Arsen Misakyan

How do you learn new stuff: read blogs or watch videos?

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As founders, we wear many hats. We all have to learn a bunch of new things DAILY. On any given topic, there is an overwhelming quantity of content. You have to search - vet - learn; rinse and repeat x 100 a day... What's the most effective learning method for you?
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Gideon Oni-Becsen
I actually prefer to read articles and blog posts. I might just skim through or break it all down and digest the bits painstakingly. I feel like reading is more effective for me. The problem with video is that don't have the patience except it's a video less than 3 minutes.
Arsen Misakyan
@gideon_bcxa The good old CMD + F does wonders, doesn't it?:) With videos I do increase the speed a lot so I spend less time.
Tom Mahon
Both ways are great! I personally always learn better by doing something, I find setting myself a challenging small project that requires a new skill can really help me figure out where my skills need to be improved and work on them as the project goes on. Usually find that it's easier the learn saying "how do I do this specific thing" instead of just general googling/reading/viewing for a skill.
Arsen Misakyan
@tommahon Practice makes it perfect, doesn't it?!:)
Rich Watson
Seeing it helps learn it, rather than reading it.
Arsen Misakyan
@richw thank you!
Usually through Podcasts or Audiobooks
Arsen Misakyan
@maxwellcdavis these have been great for me especially while cycling or driving. One downside though; it's hard to take notes:)
Dylan Merideth
it feels like a combo is best, videos are great for efficient big picture learning (e.g package overviews and broad explanations for implementation context) while documentation + blogs is more helpful for granular, this all in the context of DOING. Put to use for your own endgoal and the learning almost magically bears far more fruit
Arsen Misakyan
@dylan_merideth Thanks for the input!
Dylan Merideth
@arsen_misakyan Thanks for the discussion!
Kashif Rasib
Depends what I'm doing, if it's a course I'm taking I like to have the books and the video material. However, if it's for some quick self learning on a topic, I prefer videos. Videos with examples of what's being explained help me understand the concept better, whereas from a book I may not be able to visualise how the concept is applied to the real world. Overall I find short videos easier to take in.
Arsen Misakyan
@kashif_12 Yup! Videos are more fun and are easier to digest. Especially, when you Google a topic and it returns a video with specific timestamp; that saves a lot of time.
Cris Barbs
Depends on what you need to learn, if you need a tutorial then videos are easy ones rather than reading.
Arsen Misakyan
@crissy_22 For tutorials, videos are the best! Text is overwhelming, especially when you're trying to find that "thing".
Tiagorbf
I mostly watch videos and listen to podcasts. Since I started my own podcast (wannabe-entrepreneur.com) I have been learning a lot by interviewing entrepreneurs :)
Arsen Misakyan
@tiagorbf I'm all down with the learn-by-teaching concept. It's been super effective for me.
Dawn Veltri
Both, but I prefer reading.
Arsen Misakyan
@dawn_veltri1 Thank you!
Speedie
Both. But I have read blogs more than I have watched videos.
Arsen Misakyan