Hi all, I'm considering making an instructional Youtube video about learning the minimal knowledge of Rust. It will be very much like my supposedly 25 minute XML HTML presentation Wednesday night. You know, the one that stretched to 40 minutes :-).
I'll be tailoring the presentation according to the modern human traits Sy pointed out at the meeting: 1. I need to immediately show them the benefit. 2. I have to make them curious very quickly. 3. Every few seconds I have to hit them with something new and shiny. 4. I can't overly depend on AI, LLMs, Vibe coding, whatever it's called. But make no mistake, the purpose is that viewers walk away with a basic understanding of the most basic underpinnings of Rust. They have to know it in their muscle memory. About 50% of the video will be switching between a full screen editor (most likely GVim but maybe Bluefish), and a full screen terminal emulator. Both will be big font black print on white background: I'm not one of those estupidos who presents using the default VSCode color scheme next to their face, so that the code is barely discernable. Absolutely no long blocks of text, and no code that doesn't contribute to the point being made. The other 50% will be divided between my face talking and things that look like sparse but bold Powerpoint slides to jar the audience members out of their complacency. I'll also occasionally have a big sound effect for the same purpose, but I will *not* have music to compete with the information being conveyed. Right Sy? I have a pretty decent Talent microphone, and nobody seems to have trouble understanding me in Jitsi meetings. I think the same can be said about my now ancient Logitech webcam. I'll comb my hair. I'll get some headphones so feedback isn't a problem. I have no idea what tools I'll need. I do know that I make a lot of mistakes, so I'll need some sort of video editor to cut out mistakes and splice other stuff together, as well as a way to write text on top of already recorded stuff. I'm not going to spend a lot of money on equipment or fixing up my environment. Maybe I'll buy some cheap fabric and hang it from a taut rope so the mess isn't visible. Could you please give me any recommendations on Free Software tools I should use to create this on Linux? I'm copying the Phoenix LUG because they have some video gurus there. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
