Maybe this is a nitpick but I'd revise the opening sentance: "There is no better way to learn something than to watch someone else do it".
I think we can all agree that when it comes to programming the _best_ way to learn it is to actually program.
I think we can all agree that when it comes to programming the _best_ way to learn it is to actually program.
But, even Programming has to be taught. Among the many ways to learn programming, I think the best approach is to demonstrate how a good progammer programs and explain the thought process.
Also - I haven't actually watched the screencast, but looking at the text the virtualenv setup seems very wrong.
I do wish knowing GML was good for something somewhere else though. Or that it used another language like Python for its scripting.
I can't copy-paste code from a video.
Searching is orders of magnitude slower than just pressing "Page Up"/"Page Down". This is particularly important when I just want to take a glance and figure out if the text/video is of any interest.
I have to adapt myself to the speed of the video, and maybe most importantly, I have to swallow all the non-relevant parts (such as moving windows, launching commands, typing, etc.).
It takes me so much more effort (and patience) to watch a video instead of reading an equivalent text, that I almost never do so (khan academy being the exception).
As Sartre said, Hell is watching other people use a computer.