Monday, July 11, 2016
FUCKING 3D PRINTERS
Ok, I love 3D printers and they are almost a great investment. I'd like to say they are a good investment, but 3D printing technology hasn't been perfected to the point where they can go for long periods of time without maintenance. The main problem is that they use wires to connect —the moving parts— to —the stationary parts— instead of using slipcoils. So when the parts move around, they're always bending to different positions, which eventually causes them to break.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Online Video Tutorials Part 2
So in all seriousness, even with the aforementioned flaws removed from video tutorials, they still have a certain problem. The problem is that you can't skim through it like with a text tutorial so you might still end up having to wait through information that you already know to avoid missing —the information you don't know.—
With text tutorials, you can skim through, however even with the use of images, there is still information that can't be easily conveyed without the use of moving pictures (wow, that sounds old-timey.)
So, might I suggest that we start using animated gifs in our text tutorials in addition to the aforementioned still images; that way we can have the movement of video tutorials and the skimming of text tutorials.
With text tutorials, you can skim through, however even with the use of images, there is still information that can't be easily conveyed without the use of moving pictures (wow, that sounds old-timey.)
So, might I suggest that we start using animated gifs in our text tutorials in addition to the aforementioned still images; that way we can have the movement of video tutorials and the skimming of text tutorials.
Doctors' Handwriting
OK, first of all, I do NOT take doctors for granted; it takes so much work become a doctor that you might need one just to deal with the stress of trying to become one. But that's not the point (it's a good point though.)
My point is that if you're writing down important information to help people with serious medical problems, it's important that people are able to read the text clearly and without ambiguity. So make sure that when you write something down, you don't flash back to —the time that you were in medical school and you had to stay up for two days and drank so much coffee that your writing was sloppier than Michael J. Fox's!—
My point is that if you're writing down important information to help people with serious medical problems, it's important that people are able to read the text clearly and without ambiguity. So make sure that when you write something down, you don't flash back to —the time that you were in medical school and you had to stay up for two days and drank so much coffee that your writing was sloppier than Michael J. Fox's!—
Onlive Video Tutorials
Ok, online video tutorials are great, but I have one pet peeve about them that's driving me insane.
So, let's say you're looking at a tutorial on how to unclog a 3D printer. For the sake of argument, let's use a hypothetical 3D printer called, a "Printeron A2." You go to YouTube and search for, "How to unclog a Printeron A2." Then you get a whole bunch of tutorials and you click on the first one thinking, "there are a million videos, what are the chances that —the first video I click on— is gonna be bad?"
Now here's the part that irritates me. You click on the video and it starts off with some guy introducing himself and his channel, because that's why I came to the video, not to find out how to change my fucking printer cartridge, but to see some douchebag introducing himself. I know you can fast forward but it's not wise because you might miss important information.
I mean it's not like I came to the video to find out how to unclog my 3D printer; it's so that I could listen to —a narcissistic douchebag— plug what you're already watching. Here is a list of the things that I want to see or hear about when I watch a tutorial video:
I watch tutorials to find out how to fix MY DEVICES. If you're doing tutorials just to promote yourself then put a warning at the beginning or get it the fuck off the Internet.
When my device breaks and I watch a video about how to fix it, I do not care about anything in the video unless it has to do with fixing it (my device!) Listen, if I have to look up a tutorial to do something, chances are that it's complicated and tedious enough without hearing you talk about yourself. If you want to talk about yourself and your issues like I'm doing in a video, do a blog.
When you do a video, follow this rule: unless you're in danger and/or being held captive and the only way to get the word out is to put the information in a tutorial, or you actually want to tell me how to fix my problem in a tutorial, SHUT THE FUCK UP!
So, let's say you're looking at a tutorial on how to unclog a 3D printer. For the sake of argument, let's use a hypothetical 3D printer called, a "Printeron A2." You go to YouTube and search for, "How to unclog a Printeron A2." Then you get a whole bunch of tutorials and you click on the first one thinking, "there are a million videos, what are the chances that —the first video I click on— is gonna be bad?"
Now here's the part that irritates me. You click on the video and it starts off with some guy introducing himself and his channel, because that's why I came to the video, not to find out how to change my fucking printer cartridge, but to see some douchebag introducing himself. I know you can fast forward but it's not wise because you might miss important information.
I mean it's not like I came to the video to find out how to unclog my 3D printer; it's so that I could listen to —a narcissistic douchebag— plug what you're already watching. Here is a list of the things that I want to see or hear about when I watch a tutorial video:
- How to do —what the tutorial is supposed to tell me how to do.—
- Your name
- Your channel name
- Your sponsors
- The cause of —the problem that I'm trying to fix—
- How to prevent —the problem that I'm trying to fix—
- What causes —the problem that I'm trying to fix—
- ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM
I watch tutorials to find out how to fix MY DEVICES. If you're doing tutorials just to promote yourself then put a warning at the beginning or get it the fuck off the Internet.
When my device breaks and I watch a video about how to fix it, I do not care about anything in the video unless it has to do with fixing it (my device!) Listen, if I have to look up a tutorial to do something, chances are that it's complicated and tedious enough without hearing you talk about yourself. If you want to talk about yourself and your issues like I'm doing in a video, do a blog.
When you do a video, follow this rule: unless you're in danger and/or being held captive and the only way to get the word out is to put the information in a tutorial, or you actually want to tell me how to fix my problem in a tutorial, SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Friday, July 1, 2016
Blind Spot Mirrors
Blind spot mirrors are a great invention. In fact, they're so great, they should've become standard at the same time that side view mirrors came out. Also head checks should be replaced by looking at the blind spot mirrors.
You see, when you're moving forward, you should not be looking backwards. I don't care for how short the amount of time is that you look; it's not safe. It's different if you look at your side view mirrors because you can still see a little out the front, but when you turn —your entire head— to —the back of the car,— it's like you're trying to get into an accident.
You see, when you're moving forward, you should not be looking backwards. I don't care for how short the amount of time is that you look; it's not safe. It's different if you look at your side view mirrors because you can still see a little out the front, but when you turn —your entire head— to —the back of the car,— it's like you're trying to get into an accident.
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