From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: ian@manor-farm.org
Subject: Re: Org Tutorials need more structure
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:43:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130928194342.04f94d5f@aga-netbook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52470E63.7000101@wilkesley.net>
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 18:14:11
Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> napisał(a):
> On 28/09/13 07:11, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
> >
> > Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like?
> > When you came to Org-mode as a newby, what were the three resources
> > that really made an impression on by being accessible and
> > providing feel and promise for digging deeper?
> >
> > - Carsten
> >
>
> I think we need to try and identify why most new users come to
> org-mode. This might give a better idea of how to re-organize things.
>
> I am guessing that initially many users are attracted by the task
> management and outlining features. From these basic features flow
> things such as publishing, clocking, Babel. So maybe listing
> Tutorials in this order would be a start.
>
> Personally if I am learning something new I want a broad overview of
> the main features, with links to places where I can find more detail.
>
> For example David O'Toole's and Sacha's tutorials cover this very
> well. The videos are an excellent resource, but require the user to
> set aside 30-60mins in one block of time. People are more likely to
> watch them if their initial interest has been piqued by something
> they can read and digest in small blocks.
Hear, hear.
What I would love to see is a 4-5 minutes video "trailer", showing most
prominent features of Org-mode, with cool music, effects etc. - like
movie trailers.
:)
>
> Ian.
>
>
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-28 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-28 6:11 Org Tutorials need more structure Carsten Dominik
2013-09-28 7:22 ` Joseph Vidal-Rosset
2013-09-28 8:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-28 10:30 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-28 11:59 ` Joseph Vidal-Rosset
2013-09-28 12:36 ` Eric Schulte
2013-09-28 13:10 ` Joseph Vidal-Rosset
2013-09-28 16:02 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-28 17:19 ` Joseph Vidal-Rosset
2013-10-01 7:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-10-01 20:34 ` David Rogers
2013-10-01 21:00 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-28 8:48 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-28 10:09 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-28 14:26 ` Charles Millar
2013-09-28 16:35 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-28 17:14 ` Ian Barton
2013-09-28 17:43 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
2013-09-28 17:48 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-28 19:06 ` Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
2013-09-28 19:52 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-09-28 20:50 ` Charles Millar
2013-09-28 21:31 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-28 21:52 ` John Hendy
2013-09-28 23:14 ` Charles Millar
2013-09-28 23:29 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-09-29 0:29 ` John Hendy
2013-09-29 7:28 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-30 8:04 ` Alan Schmitt
2013-09-30 17:01 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-09-30 18:36 ` Peter Neilson
2013-09-30 21:07 ` Eduardo Ochs
2013-10-01 8:52 ` Michael Brand
2013-10-01 5:34 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-10-01 8:55 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-01 12:40 ` Joseph Vidal-Rosset
2013-09-30 17:56 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-09-29 8:44 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-09-29 15:31 ` Matt Price
2013-09-30 7:25 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-10-01 14:08 ` William Denton
2013-10-02 1:10 ` M
2013-10-02 18:06 ` Alan E. Davis
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2013-09-29 16:43 Rustom Mody
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