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101 pointsAndySylvester24 comments

Fewer videos, please, and more well illustrated walkthroughs.

For one, videos are very hard to go back and reference specifics from, and two, they age poorly in this world of quarterly updates.

> they age poorly in this world of quarterly updates.

Seriously? Does org mode - and particularly the fundamentals - really change that much and that regularly? And if it does, what's the point of learning it in the first place?

It doesn't change that frequently. There was a major release a while back that changed attributes slightly, but the core is stable

Yeah, I figured. I was really just trying to highlight what I saw as a ridiculous point.

I occasionally use emacs and always have the intention of using it more. Whilst a lot of work has been done on it and, in many ways no doubt, it's much richer, the fundamentals really haven't changed at all in the 20 years since I started using it.

I think for these tutorials video is a fine enough format: it'll certainly work well for some people, whilst others would prefer a different format. Both of those points of view are OK. Neither needs to be attacked.

There’s plenty of written information on org mode.

It’s simply a different market. People love videos.

I've looked around and found it difficult to find a good resource for a beginner. Trying to figure out org-mode amounts to googling and finding a bunch of different unrelated sites that address the topic in ways, usually for an audience that is more advanced than I usually am and assuming knowledge that I don't yet have. "Plenty of information" isn't the same as accessible and practical.

While I personally agree I think this caters to a different audience. A large swath of people simply learn better from videos (or are more engaged by perhaps...).

Or they believe they are more enganged.

Outliners are great and underrated tools. But after a detailed analysis of Org Mode (and some other tools) I implemented https://github.com/rochus-keller/CrossLine which I'm using every day since ten years.

You should write some words about why your tool is better than org if you mention it here.

Org gained new features too in the last ten years. E.g. for crosslinking there is org roam: https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam

I wouldn't say it's "better"; it just has some features which I didn't find in other tools at that time, e.g. translucent cross-links, everything in one fulltext-indexed file, immediate incremental persistence, not speed-down for large outlines, dockable outlines, just to name a few. Didn't have a close look at Org Mode since.

EDIT: of course there are many features which also Org Mode has, e.g. extremely efficient to operate by keyboard (for a trained user), multiple outlines, titles, attributes, not wasting screen space with menu bars and the like, just to name a few.

I agree. Outliners and spaced repetition software are godsends.

> spaced-repetition software

Org-drill is technically good for this, but ask yourself - when do you actually sit down and revise something? At your desk? In public transport? In the toilet?

If like me the answer is the last two, then stick with Anki. Much more portable.

Feedback on the website. May be it will help to say on the homepage that OrgMode relates to Emacs text editor. Had to go to the About page to understand what the site is about. TBH I thought this is one of the various info management methodologies like zettelkasten.

Agreed. I would assume a website about a thing for beginners would explain what the thing is. What is Org Mode and why do I need it?

Wonderful initiative. Thanks. If I may suggest it’s help to have videos put in to playlist by topic or level of difficulty etc. if you’re planing to publish many that is. Good luck.

Nice project idea and congratulations on launching the first set!

One suggestion in case it's OP's project or the author is reading: if your video editing workflow has audio adjustment tools or supports plugins, consider using a de-esser to reduce the sibilance a little bit. Everything's easy to understand but some of the s's can be just a little harsh.

Good luck!

Agreed, congrats on getting this published and sharing your passion. I learned a lot of org mode basics from videos, so I admire your effort here. I still refer back to Rainer's series from time to time on you tube. Some good material here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtKhBrRV_ZkPnBtt_TD1...

I'm doing a video series about Org Mode as well, using Emacs Doom - so there's a little Vim vibe to it. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhXZp00uXBk4np17N39Wv...

As a non Emacs user, I thought this site was going to be a crash course on the best practices of building business software that caters to org clients (enterprise essentially). Gotta say, I got really excited for a moment!

I can get by pretty well by only using org-capture and org-agenda and ignoring everything else about Org mode.

Video to remove Windows 10 is missing.

Can we preface this title with: "EMACS: "

I just assume until proven otherwise.

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