Re: MultiMedia Pitfalls for Beginners?

In article <noneof->,
Mark Conrad <> wrote:

> Anyone here _recently_ decide to dabble in multimedia?
>
> Interested in the pitfalls beginners are liable to encounter.
>
> Specifically, how to begin to determine what my own "requirements" will
> be, relative to whatever goals that I might set for myself.
>
> Just require a way to explore the whole concept of MultiMedia, what it
> is, what it is "good for", who should even contemplate learning it, and
> is life possible without MultiMedia.<g>
>
> "Multi-Media for Dummies" perhaps?

Sure. But I think I would really try to specify a goal that I'm looking
to achieve first and then ask again based on that. Just my 2 cents.

In article <noneof->,
Mark Conrad <> wrote:

> > Sure. But I think I would really try to specify a goal that I'm
> > looking to achieve first and then ask again based on that. Just my
> > 2 cents.
>
> I considered that, however right now I do not know enough to be able
> to even choose a goal, much less ask intelligent questions about any
> goal that I might choose.

If you don't know what you want to do, maybe it's not time yet to get
into it.

> That brings up a gnarly question, how _does_ a newbie go about
> choosing a goal.

When there's something you want to do, but don't know how to do it, that
becomes your goal.

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