[sdiy] open letter to Aaron Lanterman

[Ben Lincoln]

FWIW, I also prefer non-video formats, but I think Aaron's use of 
YouTube is a lot more likely to get the attention and interest of 
younger people who otherwise wouldn't be exposed to DIY synth/music 
projects. Since I'm sure his time is limited and he can only do one or 
the other, he's probably made the better choice.

- Ben

James Dunn wrote:
> I have to say I agree with Harry. The projects look great, and it 
> would be good to follow them more closely, but not via youtube 
> (blurred image, terrible sound, etc).
> But keep up the otherwise good work!
>
> James
>
> Quoth Harry Bissell, on 07/05/10 13:50:
>> :^)
>>
>> Hi Aaron.
>>
>> The student projects look cool... I hope that they will write reports 
>> that will be
>> posted online somewhere. Call me "old school" or "luddite" but 
>> YouTube does not make
>> it for me as a conduit for information. I'm often at computers that 
>> lack audio, some that
>> can't keep up with video either. The images are often too fuzzy to 
>> get any sense of
>> whats going on. I can see those "solderless slabs-o-trouble" on the 
>> bench
>> but not much else.
>>
>> YouTube is not going to benefit these students when they are 
>> presenting their designs
>> to the big boss, eh... maybe they should use PowerPoint :^)
>>
>> (only kidding, I hate power point too. and BBDs.. did I forget 
>> solderless breadboards ?)
>>
>> H^) harry (who puts the 'old' in 'old school')
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