Thoughts and Theories From Roger Andre
for the curious, and people getting to grips with computing and computers.
Monday 15 December 2008, 10:15 PM
Youtube: A Valuable Source Of Free Learning.
I've come across videos on there that will teach you about fixing that dead zen player you may have had lying around for some time, just a matter of shorting out a chip, to advanced tutorials showing you the finer points of illustrator or dreamweaver, something adobe will charge you big money for!
So, maybe it's time to re-evaluate how people are hired for positions in employment. How do you spot the geniuses that were just a bit too clever for school? Or the geniuses that just stared out of the window all day thinking up fantastic theorys about life, and indeed the geniuses who may have had too much going on at home to do well at school or further education?
We could be arriving at a point where companies may be willing to offer apptitude tests to people who say they can do jobs, because although they may not have the qualifications or the time and money to gain them later on in life, they could still offer sheer brilliance in the field of their passion.
There's communities of people on youtube dedicated to showing you how to do almost anything you could imagine from slinging mud pies to tutorials in maths and physics. How would you like your PC to run mac OSX? I kid you not it's all there, and if this is common knowledge to everyone but myself then I'm very glad to have found out. But I wouldn't have done so without my own curiosity and a platform such as youtube showing me how it can go way beyond entertainment and into the realms of higher learning.
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It's not just tech stuff on Youtube either.
I got up and running with the English Concertina, thanks to a guy called Martyn who has a series of lessons there.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t6um4QHOvZ4&feature=channel
You can work your through them and it ends on something a bit special...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=brNlA66qXfs&feature=channel
Absolutely guys - I couldn't agree more...
Roger has been thoroughly researching all manner of stuff in this manner.
Exactly the same kind of advice helped me out MASSIVELY with my Apple Mighty Mouse which I split open and super-glued back together thanks to this instruction page:
http://www.linklink.co.uk/apple-computers/cleaning-inside-and-dismantling-the-apple-mighty-mouse/
OK this wasn't a video, but you get the idea. I think it backs up Roger's concept of "who are the smart ones with the ideas that can really do stuff."
AdrianB
Hey thanks guys!
I will add, please all you people out there, I would not recommend you give flying an airplane "a little go" after seeing the tutorial on the 'tube.
If you do then I cannot be held responsible for any after effects you may expierience! Oh and please be sure to post the video.


