From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Org Tutorials need more structure Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:14:11 +0100 Message-ID: <52470E63.7000101@wilkesley.net> References: Reply-To: ian@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58860) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPy64-00012J-86 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:14:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPy5v-0001uf-2u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:14:24 -0400 Received: from mail2.wilkesley.net ([109.74.196.44]:55332 helo=li40-130.members.linode.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPy5u-0001uG-T3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:14:15 -0400 Received: from scamper2.bantercat.co.uk (unknown [46.33.134.31]) (Authenticated sender: lists@wilkesley.net) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6BD6BA8004 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:14:13 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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. Ian.