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by Curt Hibbs.
Original Post: Screencast Videos: A better way to "get it"
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I hadn’t really put it all together until I read this article by Jon Udell and it probably played a big role in the rapid spread of Ruby on Rails .
Back in the beginning (which was only 9 months ago), you didn’t have all buzz that currently surrounds Ruby on Rails—you had to be really motivated to take a look. Once you got to the Rails web site, you could read through all the docs and try to figure out what made it worth your attention. But if that had been the only way, then a good chunk of those early adopters would have given up and dismissed Rails.
But ooooh… there was that video! It wasn’t anything fancy, and it didn’t even show off the best things about Rails. But man, was it effective! Developer’s who watched that video immediately “got it” that there was something special here that warranted a closer look.
How many of you early Rails adopters out there got hooked by that video? Post your experience, I’d like to know if that was the tipping point that propelled you to investigate Rails more deeply.
I have to agree with Jon Udell. I think that screencasts are going to play an increasingly important role in communicating essence of technical topics in a manner that is way more effective. This is yet another “wave of the future” that we all need to become familiar with.
Learning how to put together effective screencasts just got added to my to-do list.
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