2009/6/10 Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk>: > > I've not managed to do that, even now. Partly it's the amount of time > required, and partly that I tend to find videos provide a low signal to > noise and I'm stuck at their speed. The written word can be more useful > and I've just read http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/ > which seems to explain some of it quite well. How much it's missed out, > I obviously don't know. :-) > > So if there's others like me who'd like to know what it's all about, and > whether to invest 100 minutes of your time in the video, that may be > worth a read first.
Hi Ralph, Seems like others have had the same issue ("80 minutes!?") as there is a "Readers' Digest Condensed" version (more just someone's selected highlights, actually) at [1]. Although TBH I don't know how useful the video snippets would be on their own if you hadn't already seen the full length version. OT, I think I do tend to agree with you about the effectiveness of the medium - you can't easily 'skim' a video ;-) But OTOH [2] I've just downloaded an open source software package (Kompozer) and found myself looking for a nice entry level 'howto' video on the web rather than a user guide doc... hey well, nobody's consistent *all* the time! [1] http://lifehacker.com/5285944/the-google-wave-highlight-reel?skyline=true&s=x [2] wow. what an acronym-fest. Three in one message. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset