I know they’re effective for a lot of people, but I wish more organized tutorial sites were not screencast based. For me personally a 45 minute screencast is just not a very efficient way for me to absorb information.

@collin I agree. It’s rare I want to watch a screencast in order to learn and it’s frustrating when that’s the only option

@collin Agree totally, though I understand that writing well is so much harder than just talking into a mic.

@collin I'm in this camp as well. I would much rather read and digest at my own pace. It's easy to stop and pick up where you left off with reading. Doing the same with screencasts is not so easy.

@collin Same here. I can't learn watching. I prefer reading guides and build my own notes than watch and pause.

@collin Completely agree. I'm the same way.

@matthewlang Totally. I find it just not a great way for me. Often the video takes ten minutes, and it's a concept I could have learned in two.

@MultoGhost Maybe it's easier to push out lots of content with lightly-edited video? Also maybe hard to get people to pay for access because people are used to blog posts being free.

@Annie I hate when it's ten minutes long and the actual content it needed to tell me turns out to be "and then... we just need this one line of code here..."

@mrbeefy Totally. Most of these are lightly if at all from what I've seen. It's part of the reason I think I've had trouble making my own because I really want it to look like a WWDC video and that's work.

@collin I agree, but it's better than no documentation at all, which is often the alternative.

@collin 100%. I manage content for SaaS teams and you can always get 5 volunteers to make a quick video or screen recording and dead silence if you ask for written documentation.