[Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi

Fri Jan 9 13:29:58 UTC 2015

I do have a VA membership, but... Rarely use it. I guess it would come in
handy if, at some point in the future, I find a need to use something like
Azure. I also had a Dreamspark membership, which was actually useful! Got
quite a few licences before the membership ran out.

A shame you couldn't try out the Pay It Forward Bundle -
https://payitforwardbundle.com/

They had three or six months (can't remember which) of Skillshare
membership, before the bundle reduced it to a 25% discount. Bargain.

Best wishes,
James

On 9 January 2015 at 13:15, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm usually a bit tight when it comes to parting with cash too!
>
> I notice pretty much everything from Lynda is still available as a
> torrent.  Other than Lynda, I've given KelbyOne.com money.  They do
> creative Adobe and Photography courses and I think the quality of the
> courses makes them worth paying for.
>
> I will try the Pluralsight trial and Skillshare - thanks for mentioning
> them.
>
>
>
> You didn't mention Microsoft Virtual Academy, so I'll toot the M$
> horn!... Microsoft give you their front line servers and development tools
> for free and also provide high quality courses free in the Academy and
> routes to get qualified with MTA stepping stones to MCSA or MCSD.   Three
> MTA tracks of IT Infrastructure, Database and Developer are available to
> suit anyone.
>
> When I thought the gravy train was over for my skillset I downloaded the
> MSSQL servers (free) onto some old bits of hardware at home and started
> down the Database track using the (free) training and looking at the
> healthy job market for that skillset in our area.
>
> Perhaps not a popular thought for a Linux Group mailing list, but I
> believe Micro$oft have done more for us professionally for free than
> anything that would traditionally be called open source.  I have half an
> MCSD from more than a decade ago and that has been worth more to me than
> any academic qualification even though in that time period I have hardly
> done any M$ development.
>
>
> So if you don't like paying for technology and training, take a closer
> look at Microsoft tools!
>
>
> Regards
>
> Arthur
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 12:23:05 +0000
>
> > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> >
> > I'm not very good at paying full price for courses, so I tend to only
> grab
> > the free ones from Udemy. What I do usually is search for 'udemy' on
> Reddit
> > every few days, just to see which course authors have published a course
> > and are offering voucher codes. That said, I did buy a highly-regarded UX
> > course on Udemy once, so I will part with my money if I have to!
> >
> > Others I'm yet to audit are Tuts+ and Pluralsight.
> >
> > On the whole I regard the Lynda courses quite highly. Certainly recommend
> > them for novices. Some of them are a bit slow and make unusual
> assumptions
> > - that was the experience I had with the Drupal courses, anyway.
> >
> > I've also taken a couple of good classes with Skillshare, although they
> > were a while ago. It's a great platform if you're looking for more
> > artistic, crafty and designy stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > James
> >
> > On 9 January 2015 at 12:14, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Just blasted through that pi course, wasn't relevant to me. Very little
> > > detail, already out of date in places and hacking Christmas lights has
> > > been better done elsewhere. What was the full price $80?... omg three
> > > months of Lynda would be way better value.
> > >
> > > Keen to hear of other training things if you see any.
> > >
> > >
> > > I felt I had to actually give Lynda some money it was only fair, having
> > > taken the unofficial torrent based freemium option in the past.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Arthur
> > >
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 12:04:44 +0000
> > > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > > CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> > >
> > > >
> > > > No worries - as with any Udemy course, it's down to the particular
> course
> > > > author. I've found some great ones and some poor ones.
> > > >
> > > > The chap who wrote the Pi course has also published a Scratch
> course. I
> > > > believe there's a code floating around on Reddit at the moment.
> > > >
> > > > At the moment I'm subscribed to Treehouse on a student subscription -
> > > > $9/month for access to their courses, which isn't bad!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes,
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > On 9 January 2015 at 09:06, Arthur Garlick <
> arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks James,
> > > > > Code and link worked for me on the PC thanks. (I tried with the
> Udemy
> > > app
> > > > > but the course is not listed in the app yet).
> > > > >
> > > > > I completed the Udemy Python course that is free, unfortunately
> with
> > > that
> > > > > particular course there is good reason for it to be free as the
> > > content,
> > > > > delivery and editing are all poor and it was a struggle to make it
> to
> > > the
> > > > > end.
> > > > >
> > > > > I subscribe to Lynda training and the quality of their material is
> > > > > excellent, I did Python and Tkinter with Lynda in spare bits of
> time
> > > and
> > > > > recommend it if you are wired up to be able to learn that way -
> it's
> > > not
> > > > > for everyone I'd guess.
> > > > >
> > > > > Looking forward to seeing how good a paid for Udemy course is...
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Arthur
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 00:37:18 +0000
> > > > > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > > > > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > > > > Subject: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In case anybody's interested or want to pass it on to a friend or
> > > family
> > > > > > member:
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> http://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/2rgwnb/free_coupon_for_my_brand_new_udemy_course/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don't know how long the voucher code lasts for.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best wishes,
> > > > > > James
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