Classroomies
Consumer and social
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SHOW HN2018
360points
49comments
#53of 2,155 in 2018
Top 3%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
12 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 8 for, 8 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for making online lectures less isolated
From 3 comments
Nice work! I almost entirely prefer pre-recorded classes to live ones, except for being able to meet classmates and study together. You can watch at your own discretion, change…
babl-yc on HNThis is awesome ! As a largely self-educated engineer I recall feeling (and still do) that most of what I was missing from taking online courses was the « lecture hall » feeling,…
donkey-hotei on HNI think this is great. Reminds me of Twitch.tv, except for academia. Good work!
beeks10 on HN
Schedule gives a pleasant channel-like feel
From 2 comments
Great idea, and love how you've integrated advertising. I love that there's a schedule - following the paradox of choice, I hate choosing, and you have a good selection of videos.
maximp on HNThis reminds me of twitch in some ways which I feel is a good thing. The use of a schedule is a nice add in to give the appearance of a channel or live stream yet with something…
nyxtom on HN
Objections
Content is business/startup lectures, not CS
From 3 comments
Why restrict it to Stanford? Why not include MIT, Berkeley, etc? BTW these are not CS lectures (all this startup stuff is not CS, like say algorithms, os internals, database…
charlysl on HNI'd love this - except, where's the CS? I just see a lot of business/startup stuff, which I'm not interested in.
pasabagi on HNI don't see a single one in the schedule.
jnellis on HN
Benefit of talking during a lecture is unclear
From 2 comments
I like that you're building something in this vein, but the benefit is not immediately clear to me. Has it been your experience that talking with others during a lecture is…
ukulele on HNYeah, with IRL courses, it's much better discussing after the lecture than during one.
pritambaral on HN
Times not shown in local timezone
From 2 comments
It's really not that hard to provide local times on the schedule page. I have no idea without doing a Google search what time it is in UTC. Also, is the current class title…
russellbeattie on HNNice. A quick suggestion: would you allow users to select there time zones and then show the schedule based on a user's timezone?
kipdotcom on HN
Requests
Expand to other universities
From 2 comments
It's just restricted for now, but will gradually extend the content from a variety of universities.
___karim on HNWhy restrict it to Stanford? Why not include MIT, Berkeley, etc? BTW these are not CS lectures (all this startup stuff is not CS, like say algorithms, os internals, database…
charlysl on HN
Show local times or user timezone
From 2 comments
It's really not that hard to provide local times on the schedule page. I have no idea without doing a Google search what time it is in UTC. Also, is the current class title…
russellbeattie on HNNice. A quick suggestion: would you allow users to select there time zones and then show the schedule based on a user's timezone?
kipdotcom on HN
Support YouTube videos and other content
From 1 comment
This is great! Can you do this for youtube videos so that I can use this for conference talks? (Or so that I can watch videos with my brother back in the US)
afarrell on HN
Questions
Will the schedule loop lectures perpetually?
From 1 comment
This is cool! I think it's always useful to see how other people react to the stuff you learn. Do you plan to loop lectures perpetually?
mwambua on HN
How is video kept in sync across clients?
From 1 comment
This is very cool. Can I ask how you keep the video synced for all clients?
rubberroad on HN
Alternatives named
Twitch
From 3 comments
This would be kind of like watching someone play a videogame on Twitch— indeed, you could just about implement this as a Twitch channel where people turn up and watch a taped…
mikepurvis on HNThis reminds me of twitch in some ways which I feel is a good thing. The use of a schedule is a nice add in to give the appearance of a channel or live stream yet with something…
nyxtom on HNI think this is great. Reminds me of Twitch.tv, except for academia. Good work!
beeks10 on HN
Google Docs shared note taking
From 1 comment
As we're watching Sam Altman on Startups, a group of 4 or 5 people (including myself) have been doing collaborative note taking on Google Docs. Its fun to do! Maybe this is…
rhokstar on HN