This is awesome. So about content and size. The best screencasts I have seen are the vimcasts. They are short (6-8 min) and focused on one topic. The presenter talks quite quickly and precisely so it's way to view one on the bus or train in a bite-sized piece. I much prefer this to the meaty screencasts from topfunky, which are superb but can sit unwathed because I never have an hour spare.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 22, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Mark Sobkowicz <[email protected]> wrote: > A few weeks ago I posted on this list about creating a screencast series for > hobo, and got some postive responses. So here is my first attempt. It is > very much a work in progress. > > http://www.hobocast.com > > This site is hosted for now at the high school where I work. This has the > advantage of being free - we shall see what disadvantages it has! The site > uses the lovely HTML5 video tag, which only really works in Safari and maybe > Chrome, but the download works, and you can use Windows Media Player or > iTunes to watch the movie. Obviously I need to work on that. > > I made a 9 minute screencast of a hobo app being created. It covers much > less than the one Tom has on hobocentral.net, but the plan is to keep these > screencasts small and modular, and add more. I'm looking for feedback in the > following categories: > > Substance - most important, obviously - are there errors or omissions! > Presentation Style - I'm interested in whether you think I should talk less, > slow down, speed up, etc. > Technical Style - Is it readable? Should I use a larger font in the > terminal? Other ideas? > Choice of Blogging software - I'm using PowerPress on Wordpress 3.1. I'll > add an iTunes link soon, so you can subscribe in iTunes. > Ideas for future screencasts. > > I'll be working on the movie files themselves - this one is 60MB which is a > little too big, I think. Any experiences on that front you'd like to share > with me would be great. I'm using Screenflow 2. > > > Enter comments right on the site, or email them to me. Thanks, > > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hobo Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
