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Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

David Peden — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:57:29 -0000

I'll consider it. Would be hard to condense something meaningful into 5 minutes. I do plan on attending. I think we may even be a sponsor (if John doesn't ban me for missing UserVoice...). :P

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

scichelli — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:51:20 -0000

*I* find this interesting. Awesome, Alper! I am getting more and more excited about these lightning talks at Code Camp.

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

Alper — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:42:23 -0000

Thanks to you, I decided that I can give a 5 minute lighting talk about writing an HTML 5/ Javascript (Backbone, jquerymobile) / PhoneGap application AAAAAND submitting it to Apple Appstore WITHOUT a Mac. Hopefully, someone will find this interesting.

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

scichelli — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:57:30 -0000

Thank you, Gabriela. Do you... have a blog? :)

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

scichelli — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:56:18 -0000

Your adventures in Azure and, more broadly, with your product and your business are really compelling. I empathize about the finding-the-time problem, but gosh, it would make a cool story if you started to write about it--or presented at a conference.
On the small scale, would you like to give a five-minute lightning talk at Austin Code Camp? Anne Epstein is coordinating a round of lightning talks, should be a ton of fun. http://austincodecamp2012.com/...

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

scichelli — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:47:46 -0000

:) Right. I'm always amused at which of my posts get higher than average traffic, and often it's the goofy little "how to do x" posts. But when you're searching, those are the ones you're delighted to find. So yes, keep writing those posts that seem like they're helpful only to 2 people (it's probably a lot more than 2).

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

David Peden — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:12:47 -0000

Nice post, Sharon. I've often thought to myself that I should take the time to write about my adventures in learning how to deploy and support a real application in Azure. About how and WHY I chose the tech stack that I did. About the pitfalls that I encountered. About all of the great resources that I discovered (all of those people that already decided to write about their experiences). About how totally awesome StackOverflow is (even if there are some jerks there, too). About probably a million tangents off of that one singular topic. At the end of the day, I have not and probably will not. My biggest problem is not that I'm not interested or worried what others might think or even if they'll care (I'd do it for myself just to archive my knowledge!). My biggest problem is finding the time and making it a priority. I simply don't have enough time in the day. I guess that means I'm doing too much because I already push the boundary on minimum hours of sleep. Anyway, I'm glad you took the time to make this post. And I'm infinitely grateful that others have taken the time as well. Otherwise I wouldn't be where I am today. So thanks to everyone who has stepped up and for those that haven't who also _don't_ have an excuse, take Sharon's advice. It's good stuff. :D

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

Gabriela Martinez — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:08:34 -0000

Thank you Sharon for empowering anybody to speak/write what we have to say. Looking forward to read your next post!

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

kamranayub — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:57:10 -0000

Agree, that's why I have a blog. Maybe 2 people read a post I write but it seems to help those 2 people with whatever they needed help with. Plus answering questions on StackOverflow is pretty fun.

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

scichelli — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:51:25 -0000

I love the way you put this. Yes, exactly.

Re: The post you don’t want to read on the topic I don’t want to write about

Nolan Egly — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:47:19 -0000

Thanks for sharing. I think this is important because younger people trying to decide what to do in life will gauge whether or not there is a place for them in a particular field by what they see in the current job ranks.

I love software development and wish everyone could enjoy it the way I do. I'd hate to think some people might miss out on the greatest profession in the world simply because they don't see anyone else that look like them already out there doing it.

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Sean Feldman — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:40:33 -0000

Helpful tip, thank you for sharing.

Re: Why go to a Prolog talk?

Alper — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:30:47 -0000

Great write up. Loved the metaphors

Re: Why go to a Prolog talk?

scichelli — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:09:12 -0000

Yes! Thanks for saying. :)

Re: Why go to a Prolog talk?

scichelli — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:06:22 -0000

Well, there's this thread on YCombinator:
http://news.ycombinator.com/it... But my point wasn't really about _Prolog_, per se.

Re: Why go to a Prolog talk?

Erik Dietrich — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:03:24 -0000

I think the point about gaining a broader perspective than the one one's own language (or even style of language like functional/oo/procedural/etc) is an important one. It's not just a matter of how to choose a technology for a particular project, but a matter of what sorts of common abstractions of concepts and algorithms are available to you in one language, but not another.

Re: Why go to a Prolog talk?

Paco — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:25:09 -0000

Is there ever written any prolog code outside a university building?

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Paul Ballard — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:11:01 -0000

Send me your email to paul-ballard at pluralsight.com so we can discuss.

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Paul Ballard — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:09:21 -0000

I have forwarded to the person who handles our KB. Your post is up, hope you like it and thanks for being part of our user community.

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

scichelli — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:06:53 -0000

Actually, it would be great if you updated this Support article to say that WMP is IE-only, not just web-only:
http://support.pluralsight.com...

I kept hitting that result when searching for the answer and then getting stopped in my tracks when it didn't make sense (which it doesn't, if you're a Chrome or Firefox user).
Regarding cross-posting, now that I understand what you're asking, we'll both benefit from better SEO if you don't reproduce the content, and instead write a blog post pointing out that you clarified the Support article. You could also highlight the iOS support that Aaron mentions in his comment.

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Paul Ballard — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:45:34 -0000

I can do better than that, If you don't mind I'll snag your pic from this site and include it along with the link back here. You'll be the first in a new line of customer submitted content.

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

scichelli — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:42:04 -0000

Certainly; glad to help. You'll link back here?

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Paul Ballard — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:29:38 -0000

Sharon, would it be okay if I reposted this on the Pluralsight blog?

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Aaron Skonnard — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:59:56 -0000

We also support playback speed controls in our iOS mobile player. http://support.pluralsight.com...

Re: PluralSight videos: How to change the playback speed

Eric K. — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:25:56 -0000

That's great... Good tip.

I've used that technique for audio books and podcasts for years, and it's nice to see it can be applied to PluralSight too.