Priority of education

KevinS

KevinS

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There has been talk around the buzz about the Dan Housse sleeve vs cambium saver, xrr vs abr, etc and so on.

I have not been around for ever but I know David has made a point of driving the education of rigging point friction and why the rings are a good thing. Whether he had the idea or they came from sailing or or or if you put aside invention aside, who can we say has put in the time and effort to educate us about tools or skill sets in the trade?

Most of us have some training and a lot of self taught lessons, but who do you guys say has put out pure education?

I'd say the 2 I've personally read or watched the most are Old Fart for his videos and Xman for his push for rings, thanks to them.
 
In a more minor but important role, Nick Bonner produced videos to demonstrate the Hitch Hiker, and the Arbor Trolley purely because he thought they were great products, not because he stood to gain anything from it. The same is probably true for the APTA throwball launcher, which he basically invented or at least created a new version of existing devices.

It was in large part his video that demonstrated the advantages of the Hitch Hiker that caused me to buy one.

Tim
 
Ha, ha, and TimBr for demonstrating good form in joining a forum and jumping right in and being a full on contributing member. I always appreciate your posts Tim and think you set the bar high. (Sincerely, not in any way meaning to take away from the original intent of this thread.)
 
I like the the level sharing and concern for learning given to and by people that may likely never get a chance to meet. It's one of the most under estimated, appreciated or known parts of our industry and the professionals in it.
 
In addition to the video materials that are shared there is a lot of written information that is shared.

Something that has become evident to me in the rise of Facebook sharing v. Forums is that there seems to be a better peer review on forums. The instantaneous dissemination but not retraction of bad or unsafe practices can lead to bad consequences I'm afraid
 
Speaking of videos I just saw the re-release of X by August Hunicke. That has got to be the best tree video of all time. August shared elswhere that he put over 100 hours of editing alone into that video.

Someone else said it...man what tree people put into their creations/passions/sharing.
 
merle_nelson said:
I'm not sure exactly how Facebook etc. work but, one thing that has always excited me about TreeBuzz is that the info is kept and I and others can search for specific things. That seem like the best gathering of education to me.
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Yeah, Merle, I agree. Being able to go back and find old threads, even if it's just because you've run out of new stuff to read, is just priceless.

I know that it takes me quite a while to write up a single long post on any subject. So when I find an old thread that goes on for page after page, I realize the amount of time and effort that was required to produce such a thread by all of the parties involved. It is nice that it does not just disappear into the aether, and can still be referred to in the future.

Tim
 
for my money it was first up Reg then I saw Lawrence work that rat hole of a inner city and that really opened my eyes up to what was possible, later I watched David's and Bixlers vids and August .
for pure education I would go Old fart every time (y)
 
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