Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by 72deluxe on Thursday April 09, 2015 @10:33AM
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I remember reading her "creative html design" book back about 20 years ago (it was from 1997); that book was a work of art. The techniques may have changed somewhat but the sites in there would likely be acceptable today I suspect (which either shows how little progress we have made, or how well the book was written!)
Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by neovive on Thursday April 09, 2015 @11:31AM
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That was a very inspiring book. She was a pioneer in the field of web design and it's great to see their success. I'm a long time Lynda.com member and I hope they continue to produce the same quality courses going forward.
Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by p1esk on Thursday April 09, 2015 @03:10PM
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Wow, I subscribed to my first lynda.com class while working in a high school in Ojai! That was at Villanova, 2004 or 2005, Dreamweaver 4 class.
Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by jonah on Thursday April 09, 2015 @05:23PM
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Righton. I was at MetaTools/MetaCreations just down the road in Carpinteria. Lynda ran the Bryce Camp and Painter training courses for us. Some of her very first ones.
The current Lynda.com HQ is now in Carpinteria - right across the highway from the old Meta offices off Bailard Ave.
Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by dougbarrett on Thursday April 09, 2015 @08:41PM
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Fellow Ojai native as well! Where was this computer lab you worked at? I knew Lynda was based up in the Santa Barbara area, but didn't know it had it's roots in Ojai, very cool to see!
Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by seoguru on Friday April 10, 2015 @12:47AM
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Wow, lots of Ojai people here, I'm one too :-) remember when Lynda.com was across from OYES (http://ojaiyes.org/)
Re:LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
by calinet6 on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:20AM
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Good ol' Ojai! Yep, they had their roots there. It was indeed across from OYES and the farmer's market, on Matilija St. I believe they moved to a larger space in the same square, before finally moving to TO when they started doing more videos and fewer live classes.
Story time. When I was in high school, I worked in a little computer lab in my small hometown of Ojai, California, that taught classes in Photoshop, Fireworks, web design and development, Flash, and more. That little technology education company was just called "Lynda," and classes were taught directly by Lynda Weinman, Bruce Heavin, and others. There were maybe ten or twelve employees. I learned a lot from them over two summers about the intersection of development and design, about teaching and working with people, and so much more. It launched my interest in user experience design and development. Not to mention the epic LAN parties we used to have in that computer lab with all the top-of-the-line graphics workstations... good times.
I have a lot to be thankful for, and I'm so genuinely happy to see their success. They were the nicest people to work with, and I'm sure that remained true as they grew. Congrats to these guys, and I hope they find a good place with LinkedIn.