[documentation] Babies, Spoons, Food and Funny Faces

[Bèr Kessels]

Op zondag 08 januari 2006 19:16, schreef Spz Toid:
> AFAIK, the bar for video documentation has been set by Typo3:
> http://typo3.org/documentation/videos/

A personal note:
I got lulled into Ruby on Rails by their fancy video(s). Watching a coder code 
up a site in 20 minutes. Naturally sceptical as I am, I was like yea, right. 
But the video stayed with me. I mean, I have read hundreds of promises of fast 
coding, quick development, hip coding.  But the video grabbed me. And got me 
digging further. 

Then, the fact that the video is not just yelling "yea mike, this 
ShebangStainKiller can kill any stain, its AMAZINGG", but is actually true, 
made me buy books, learn ruby, and quote my first Ruby on Rails projects (for 
next month). 

So, conclusion:
Videos are cool, they can get people in very fast.
But:
They need to be followed up by real live examples. We should make sure there 
is no learning gap between a video getting your blog online in 5 minutes, and 
actually setting up that blog. We must make sure that we actually do what 
videos tell. Whether they are tuturials or promotional makes little 
difference.

Bèr