By the way - a few other tricks: 1. Use multi-monitors so you can read off one while recording the other... 2. Use a stopwatch / timer to watch your time
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Maybe, I am completely wrong. I am thinking about Joe's screencast on >> > database retrievals. He can type really fast and can talk easily (which >> I >> > cannot do) and is able to fly through many examples in no time. >> > > Hi Brian, we need different styles of videos to appeal to different > people. My style was based on leaving the viewer wanting more -- being > impressed by how quickly something can come together. It was more of a > pitch than a training video. Truthfully, I don't think many people would > learn from it other than learn about what's possible (not how to do it). > The style was based on probably hundreds of other screencasts I've seen, > years of experience doing software demos and several hours of preparation > and a few re-recordings. Basically, I'd stop and start over if I wasn't > happy in the first minute. I did three segments and then combined them > together. That way I was only committing myself to 3-4 minutes of constant > flow. Sure, I had a few spots where I wasn't happy after 2 minutes into it > but I kept rolling based on my experience demoing software. > > All this is meant to reiterate that it's not easy to pull off and takes > practice. > > We are our own harshest critic. I think your video is quite good. I > learned by watching it and your voice (volume, tone, energy) and pace was > good. I've taken online courses (coursera, etc) where I've had to watch the > videos in 2x speed. Yours could probably be sped up a bit, but that will > get better with practice. > > Typing and talking is a challenge for me still. I mask it by typing fast > possibly. I noticed you recalled commands in the console. Instead of typing > them out, pull them from the command history... That's a good trick to get > values input without having to actually type them. > > Anyhow, keep it up! The more videos the better. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
