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  • M Marc Clifton

    A site were I could watch real demonstrations of different technologies, like ORM, WPF, etc. Ranging from a basic walkthrough example to videos targetting one specific complicated issue. It'd be nice if, like articles, these could be submitted and voted on. Because there's so many emerging (and existing) technologies I don't know anything about but really want to and ought to. I want a call up an expert and say, give me a 30 minute rundown, without wading through a site, its documentation, examples that require setting up DB's and CTP's and OS's I don't have, etc. And I want it to be videos showing the product in action with dialog and watching the mouse move around on the screen, not something I have to read and I only get 1% of the real flavor/feel of the product. What do you all think? [edit]and that Channel 9 site is NOT what I mean[/edit] Marc

    Thyme In The Country
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    People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
    There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
    People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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    Ed Poore
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    This is a repost from a while ago in a ways (in the suggestion forum I think).  Chris wouldn't buy it because of the bandwidth but an alternative suggested was a site which people could simply link or add stuff to a directory.  The videos could then be hosted somewhere else, e.g. Googtube.

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      Ah, well... Hey, how do you know about those videos?! :suss: ;P

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      It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.

      --Raymond Chen on MSDN

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      Dan Neely
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      hook, line, sinker. :)

      -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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        hook, line, sinker. :)

        -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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        Shog9 0
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        dan neely wrote:

        hook, line, sinker

        Hey! Keep your mind off my tackle. ;P

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        It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.

        --Raymond Chen on MSDN

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        • R Ryan Roberts

          Like www.dnrtv.com[^]? They do some really handy screencasts.

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          SchaeferFFM
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          [Modified] This was supposed to be a reply to Ryan Roberts. Quoth Ryan:     Like www.dnrtv.com[^]? They do some really handy screencasts. BTW: why the heck can't i quote somebody whilst doing a modification? [/Modified] Thanks for the link! They allow content to be downloaded (zipped or torrent) :cool: I'm interested in Sahil Malik's shows on SharePoint 2007 and in the current WPF feature.

          -- Oliver

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          • M Marc Clifton

            Richard A. Abbott wrote:

            Video tutorials hosted on CP servers.

            Well no, I wasn't thinking CP would do this.

            Richard A. Abbott wrote:

            but when you consider that many readers of CP do not use any form of english as their primary language, this is a hurdle that might be insurmountable.

            Well, there's no reason why someone shouldn't be able to put a video together in their own language, or even provide an audio dub. Marc

            Thyme In The Country
            Interacx

            People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
            There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
            People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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            Lost User
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            Marc Clifton wrote:

            audio dub

            Just like some TV programs and films. They are worse than useless in my opinion.

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            • M Marc Clifton

              A site were I could watch real demonstrations of different technologies, like ORM, WPF, etc. Ranging from a basic walkthrough example to videos targetting one specific complicated issue. It'd be nice if, like articles, these could be submitted and voted on. Because there's so many emerging (and existing) technologies I don't know anything about but really want to and ought to. I want a call up an expert and say, give me a 30 minute rundown, without wading through a site, its documentation, examples that require setting up DB's and CTP's and OS's I don't have, etc. And I want it to be videos showing the product in action with dialog and watching the mouse move around on the screen, not something I have to read and I only get 1% of the real flavor/feel of the product. What do you all think? [edit]and that Channel 9 site is NOT what I mean[/edit] Marc

              Thyme In The Country
              Interacx

              People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
              There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
              People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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              Mark_Wallace
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              Don't tell us, tell Google. Give 'em the idea, and let 'em run with it. If they set up a dedicated area just for product-demo movies, companies will fall over themselves to get their demos in there.

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              • M Marcus J Smith

                You mean all those English sounding people I hear, Ian McKellan, Maggie Smith, etc.. are really American actors?


                CleaKO

                "I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
                "Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School)

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                Andrew Leeder
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                No, but they don't speak with a regional English accent either. ~A

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                • M Marc Clifton

                  A site were I could watch real demonstrations of different technologies, like ORM, WPF, etc. Ranging from a basic walkthrough example to videos targetting one specific complicated issue. It'd be nice if, like articles, these could be submitted and voted on. Because there's so many emerging (and existing) technologies I don't know anything about but really want to and ought to. I want a call up an expert and say, give me a 30 minute rundown, without wading through a site, its documentation, examples that require setting up DB's and CTP's and OS's I don't have, etc. And I want it to be videos showing the product in action with dialog and watching the mouse move around on the screen, not something I have to read and I only get 1% of the real flavor/feel of the product. What do you all think? [edit]and that Channel 9 site is NOT what I mean[/edit] Marc

                  Thyme In The Country
                  Interacx

                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                  People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                  RichardGrimmer
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                  That's the way an awful lot of tutorials etc for blender[^] are done - and I have to say it's a really good way of doing it! Perhaps a facility on CP to post a videotutorial rather than a straight article?

                  "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox

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                  • M Marc Clifton

                    A site were I could watch real demonstrations of different technologies, like ORM, WPF, etc. Ranging from a basic walkthrough example to videos targetting one specific complicated issue. It'd be nice if, like articles, these could be submitted and voted on. Because there's so many emerging (and existing) technologies I don't know anything about but really want to and ought to. I want a call up an expert and say, give me a 30 minute rundown, without wading through a site, its documentation, examples that require setting up DB's and CTP's and OS's I don't have, etc. And I want it to be videos showing the product in action with dialog and watching the mouse move around on the screen, not something I have to read and I only get 1% of the real flavor/feel of the product. What do you all think? [edit]and that Channel 9 site is NOT what I mean[/edit] Marc

                    Thyme In The Country
                    Interacx

                    People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                    There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                    People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                    Steve Naidamast
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                    First of all, learning a lot of esoteric technology is a waste of time since you will never get to use most of it and by the time you get to use maybe a fraction of what you do know something else would have appeared. Second!; read a book, and stop watching so much television. Reading a good technical manual will do a lot more for you than watching watered down crap on a screen. Besides, Its bad for your sociological development...

                    Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com

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                    • L Lost User

                      CleaKO wrote:

                      too snooty sounding

                      I wasn't born with neither a plum nor a silver spoon in my mouth. My accent is a toned down Cockney London.

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                      BoneSoft
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                      You wasn't born with neither? I'm a little rusty on my double negatives... Does that mean you were born with one? Or both? ;P


                      Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

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                      • L Lost User

                        Video tutorials hosted on CP servers. This is an excellent idea but i'm not sure that CP servers would be able to cope. In any case, English english or American english should be the preferred language that these tutorials should be delivered in but when you consider that many readers of CP do not use any form of english as their primary language, this is a hurdle that might be insurmountable. And I would be happy to consider putting together some video tutorials on a variety of subjects should such an adventure take off. Wasn't this the subject of discussion recently on the Suggestions Forum?

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                        Chris Charabaruk
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                        How about organized on CP but stored on another site such as YouTube? Each video tutorial would have a page here with additional information, downloads, and discussion, but the actual video would be hosted by YouTube and simply displayed on the CP page. That should work, right?

                        Christopher S. 'coldacid' Charabaruk E-mail: chris at coldacid dot ent Web: http://coldacid.net/

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                        • L lost in transition

                          You done forgot about Bad English.


                          God Bless, Jason
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                          Developer: A person who develops working systems by writing and using software. [^]

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                          Marcus J Smith
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                          Dow dow dowdowdow (Deliverance banjo) :rolleyes:


                          CleaKO

                          "I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
                          "Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School)

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                            Dow dow dowdowdow (Deliverance banjo) :rolleyes:


                            CleaKO

                            "I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
                            "Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School)

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                            stupidmistakez
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                            what the hell is it?

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                            • M Marc Clifton

                              A site were I could watch real demonstrations of different technologies, like ORM, WPF, etc. Ranging from a basic walkthrough example to videos targetting one specific complicated issue. It'd be nice if, like articles, these could be submitted and voted on. Because there's so many emerging (and existing) technologies I don't know anything about but really want to and ought to. I want a call up an expert and say, give me a 30 minute rundown, without wading through a site, its documentation, examples that require setting up DB's and CTP's and OS's I don't have, etc. And I want it to be videos showing the product in action with dialog and watching the mouse move around on the screen, not something I have to read and I only get 1% of the real flavor/feel of the product. What do you all think? [edit]and that Channel 9 site is NOT what I mean[/edit] Marc

                              Thyme In The Country
                              Interacx

                              People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                              There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                              People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                              Stick
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                              Ssssh or you'll give MS and idea... sort of a cross between microsoft.com and youtube.com. Actually, you can get this already (intros) to MS technology from their many webcasts. I find I can spend hours watching webcasts if I'm not careful, and have learned quite a bit from them.

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