Bitcoin Video Series Available - page 2.

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Quote from: SgtSpike on February 05, 2013, 08:28:27 PM

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Quote from: SgtSpike on February 05, 2013, 08:10:52 PM

I tried to get past this, but it just bugs me...

Why the facade?

This being the bitcoin forums where potentially a majority of accounts are sockpuppets of other users, it might be a better question to ask "Why are you so bad at this facade?" instead. Everyone does it.

True. I'm still gullible/naive enough to believe that most people don't do self-promotions without labeling them as such.

All you need to do is go look at a thread where a newbie is asking for Paypal transactions and you'll see another newbie backing him up like clockwork. I suppose there is significantly less self promotion here than on the /r/Bitcoin reddit though since the userbase is more transparent here and needs to be held accountable for their actions as a community whereas on reddit, they can hide behind down/up-vote spam bots etc.

Quote from: DannyHamilton on February 05, 2013, 08:30:41 PM

I'll be letting them know that I find the company to be deceptive and untrustworthy.

Harsh. Does poor judgement close doors so easily for you?

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Quote from: SgtSpike on February 05, 2013, 08:10:52 PM

Why the facade? Why start out pretending that you just stumbled across this resource, when in fact it sounds like you are very involved in its publication? . . .

I started out interested and even bookmarked the page to watch the videos later.
Then in the very next post after mine, I saw:

Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 02:28:00 PM

. . . which we are looking into . . .

At that point they lost me. I'm not interested in anything coming from a business that is going to engage in deceptive practices. I won't be watching the videos, I won't be recommending them to anyone, if anyone asks me about them, I'll be letting them know that I find the company to be deceptive and untrustworthy.

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on February 05, 2013, 08:15:11 PM

Quote from: SgtSpike on February 05, 2013, 08:10:52 PM

I tried to get past this, but it just bugs me...

Why the facade?

This being the bitcoin forums where potentially a majority of accounts are sockpuppets of other users, it might be a better question to ask "Why are you so bad at this facade?" instead. Everyone does it.

True. I'm still gullible/naive enough to believe that most people don't do self-promotions without labeling them as such.

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Hi gweedo (and everyone else). Sorry for the usability issues you have been hitting, it was because we were in the process of moving all of the files from the lander initially mentioned to a new subdomain on our site:

http://bitcoin.cbtnuggets.com/

All the videos will be hosted here now, giving us the flexibility we need to ensure that the videos play in all browsers and on all devices.

So I apologize again for the issues you ran into today, we were just trying to get this launched quickly, but there should be no more problems moving forward.

We also appreciate the feedback, and we want to get these right. We will be collecting all the information that we hear from you guys and will make sure that it gets addressed, even if we have to make extra videos to do it.

We're learning this stuff too, as is Keith, so bear with us.

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Quote from: SgtSpike on February 05, 2013, 08:10:52 PM

I tried to get past this, but it just bugs me...

Why the facade?

This being the bitcoin forums where potentially a majority of accounts are sockpuppets of other users, it might be a better question to ask "Why are you so bad at this facade?" instead. Everyone does it.

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I tried to get past this, but it just bugs me...

Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 01:16:27 PM

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but...

CBT Nuggets (IT Training video company), has made a series of videos about Bitcoin! There are a bunch up already, and more on the way. I have only watched the first couple, but they are pretty in-depth and cover a wide range of useful topics.

http://ittraining.cbtnuggets.com/bitcoin_training/

Best part, is that they are free (normally their content is only available with subscription). There is an ask for bitcoin donations, but it looks like that's more a way to measure interest in making more videos in the series.

It's a great introduction for new users, and even though I have actually learned some things, I feel like this is one of the best places to start someone who is interested in learning about BTC. How do we use this as a resource for newbies?

Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 03:27:51 PM

gweedo, what Mac OS/version of flash are you using? It seems to work for most in Chrome on OS X 10.6-8 with flash version 11.5.31.xxx

We may be able to recode so that it will fallback to HTML5, but I have been leaning hard on the dev team for this already, so I can't promise that's at the top of their list...

Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 03:58:00 PM

@franky: That's exactly what we were going for, something that would be informative enough to get past the "what is it?" point and help users get the most out of Bitcoin. Glad you like it, and feel free to share it anywhere you want.

Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 04:48:06 PM

gweedo and others: We are currently adding HTML5 backup and re-encoding the videos so that they should stream in any browser and on mobile devices.

Why the facade? Why start out pretending that you just stumbled across this resource, when in fact it sounds like you are very involved in its publication? Why didn't you start your first post with, "Hey, we've published these videos geared towards new geeks and developers just discovering Bitcoins, check them out and tell us what you think."? Who receives the Bitcoin donations?

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I just watched this with a friend and I am sorry to say but this was very confusing for her, and she knows a little about how bitcoin works and she was still confused. Also when I showed her the one about bitcoin-qt you missed some points and ran over them fast. A symbolic link would work better then just having an icon with the -datadir parameter. Another quick thing on that video, you talked about how the bitcoin wallet creates new addresses in the background, I think they don't need to know that if they are a first time user. Plus you should have say it has a keypool and when it needs to refill that it will.

I was really hoping this was going to be a good video training thing especially since huge companies use you guys, but again it just something that doesn't met the mark of what people need to know.

P.S you have a lot of errors going on with files not found and that is why the video wasn't working in the beginning maybe double check your CDN or something.

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I get this error in Chromium on Linux:

"The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported: http://s3.amazonaws.com/cbtnuggets-streaming-free/cbtn_bitcoin_2.mp4"

Maybe I need a plugin or something to player that file format?

I can download from the link it gives in the error message and play in a standalone player.

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gweedo and others: We are currently adding HTML5 backup and re-encoding the videos so that they should stream in any browser and on mobile devices.

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Quote from: JustJake on February 05, 2013, 03:57:16 PM

Why does the narrator sound like he is about to laugh the entire time? I guess the times that he actually is laughing don't count. Kind of annoying. Also does not get to the point very quickly.

i disagree. the joviality makes Bitcoin less intimidating.

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Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 03:58:00 PM

@franky: That's exactly what we were going for, something that would be informative enough to get past the "what is it?" point and help users get the most out of Bitcoin. Glad you like it, and feel free to share it anywhere you want.

it's excellent. thanks.

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@franky: That's exactly what we were going for, something that would be informative enough to get past the "what is it?" point and help users get the most out of Bitcoin. Glad you like it, and feel free to share it anywhere you want.

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Why does the narrator sound like he is about to laugh the entire time? I guess the times that he actually is laughing don't count. Kind of annoying. Also does not get to the point very quickly.

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This shit is boring what I'd like to see is someone walk the streets doin random crap for coins.

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on February 05, 2013, 03:01:37 PM

I must say that I went into watching that with the mindset of a youtuber and was bored to death in the first 2 minutes. But once I changed my mindset to that of an employee or developer looking to break into Bitcoin and actually learn something, I found the video fascinating and well documented. He is a good teacher and I enjoyed the video.

thats exactly what we want, professional videos, not aimed at the armchair activist populaton. but actual professionals

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gweedo, what Mac OS/version of flash are you using? It seems to work for most in Chrome on OS X 10.6-8 with flash version 11.5.31.xxx

We may be able to recode so that it will fallback to HTML5, but I have been leaning hard on the dev team for this already, so I can't promise that's at the top of their list...

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I must say that I went into watching that with the mindset of a youtuber and was bored to death in the first 2 minutes. But once I changed my mindset to that of an employee or developer looking to break into Bitcoin and actually learn something, I found the video fascinating and well documented. He is a good teacher and I enjoyed the video.

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worked fine for me on windows 7, chrome.

i didn't watch much of it, but it looks good. i have a hard time sitting down and watching long videos about subjects i know already, that's all. i should send this to my gf... but i doubt she cares nearly as much as i do. Cheesy

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Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 02:28:00 PM

Yeah, I am also using chrome on a mac, and it is loading fine. It seems like they aren't loading in Firefox for Macs right now for some reason, which we are looking into, but I know that it works in chrome and safari on Macs.

Ok well for chrome on mac on two different macs isn't working so you probably want to check into that...

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Quote from: Zebulon Pike on February 05, 2013, 01:16:27 PM

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but...

CBT Nuggets (IT Training video company), has made a series of videos about Bitcoin! There are a bunch up already, and more on the way. I have only watched the first couple, but they are pretty in-depth and cover a wide range of useful topics.

http://ittraining.cbtnuggets.com/bitcoin_training/

Best part, is that they are free (normally their content is only available with subscription). There is an ask for bitcoin donations, but it looks like that's more a way to measure interest in making more videos in the series.

It's a great introduction for new users, and even though I have actually learned some things, I feel like this is one of the best places to start someone who is interested in learning about BTC. How do we use this as a resource for newbies?

Head on over here http://www.clipcoins.com and upload them!

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