Re: Videos

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. jún. 18., H,
22:48):

> Hi Guix,
>
> A while ago I proposed this:
>
> > I’d like us to produce a series of short videos (< 4 mins each) that
> > introduce functional package management with Guix.
> >
> > This is supposed to be aimed at people who are intimidated by the manual
> > and wouldn’t know where to begin reading.  Each of the videos should
> > focus on a single feature and be on the point.  The final seconds should
> > point the viewer to the manual to learn more.
> >
> > Who would like to be involved in the planning and production of the
> > videos?  There are many tasks such as:
> >
> > * collecting topics that should be covered
> > * writing canonical narration scripts for each episode
> […]
>
> I guess it makes sense to start at the beginning :)
>
> What are good first topics that we could introduced in self-contained
> videos?  The goal is to show a useful feature (one or two closely
> related features per video) without making things confusing.
>
> Ludo recommended to take a look at the slides that people have been
> using to present Guix to various audiences:
>
>     https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/maintenance.git/tree/talks
>
> We don’t have to use them as they are, but they could provide some
> inspiration to find ways to explain the essence of functional package
> management.  We don’t need to start with this abstract topic.  Maybe
> it’s better to show features first.
>
>
I tend to agree. Features first look like a good idea. Also, we should
emphasize the benefits of doing things the guix way :)
People might be more interested if they can see how their current
situation is made better by a tool.


> What are your thoughts on this?
>
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> Ricardo
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