https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWxWx-vmubI
This one is sort of if else while statements.
The guy knows this isn't super high on the fun level, but says this syntax is essential. I believe him. But, I don't know if I will be able to read node.js and mongoDB after watching a few hours of video.
Friday, September 13, 2019
YT: Ten Days of Javascript Day 3
Here I am a few days out writing this review and I cannot remember the topic of this video.
I think I learned things, but also I was trying to get the code from the video to work in codepen, and it was not working on my Chromebook. Anyway, I'll keep going but I do feel a bit discouraged with this process. When can I start to vandalize things?
I think I learned things, but also I was trying to get the code from the video to work in codepen, and it was not working on my Chromebook. Anyway, I'll keep going but I do feel a bit discouraged with this process. When can I start to vandalize things?
Thursday, September 12, 2019
YT: Ten Days of Javascript Day 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTK0Gmf57jE
Well, I knew most of this already, but it was a really clear delivery so it was a great review. But yeah, I couldn't seem to get codepen working on my Fedora/Firefox setup. So I was a little distracted during the middle and the end sort of did not make sense.
But yes! The beginning contained an illuminating segment. Java treats everything as an object in an array. Email is just data in an array, putting an email in the trash is just deleting it from an array. I think I knew that, but I don't think I had it in such clear words. I might actually have the words wrong, but I think I get the concept.
Well, I knew most of this already, but it was a really clear delivery so it was a great review. But yeah, I couldn't seem to get codepen working on my Fedora/Firefox setup. So I was a little distracted during the middle and the end sort of did not make sense.
But yes! The beginning contained an illuminating segment. Java treats everything as an object in an array. Email is just data in an array, putting an email in the trash is just deleting it from an array. I think I knew that, but I don't think I had it in such clear words. I might actually have the words wrong, but I think I get the concept.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
YT: Steve Kaufman on flashcards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyJvQ731D-E
Well, this guy doesn't use flashcards. He thinks developing good habits is the most important thing. He reads and immerses himself in his target language using a service, where he says he has looked up 13,000 words in a few months (can't remember the timeline, but not long). He does some math for a flashcard review, basically he would be spending 14 minutes a day reviewing, that doesn't include the time to make the cards. He makes a persuasive argument that flashcards are not worth the time for him, but he does say that people should do what works for them.
Well, this guy doesn't use flashcards. He thinks developing good habits is the most important thing. He reads and immerses himself in his target language using a service, where he says he has looked up 13,000 words in a few months (can't remember the timeline, but not long). He does some math for a flashcard review, basically he would be spending 14 minutes a day reviewing, that doesn't include the time to make the cards. He makes a persuasive argument that flashcards are not worth the time for him, but he does say that people should do what works for them.
YT: Google's Guide to Prototyping Part Three: Native Prototyping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lusOgox4xMI
Prototyping: Stories about the future
Native prototyping:
Writing some code and using
Real devices
Real data
Real users
Toys! you get to try things out on a lot of devices
Design > Prototype > Test > Validate (this is a cycle, hey)
Try Build Fail Refine Repeat
Communicate your vision: ideas, clarity, stakeholders, investors, buy-in
Ok, this one had a lot of good info and definitions!
Prototyping: Stories about the future
Native prototyping:
Writing some code and using
Real devices
Real data
Real users
Toys! you get to try things out on a lot of devices
Design > Prototype > Test > Validate (this is a cycle, hey)
Try Build Fail Refine Repeat
Communicate your vision: ideas, clarity, stakeholders, investors, buy-in
Ok, this one had a lot of good info and definitions!
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
YT: Google's Guide To Prototyping Part Two: Digital Prototyping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWGBGTGryFk
This video continued to show us how to prototype. They show some software, I think it is called principle, and how it can be used to prototype. It costs money and is mac based, so I won't be using it. It didn't look too crazy, something like Kidpix, know what I mean. But yeah, the narrator, a google employee, commented somewhere that he uses it on a mac because he also needs the adobe suite, and something like linux is too unsupported. Well, I don't have the adobe suite and won't be getting it any time soon, so I probably wouldn't be able to use Principle even if I could, if that makes sense.
Anyway, he did make some neat prototypes, and made it look simple. Certainly looks like a skill.
This video continued to show us how to prototype. They show some software, I think it is called principle, and how it can be used to prototype. It costs money and is mac based, so I won't be using it. It didn't look too crazy, something like Kidpix, know what I mean. But yeah, the narrator, a google employee, commented somewhere that he uses it on a mac because he also needs the adobe suite, and something like linux is too unsupported. Well, I don't have the adobe suite and won't be getting it any time soon, so I probably wouldn't be able to use Principle even if I could, if that makes sense.
Anyway, he did make some neat prototypes, and made it look simple. Certainly looks like a skill.
YT: Google's Guide to Prototyping Part One: Sketching and Drawing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMjozqJS44M
So this video explained prototyping, something like planning the user experience in an app, and then showed how to do it with paper and pencils, and cut out paper. They used some templates of devices and also things like different colored sticky notes to make things "animate."
It looked arts and craftsy, and I was trying to learn a bit about UX design, but actually I think I'm inspired to make some art in this mode that bastardizes something or other. Dunno why I always reach to do that.
Anyway, the people in this video are google employees so it is hard to tell if they are robots, but the content itself seems good. Check out the comments for a few giggles.
So this video explained prototyping, something like planning the user experience in an app, and then showed how to do it with paper and pencils, and cut out paper. They used some templates of devices and also things like different colored sticky notes to make things "animate."
It looked arts and craftsy, and I was trying to learn a bit about UX design, but actually I think I'm inspired to make some art in this mode that bastardizes something or other. Dunno why I always reach to do that.
Anyway, the people in this video are google employees so it is hard to tell if they are robots, but the content itself seems good. Check out the comments for a few giggles.
YT: Bootstrap in 5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yalxT0PEx8c
So I've heard about bootstrap a number of times and I knew it had something to do with CSS. I found this video, which I kind of picked at random.
Really the only thing that I remember, having watched this one day ago, is that bootstrap has 12 columns, and you can use these to control how a webpage looks on devices with different size screens. So on a big screen it can look one way, and on a small screen a different way, but there can be something like consistency across those two viewings. Something like that.
So I've heard about bootstrap a number of times and I knew it had something to do with CSS. I found this video, which I kind of picked at random.
Really the only thing that I remember, having watched this one day ago, is that bootstrap has 12 columns, and you can use these to control how a webpage looks on devices with different size screens. So on a big screen it can look one way, and on a small screen a different way, but there can be something like consistency across those two viewings. Something like that.
YT: Ten Days of Javascript day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYshPb-wEWs
Still keeping up with this series.
This function video was good.
Sometimes it is hard to keep track of what I am learning, since I am also trying to study using an app on my phone called Sololearn.
I do remember that the functions in this video didn't quite work on my chromebook. I imagine it has a special way of handling javascript. Or maybe javascript has changed and the video is outdated? Just thought of that.
Either way,
It was still an informative watch.
Still keeping up with this series.
This function video was good.
Sometimes it is hard to keep track of what I am learning, since I am also trying to study using an app on my phone called Sololearn.
I do remember that the functions in this video didn't quite work on my chromebook. I imagine it has a special way of handling javascript. Or maybe javascript has changed and the video is outdated? Just thought of that.
Either way,
It was still an informative watch.
Monday, September 9, 2019
YT: Why being skinnier used to be easier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObAWB5VGbBo
Alright so this is one of the pseudo factual stories, articles, that basically comes down to a list. It isn't a real list, its just what the journalist thinks scientists think, or at least what they were thinking when they wrote the research that has been summarized.
So, we have been eating a lot of plastic. People are on a lot of anti-depressants. And a few other things. This is just a list, there was no narrative, not enough examples, so I can't remember the details, mostly what comes to mind is the contempt for this kind of information sharing. So orderly, so subjective, so unquestioning of the status quo, very lightly shining on the laws that govern the kinds of things our food can be stored in.
Anyway, I'm just grumpy with this, and I don't think I know why we are 10% heavier than we were 40 years ago.
Alright so this is one of the pseudo factual stories, articles, that basically comes down to a list. It isn't a real list, its just what the journalist thinks scientists think, or at least what they were thinking when they wrote the research that has been summarized.
So, we have been eating a lot of plastic. People are on a lot of anti-depressants. And a few other things. This is just a list, there was no narrative, not enough examples, so I can't remember the details, mostly what comes to mind is the contempt for this kind of information sharing. So orderly, so subjective, so unquestioning of the status quo, very lightly shining on the laws that govern the kinds of things our food can be stored in.
Anyway, I'm just grumpy with this, and I don't think I know why we are 10% heavier than we were 40 years ago.
YT: Ten Days of Javascript Day 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4b7LdWAVyw
Well this guy gives a pretty good introduction to javascript. He showed me how to use the console to execute javascript code, which is something I have not seen done despite completing two javascript tutorials.
I watched it 1.75x speed because he seemed to be talking slowly. I don't feel like I missed anything, and I didn't have to stop and rewind at all.
Concise and informative.
Well this guy gives a pretty good introduction to javascript. He showed me how to use the console to execute javascript code, which is something I have not seen done despite completing two javascript tutorials.
I watched it 1.75x speed because he seemed to be talking slowly. I don't feel like I missed anything, and I didn't have to stop and rewind at all.
Concise and informative.
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