Topic: Tips & Tricks -- articles, or videos?

[Kate M]

I've been thinking about experimenting with my blog -- mixing up text posts with videos. Before I go crazy with it, though, I thought I'd see if anybody would actually watch them.

Here's my first attempt: Associative Dimensioning (Think about how many words and screenshots you'd need to explain this concept, and you'll see why I recorded it instead.)

How about it? Would you watch a video to learn a tip? Would it have to be a short one? Would you just rather read about it instead? Would it depend on the tip?

[M-dub]

Depends on the tip.

A healthy combination of text and video is always nice and keeping it short and sweet is important.

Edit:  The addition of screenshots (including animated gif's) is also very helpful sometimes.

[mjfarrell]

I've been thinking about experimenting with my blog -- mixing up text posts with videos. Before I go crazy with it, though, I thought I'd see if anybody would actually watch them.

Here's my first attempt: Associative Dimensioning (Think about how many words and screenshots you'd need to explain this concept, and you'll see why I recorded it instead.)

How about it? Would you watch a video to learn a tip? Would it have to be a short one? Would you just rather read about it instead? Would it depend on the tip?

this is exactly why I chose video as the primary delivery vehicle here http://primeservicesglobal.com/pirate3d/, and on the free tutorials that I offer here: http://primeservicesglobal.com/tutorials.php

[Matt__W]

Lemme guess... you posted it on YouTube?  Which is why I can't see it.  A lot of people I know have YouTube blocked from the company internet access.  I personally like having a WMV that I can download at work, save, and watch when it's convenient for me.  So, unless I send myself the link to the web site and look it up at night (which is highly unlikely since I prefer to keep work AT WORK) I'll never see it.  Just my two cents.

I DO like the videos though, like on Kyle's blog.  He's got quite a few WMVs posted for MEP.  It makes it much easier to comprehend when you can actually see what's being clicked and where it's located, etc....

[CAB]

I like video presentations and it often take the ambiguity out of written explanations.

[MP]

I like video presentations and it often take the ambiguity out of written explanations.

hides typos too

[Krushert]

I selected depends but I like both.  I have to agree that video is a lot clearer. 

Bonus points, We can now place a voice with that smile.   

[Kate M]

Lemme guess... you posted it on YouTube?  Which is why I can't see it.  A lot of people I know have YouTube blocked from the company internet access.

Hmm, good point. YouTube is currently the easiest way to get a video into the blog, and Autodesk is working on putting a company-wide channel together. But thanks for the reminder about blocked sites.

Bonus points, We can now place a voice with that smile.  

If you'd attended one of my webcasts, you could've done that before now.

[jonesy]

I like videos to learn from, but it has to depend on the tip/trick you are learning. SOme would take too long as written/images documents, but some workplaces frown on too much multimedia

[Bryco]

Cui's and other large chunks of new info work great on a video.

By the way Kate it would nice to mention that associative dims lose their associatively on a blockref when it is edited

[CAB]

I like video presentations and it often takes the ambiguity out of written explanations.

hides typos too

That's a big plus.

[whdjr]

I selected an article in the poll, but then I watched your video.  The video was nice and very informative, but sometimes at work I can't use my sound.  That is the only drawback I see with the videos.

[deegeecees]

I made a couple training sessions using Adobe Captivate. Expensive and hard to master, but excellent output IMO.