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No particular reason - all four of us are web developers, and we quite simply, we each badly wanted a platform for web development screencasts…",{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Web developers learning and screencast creators","maker",[60,61],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"6135158","Thanks Joseph, having developers release screencasts where they work on actual projects is definitely a big goal of ours. People often underestimate how much you can learn by…",{"value":65,"source":50,"evidence":66},"Free and paid videos offered; around $9\u002Fmonth mentioned for subscriptions",[67,68],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":69,"by":54,"text":70},"6135879","Epa, thanks for the feedback. We are in full support of the fact that web development tutorials need to be open and easily accessible to all. And around half of the content on…",{"value":72,"source":50,"evidence":73},"Four co-founders are web developers who wanted a platform for web development screencasts",[74],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},[],"unknown","launched","team",{"praise":80,"objections":96,"requests":132,"questions":168,"alternatives":187},[81,92],{"value":82,"source":50,"evidence":83},"Good concept and sleek site",[84,88],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"6138225","ryanhandby","I am actively trying to watch some videos on Bitcast at the moment. I love it by the way great concept and great way of setting it all out although I am hitting a wall with a 404…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"6135577","stephanos2k","One thing I learned from watching MicroConf presentations online: Make it about them (the users) not you. The title reads \"We Love Screencasts\". 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Web development tutorials should be free and open for the sake of learning and spreading information (as per the last 10 years).",{"value":116,"source":50,"evidence":117},"Design resembles Treehouse",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"6135483","bluetidepro","Is this done by the people at Treehouse [1]? It looks like the design\u002Flayout is very much inspired by them, at the least. If they are not associated to Treehouse, they may need…",{"id":123,"by":120,"text":124},"6135664","I think it's just things like: -The color scheme: http:\u002F\u002Fbluetide.pro\u002FDWYp\u002F5BcKpQnl -The hexagon cut for images\u002Ficons: http:\u002F\u002Fbluetide.pro\u002FVZYM\u002F3VbvSuxF , but then using circles…",{"value":126,"source":50,"evidence":127},"Mostly aggregated content, not exclusive",[128],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"6135908","bdcravens","Off the top of my head, I see screencasts that are available elsewhere. 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I know its not cool and trendy but it works dam well.",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"6137408","shire","I really like this, please make more videos more towards Python and Javascript. I would love some PHP but that's asking for to much.",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"6137039","izztmzzt","Well now, this is good news. Looking forward to seeing what is posted in the \"Python\" department!",{"value":165,"source":50,"evidence":166},"Fix 404 on video player script",[167],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},[169,176,180],{"value":170,"source":50,"evidence":171},"Why screencasts rather than articles",[172],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"6136883","earlz","Why are people willing to pay for screencasts(of any quality), but NEVER for a well written article over the same thing. I personally hate trying to learn things from videos. I…",{"value":177,"source":50,"evidence":178},"Why not PHP",[179],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},{"value":181,"source":50,"evidence":182},"Why screencasts over music education",[183],{"id":184,"by":185,"text":186},"6134899","cbhl","I don't understand why y'all chose the screencasts niche as opposed to, say, music education. What's your reasoning, and how you plan on differentiating yourself for content…",[188,192,198,202],{"value":189,"source":50,"evidence":190},"Treehouse",[191],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},{"value":193,"source":50,"evidence":194},"RailsCasts",[195],{"id":196,"by":130,"text":197},"6135876","Why? There's plenty of successful pro screencasters: RailsCasts, PeepCode, Destroy all Software, etc. Some have free content, like RailsCasts and Ruby Tapas. 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