it's the least consumable form of tutorial, the least accessible
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right? like it consumes both your audio and visual processing centers. It never contains enough info to not watch.
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videos are effectively unskimmable. they are the cognitive form of Flash, defeating all built-in environment features
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video forces you to consume information in one format, at a fixed speed, with no real ability to seek precisely
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you spent decades learning how to efficiently devour docs written for a wide audience? lol sorry your skills are useless
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now listen while I spell out Simple Object Access Protocol and don't try to skip or you'll miss the part about permissions
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"oh, you want to skip back to replay something? Sorry, our onclick accuracy sucks, you get 3 minute increments at best."
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oops you missed and hit an ad. oops you missed me spelling out a method name, enjoy the two minutes of preceding droning
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@davidjrusek What are your preferred methods of learning others' software, API, services, etc.? :) -
documentation, self discovery, IDEs with autocomplete make this easy
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What are some specific examples of 'self discovery' for you?
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I prefer written, searchable information, organized contextually, not linearly, with visual aids when suitable.
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And bonus points for providing real-world minimal examples, or at least documented design thinking for use patterns
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The most useful documentation isn't "what", but "why."
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why would you not avail yourself of every possible learning option???
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Because my time and attention are finite and monetizable resources.
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so consume the media type you prefer but dont presume to restrict stuff for the rest of us.
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okay. I didn't.
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@mediajunkie Fine -- they can send that enterprise sales guy right over to walk you through. - End of conversation
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