Mark, Thanks a lot for your support my friend, I really appreciate it. :-)
On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 at 11:39, Mark Smith <marksmith...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the update Andre, I have the book and am looking forward to > some good reads š > > Mark > > > On Jul 10, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > Thanks a lot for your detailed responses. Since you have all been quite > > awesome in giving me all these great replies and feedback, let me tell > you, > > in probably more details than you'd ever want, where I am coming from and > > what I plan to do going forward. > > > > Many here know that I have graduated from a film school. Doing videos > feel > > like going home for me and I believe in the potential of multimedia to be > > an effective learning tool. Still, I have always been in love with books > > and like many here I favour books over video any time. I was considering > > doing more video related content because other people I know are having a > > better return on video courses than on books. Of course this depends on > the > > community and here books appear to rule, which is good for me because I > > enjoy writing books and that is the direction I want to shift my career > to > > anyway. > > > > I have just completed a major JavaScript book for a famous publishing > house > > in the U.S. and am ready to go back to self-publishing and work on my own > > titles on my own time. The book I made about LiveCode best practices and > > code organisation was well received and even though I have issued some > > updates, I haven't updated as often as I wanted to. The reason behind not > > updating often is because of some of the worst aspects of capitalism: > > updating the book didn't really add to the sales figures and I live in a > > very expensive city (I live in London now). Every time I updated the book > > there would be some extra sales, but not as many as to justify working on > > it. The alternative would be to raise the prices so that each sale would > be > > more valuable to me but I'm against it because I think the price should > > reflect the value of the object being sold. That book has been done > without > > an editor and in a hurry, I can't charge as much for it as I'd charge > for a > > book that involved more professionals and more care. I think the price > for > > that specific book is right. > > > > So, going forward I think I am going to write more books but also shorter > > books. There is a problem with trying to create comprehensive references > or > > bible-like books. They are harder to do and you sell them only once. Our > > community is small, there is a limited amount of sales to be done inside > > it. What I will do is create shorter books focused on a single topic and > > sell them individually for a low price so that people can acquire them > all > > without actually having to worry. This way I can produce books faster > > (which lowers the cost of producing them for me) and you get to have > fresh > > content, which is something that we all know a healthy ecosystem needs. I > > might make some short videos, but mostly for engagement and highlighting > > cool stuff. Video takes longer to produce and unfortunately my current > > daily driver machine doesn't support any decent video editor. > > > > As for using stacks as interactive learning material, that reminds me of > > Director. I think it is a great idea. The problem is that I am writing > > about other technologies as well and I can't build a pipeline and tools > to > > deliver stacks (even as standalones) to the other communities at the > > moment. I might explore that in the future but for now doing ebooks is > the > > best way forward. It is easy, I know how to do it, and I can focus on > doing > > content instead of building new tools. > > > > For those that haven't been exposed to my best practices book, you can > find > > it at: > > > > > http://andregarzia.com/books/livecode-advanced-application-architecture.html > > > > I have also created a Ko-fi. This is a website like Patreon that helps > > connect audiences with creators by allowing people to donate money as a > one > > time donation or as a recurring donation depending on how much they want > to > > support the creator. My plan is to engage with those supporting me on > > ko-fi, and let them see advanced copies of the books, help decide what > the > > next topics to tackle and so on. Another thing I like about ko-fi is that > > they style the whole process as "buy me a coffee", so you're basically > > sending creator small donations so they can afford caffeine. Something I > > really need to write books. I will price the books low, so if you think > > about sending more money or making this more sustainable, my Ko-fi is at: > > > > https://ko-fi.com/andregarzia > > > > From what I have been reading on the list, I think there is a need for a > > small book on "launchers" or as we used to call them "splash stacks". > They > > are a fantastic way to deploy tools to the enterprise and clients, they > > unite the easy deployability of the web with the powerful feature set of > > Desktop apps. More seasoned LC developers, especially those that worked > as > > ISV before the App Store, are probably familiar with them but this is > > probably a new subject to many of the people who came to LC more > recently. > > I think this is will be the first new small book. I'm thinking about 45 > > pages. I hope you'll like it. > > > > Best > > A > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 at 20:20, William Prothero via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> FYI, Iāve found some of the MovAvi <https://www.movavi.com/mac.html> > apps > >> to be good and very inexpensive. That said, Iām not doing a lot of video > >> editing these days, but found the video editing app to be easier to use > >> than iMovie. I used Final Cut Pro, but didnāt renew when Apple went to > >> 64bit only. > >> > >> Best, > >> Bill > >> > >> William A. Prothero > >> https://earthlearningsolutions.org > >> > >>> On Jul 8, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode < > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I prefer video, but I feel demonstrations should have some production > >> value > >>> other that just a screen share. > >>> Indicators, motion graphics, etc and not just a guy and his desktop. > And > >>> EDITING!!! > >>> I'm a Final Cut Pro video guy these days and have ALL the groovy > plugins > >>> so I'm not being fair I guess. > >>> > >>> iMovie is far better these days that it used to be, but strangely very > >>> difficult to upgrade an iMovie package to Final Cut, once one is there. > >>> Roadblocks everywhere. Typical Apple %$#%#%#$%#$. > >>> > >>> sqb > >>> -- > >>> Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - > >>> mixstream.org > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 10:36 AM Jim Lambert via use-livecode < > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi AndrĆ©, > >>>> > >>>> I previously always favored printed books. > >>>> > >>>> But now I prefer digital materials that are a combination of text > (with > >>>> copiable code!), interactive elements, and supplementary video. > >>>> As Richard pointed out LC itself provides "the many learning benefits > of > >>>> direct engagement with interactive media.ā > >>>> > >>>> IMO, Video is most appropriate when used to convey visual, spatial and > >>>> temporal examples. Itās can also provide a bit of a human touch to the > >>>> instruction, even though itās utterly mechanical. > >>>> > >>>> So, yeah, I like a combo. > >>>> > >>>> Hope this helps! > >>>> > >>>> Jim Lambert > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> use-livecode mailing list > >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >>>> subscription preferences: > >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > > > > > -- > > http://www.andregarzia.com > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- http://www.andregarzia.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
