Beginning Electronics Website????

[Danny Hoskins]

I'm contemplating building a website for the beginning
electronics/robotics enthusiasts (such as myself) and I was looking for
opinions or people who may want to lend their expertise to/collaborate
on such a project.

What I have in mind is to start with the VERY basic stuff and basically
make it a 'quick reference/how to' type of deal. Really what I would
LIKE to do is basically build things in as 'I' (re)learn them and build
that way.

I had some electronics courses in college back in the late 90's but
since I'm not in that field and have had no use for it all these years I
have forgotten just about everything but I do know that I liked it very
much. I also have a budding interest in web design and just really need
a reason to build a site and this would really give me something
tangible to work with.

Anyway, I look forward to hearing from all of you and greatly appreciate
anything you have to say.

D

 

[Rich Grise]

On Sat, 21 May 2005 16:02:12 -0400, Danny Hoskins wrote:

I'm contemplating building a website for the beginning
electronics/robotics enthusiasts (such as myself) and I was looking for
opinions or people who may want to lend their expertise to/collaborate
on such a project.

What I have in mind is to start with the VERY basic stuff and basically
make it a 'quick reference/how to' type of deal. Really what I would
LIKE to do is basically build things in as 'I' (re)learn them and build
that way.

I had some electronics courses in college back in the late 90's but
since I'm not in that field and have had no use for it all these years I
have forgotten just about everything but I do know that I liked it very
much. I also have a budding interest in web design and just really need
a reason to build a site and this would really give me something
tangible to work with.

Anyway, I look forward to hearing from all of you and greatly appreciate
anything you have to say.

First study all of the crap that's already out there before you go and
shoot yourself in the foot.

IOW, do a website on something that you already know something about,
rather than teach something that you're not even done with school in yet.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Michael Black]

Rich Grise (richgrise@example.net) writes:

On Sat, 21 May 2005 16:02:12 -0400, Danny Hoskins wrote:

I'm contemplating building a website for the beginning
electronics/robotics enthusiasts (such as myself) and I was looking for
opinions or people who may want to lend their expertise to/collaborate
on such a project.

What I have in mind is to start with the VERY basic stuff and basically
make it a 'quick reference/how to' type of deal. Really what I would
LIKE to do is basically build things in as 'I' (re)learn them and build
that way.

I had some electronics courses in college back in the late 90's but
since I'm not in that field and have had no use for it all these years I
have forgotten just about everything but I do know that I liked it very
much. I also have a budding interest in web design and just really need
a reason to build a site and this would really give me something
tangible to work with.

Anyway, I look forward to hearing from all of you and greatly appreciate
anything you have to say.

First study all of the crap that's already out there before you go and
shoot yourself in the foot.

IOW, do a website on something that you already know something about,
rather than teach something that you're not even done with school in yet.

Good Luck!
Rich


On the other hand, in some cases someone new to something is a good

candidate for teaching, because they are explorers and then convey
what they've found to others. When I first had full internet access
back in 1996, people assumed I was some "expert" because I kept
finding answers for people. But the reality was that someone
would ask a question, and then I'd go off exploring, trying things
or doing searches to find an answer. The fact that I was new to it
meant that there weren't things I'd long forgotten, yet I was right
in the same mindset as people new to the internet.

Someone asks a question, and in trying to explain it you get a better
understanding of it.

But of course, it only works with some people.

Michael

 

[Roger Johansson]

Michael Black wrote:

On the other hand, in some cases someone new to something is a good
candidate for teaching, because they are explorers and then convey
what they've found to others.

To the original poster:

You can look up keywords like electronics together with beginner,
lesson, basics, etc.. and find other web sites of the same kind.

Study those web pages, learn more electronics and learn from the others
how to present the knowledge in different ways.
Put together the ideas you think are important in your own web site.

It will help you to learn, and others may learn from your web pages too.

Before computers became available we had to keep all documentation in
paper format.

I and many others collected the most important formulas and data in a
small pocketbook, of some type where you can add pages. I made a
front-back cover out of clear plastic with pockets where I can insert
the front page, the first inner page, the back page etc..

Over the years I collected a lot of stuff I needed at hand in that
little pocketbook.

The last 20 years I have used a computer and my collection of files is
growing.

Selecting and putting together the most important knowledge in a clear
and structured way is a good way to understand, and to make things
understandable to others.

Tell us the url to your web site so we can see it grow and help you
with comments and tips.


--
Roger J.

 

[Danny Hoskins]

On the other hand, in some cases someone new to something is a good
candidate for teaching, because they are explorers and then convey
what they've found to others. When I first had full internet access
back in 1996, people assumed I was some "expert" because I kept
finding answers for people. But the reality was that someone
would ask a question, and then I'd go off exploring, trying things
or doing searches to find an answer. The fact that I was new to it
meant that there weren't things I'd long forgotten, yet I was right
in the same mindset as people new to the internet.

Someone asks a question, and in trying to explain it you get a better
understanding of it.

But of course, it only works with some people.

Michael


yeah, this was basically my point. There are many ways to represent the

same information but many of the sites I see aren't all that user
friendly. Like I said I had electronics courses back in college and I
took to it very well because I learned things from the very beginning
and didn't have to rely on books, websites, and newsgroups. Much of the
info you find on the web is scattered around and not very organized. I
just wanted to develop better and more fun and interactive ways to
present the information.

D

 

[JeffM]

I'm contemplating building a website
for the beginning electronics/robotics enthusiasts
Danny Hoskins

:First study all of the crap that's already out there

: Rich Grise
:
You might find some niches that need to be filled,
but yeah, what Rich said. As an example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.seattlerobotics.org+SeattleRobotics