Re: Org-mode screencasts

From: Erik Iverson <eriki@ccbr.umn.edu>
To: Richard Moreland <rlm@ncogni.to>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org-mode screencasts
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:56:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C9B7892.4060004@ccbr.umn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik-ryP7Rv_B1ceHHVp5WW6ovo9derZpp19hQgXO@mail.gmail.com>

Richard,

First of all, your MobileOrg screencasts are very nice.
In my opinion, keeping things high-level and showing
the major features are what is important.  In a way,
they are commercials for the product, and I think the
best way to entice people into trying the product is to
make them say "Wow" when viewing the video.

I would be happy to help but would need to know the
software requirements.  Is it easy to make these under
Linux?

Richard Moreland wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I think it would be helpful to create a series of screencasts to
> demonstrate Org-mode.  The screencasts I've made for MobileOrg[1,2]
> seem to have helped users get started quickly.  There are so many
> powerful features of Org-mode that are difficult to visualize yourself
> using until you can see them in action.  It may also help draw in new
> users who otherwise wouldn't quite get it.
> 
> Some topics that may be interesting:
> 
> - Org-mode in action, demonstrating common tasks like capture,
> restructuring a tree, refiling, etc.
> - Babel
> - Integration with other tools (Gnus, WL, Firefox, etc)
> - Clocking/reporting
> - Export capabilities
> - Power user showing their streamlined configurations
> - ...?
> 
> I'd like to collect all of the videos in one place, unify them with
> some similar (but simple) production, with each of the videos having a
> page that links to documentation, Worg, example dotfiles, comments,
> etc to help the user take it further on their own.
> 
> I'd be happy to host the videos if bandwidth is a concern on the
> orgmode.org site.  I've also already purchased the necessary software
> to record/edit the videos.  But I'm looking to the community for ideas
> on topics as well as individuals who would be willing to record the
> videos or at least help me work up a script with key talking points so
> I could do the recording and narration.
> 
> What do you think?  Anyone interested in helping?
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> 
> [1] http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/screencasts/MobileOrg-Dropbox-OSX/
> [2] http://ncogni.to/mobileorg/overview.mov
> 
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