Blast off

Just so ya'll know, I got this blog probably a year ago. I started on my first tutorial about ten times in the past couple of months. As of a couple days ago, I was mostly done. As of yesteray, I had erased it all and was back to ground zero. I have been wrestling with the whole how much do I explain, and how much do I just 'do'. It's not like a classroom environment where you (the reader) can ask questions as we progress. So, I tend to try to over-explain things. But I always find that the tutorials I like most are those that simply show the steps, and don't try to explain too much. I can look up things I don't get. And that's a helpful skill as well - looking in the Help and Googling can get you far. Learning to use search tools is as important as anything. Especially today, when really good Flash coding information can readily be found. So, I'm back at the beginning - expect my first tutorial (A progress meter singleton) in the next daze.