Astley Le Jasper <astley.lejas...@gmail.com> writes: > I've just stumbled over this (http://showmedo.com/) and being the very > visual person I am, it seems like it could be a good way to learn > about python. However, before I smack down $60, I wondered if anyone > had any opinions on it. My gut feel is that it could be pretty good.
I commend you on your prudence. The site makes a big deal about helping people with free software. But their videos are in non-free formats, with Flash being the only option I could see. The content appears only to play *in* a browser (I couldn't find any download links to watch the video offline), making it a pain for anyone without extremely fast internet. They require Yet Another Bloody Site-specific Authentication, instead of allowing login with an existing OpenID as provided by any of the hundreds of millions of accounts people already have. Those barriers are enough that I haven't yet *seen* any of their content to know if it's worth paying for. -- \ “It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.” | `\ —David Hume | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list