HP-Prime: Documentation & Tutorials

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(03-10-2015 12:42 PM)Angus Wrote:  Why the hell do people make a youtube video of everything nowadays... 'tutorials' presented on youtube are way inferior to anything written down. What's wrong with writing something down? You read at your own pace, you can quickly glimpse at recent stuff..... What is with that youtube-mania? Does self-expression inflict technological topics aswell? I don't think so.

Polarizing, I know that some prefer videos. I don't mean to offend or blame the youtubers, but when it comes to watching videos I prefer to relax, have a beer and put my feets up.
So if you are unsure and have no good reason for testing your new cam, consider just writing down your turorials.

For me I sit in both camps. Often, it *depends* on the content, many times I'm frustrated wanting to quickly see how something is done while watching someone wave their mouse around the screen. Succinct videos can be good. Also, a fifteen minute video that has the 3 steps listed in the description can leave all the mouse waving for someone who has nothing better to do.

On the other hand, documents that assume you already know almost everything about the topic can tend to glaze over a number of concepts, leaving my eyes similarly glazed over. Many times a document will make a quantum leap from a basic concept to some solution. Once again, succinct, good documents are very useful.

So, I switch between the two, and depending on the quality, I don't necessarily always wish for one or the other.

I think at least some discussion on this holds merit in this thread as a heads-up to our kind tutorial makers.

Edit, on reflection, another + for documents; especially if the material is lengthy, is that they are searchable. Videos aren't really searchable until we get the next level of AI (soon ). Though I think YT videos can be annotated, just not sure about the searching bit.