Showmedo is a peer-produced video-tutorials and screencasts site for free and open-source software - with the exception of some club videos, the large majority are free to watch and download.

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Educating the Open-source Community With Showmedo

Although as important as the software it supports, education and documentation are relatively neglected in the Open-source world. Coders love to code, and explaining how best to use or improve the software tends to be deferred or even sidelined.

At Showmedo we believe the community can play a vital role here and also say thanks for the tools and software that make our lives easier. If you have a piece of software you love or a programming langugage you are enthusiastic about, why not make a screencast showing others how to use it? All the stuff you wish you'd been told, the tips, tricks, insights that would have saved you time and frustration.

Screencasting is easier than you think, and we're happy to help you. You can email us for advice or just use some of the how-to screencasts on the site. This screencasting learning-path is a good place to start.

Maps Videos, Tutorials and Screencasts

We have 4 series for learning Maps.

[262] Map Making Techniques Using GIMP (3 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by RobA

Tips and techniques for using GIMP to help in the creation of maps, mainly for fantasy cartography. [...]

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[180] OpenStreetMap (7 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by steve

All about openstreetmap.org - the wiki world map

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[175] Django Screencasts (7 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Empty

Django Screencasts delivers periodic screencasts that help beginning to intermediate programmers ge [...]

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[039] Writing Arinoid using pyGame (4 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Chuck Arellano

Chuck Arellano introduces Python's pyGame gaming library by showing you how to write an Arinoid clon [...]

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CLUB SHOWMEDO

Are you learning Python? To keep the site running clean and ad-free we've started Club ShowMeDo. The club will allow you access to some special videos we're making to pass on programming skills we consider important to the development and enjoyment of Free Open Source Software (FOSS).

The focus at the moment is on developing with the Python programming language, one of the backbones of the FOSS movement with a huge number of included and third-party libraries.

CONTACT

We welcome feedback and we want to hear your ideas.

The best way to discuss new ideas is in our Google Group.

To reach either of us (Ian, Kyran) you will find our email addresses on the About page.

THANKS

Check out our thanks-page for a roll call of the great software that enables Showmedo to function.

Educating the Open-source Community With Showmedo

Maps Videos, Tutorials and Screencasts

a series of video-tutorials by RobA

a series of video-tutorials by steve

a series of video-tutorials by Empty

a series of video-tutorials by Chuck Arellano

CLUB SHOWMEDO

CONTACT

THANKS