It's been pretty exciting launching the new site and getting so much positive feedback from people.
The decision to make all the video content available for free wasn't made lightly, since it commits me to a very different revenue model than the one I've been pursuing the past couple of years. But I'm convinced it was the best choice, both for me and for the audience that values this content.
Site development takes time when you're a one-person show. Apart from recreating all the pages on this new platform and writing up full transcripts, I've also been uploading dozens of videos to Youtube, creating completed playlists for all the tutorial courses. That task is still not done (the Propositional Logic videos aren't all uploaded yet, at the time of writing this).
Several people have taken the time to thank me particularly for the Youtube uploads. For example, I got this in my inbox just yesterday:
The decision to make all the video content available for free wasn't made lightly, since it commits me to a very different revenue model than the one I've been pursuing the past couple of years. But I'm convinced it was the best choice, both for me and for the audience that values this content.
Site development takes time when you're a one-person show. Apart from recreating all the pages on this new platform and writing up full transcripts, I've also been uploading dozens of videos to Youtube, creating completed playlists for all the tutorial courses. That task is still not done (the Propositional Logic videos aren't all uploaded yet, at the time of writing this).
Several people have taken the time to thank me particularly for the Youtube uploads. For example, I got this in my inbox just yesterday:
I want to emphasize how important the posting of your content on YouTube has made. My wife and I both have a Roku in our living room which allows us to watch all the online content we love (we do not have cable).
This convenience factor has now made it so that both her and I will make time once a week to watch your videos in our living room on our nice 50 inch HDTV. We usually follow up with the guys over at CrashCourse, SixtySymbols, or PeriodicVideos.
The intersection of your high quality content and easy to consume distribution channel has made a world of difference.
That's very nice to hear, and reinforces an important point about new media and content providers, which is that more people want to consume digital media in different ways, so if you want to maximize the value of the content you should be thinking about these different distribution channels. In this case, uploading videos in HD really helps the viewing experience when some people are watching them on 50 inch HDTVs!
The other big project I need to complete is the quizzes. I'm advertising embedded quizzes for each of the videos, but if you look around (again, at the time of writing this) there aren't any to be seen! This is just a matter of time. I've got to finish the Youtube uploads first, then finish embedding the Youtube videos in the site webpages, and then I can start the process of creating new quizzes and embedding them in each of the video tutorial pages. It'll take a while before they're all done, but once it's finished I think it will really add a lot of value to the site.
Thanks again for everyone's encouragement and support! It makes it all worthwhile!
The other big project I need to complete is the quizzes. I'm advertising embedded quizzes for each of the videos, but if you look around (again, at the time of writing this) there aren't any to be seen! This is just a matter of time. I've got to finish the Youtube uploads first, then finish embedding the Youtube videos in the site webpages, and then I can start the process of creating new quizzes and embedding them in each of the video tutorial pages. It'll take a while before they're all done, but once it's finished I think it will really add a lot of value to the site.
Thanks again for everyone's encouragement and support! It makes it all worthwhile!
