get a bigger audience getting more from it.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by tomjen3 » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 12:03 PM UTC

Am I the only who loathe the current trend of posting things before they are finished?

I am all for the lean approach, but this isn't a minimum viable product (that would be a player and a tagging system to find the language I was interested in) it is a website.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by wiradikusuma » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 12:04 PM UTC

I don't think I dare to use it. I usually code and Command-Tab to HN quite often, that would be annoying for people who watch me. On a positive side, that could force me to focus.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by Amokrane » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 12:05 PM UTC

spodek wrote: post #14

I bet I have a better idea for you. Set up the same thing for watching people design. I don't design much, but I love and learn incredible amounts from watching people design. Could be any format -- web, print, architectural, etc. Design is inherently more visual, so watching others communicates more and is probably more fun and engaging. Also I suspect more people design than code so you probably get a bigger audien…

Once the platform is up for watching people code, it could be easily generalized to other fields as long as the work gets done on a computer.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by revorad » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 12:05 PM UTC

spodek wrote: post #14

I bet I have a better idea for you. Set up the same thing for watching people design. I don't design much, but I love and learn incredible amounts from watching people design. Could be any format -- web, print, architectural, etc. Design is inherently more visual, so watching others communicates more and is probably more fun and engaging. Also I suspect more people design than code so you probably get a bigger audien…

This is a brilliant suggestion. I've seen countless posts here on "how should I learn design?". When I think about learning to design, I want to learn the process of a good designer, not just theory or tricks. For example, I learnt a lot more design from this post and video than other stuff:

http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by rjd » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 12:07 PM UTC

I think mine would need an R18 rating when I go into swearing fits at the .net framework and permission issues :P

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by CesareBorgia » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 12:18 PM UTC

You may want to build it like soundcloud so that viewers can add their own comments at certain points in the video.