lynda.com often receives unsolicited e-mails from satisfied customers. Here are
a few recent comments.
Focus on seeing, hearing, and doing
lynda.com training materials have helped me brush up on and learn new technologies that I use every day. I love the fact that I can watch entire courses over and over or just simply jump in with more selective learning. With lynda.com, I don't feel like I struggle to gain basic or deep knowledge on technical subject matters because lynda.com focuses on seeing, hearing, and doing. Thank you so very much for your perseverance, business acumen, and creativity.
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Best presentation skills I’ve come across
I would just like to say Ben Long has the best presentation skills that I have come across, and I have had a long professional Engineering career making presentations and teaching. His voice is beautifully clear and deep, at the right speed, with beautiful diction, great gestures. And of course, he knows his subject thoroughly, and is enthusiastic about it. Thank for using him; he makes my learning experience so much better.
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Clearest I’ve ever seen
As a screenwriter and novelist, and someone who has had to design computer systems to help incorporate storytelling techniques into AI software, I have to say that Screenwriting Fundamentals is the clearest, most comprehensive review of the storytelling process I've ever seen. The specifics are so detailed that I turned them into a guide that I used to outline my upcoming novel. The author's presentation was clear, concise, and delivered very well. His sense of humor was always there, just below the surface, and made the presentation easy to go through in one sitting. I also appreciate the illustrations—again clever, whimsical but right to the point. I'll be going through this course again and recommending it to my colleagues.
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Great course, great visuals
Audio Mixing Bootcamp with Bobby Owsinski is incredible. He is a very good instructor who’s able to explain complicated concepts very well. And the graphics/visuals are absolutely essential for being able to properly visualize these concepts. The course itself is structured very well, with extensive coverage of various areas. Great instructor, great course, and great visuals.
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Treasure trove of knowledge and info
lynda.com is an excellent resource for obtaining mandatory professional development training hours for my job. Not only am I learning new skills that are pertinent to my job, but I'm sharpening already established skill sets. I'm proud to be a subscriber of such a treasure trove of knowledge, information, and training—all at the click of a mouse!
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I’ll never go back to “free” courses
I am elated with the JavaScript Essential Training course by Simon Allardice! On top of possessing the basics that are inherent in all lynda.com courses (i.e., clear instructions, great audio, easy-to-follow samples, etc.), Mr. Allardice has a way with the English language and a phenomenal sense of humor that make the course exciting. I'll give up my coffee money for the week to pay for my lynda.com subscription if I have to, but I will never go back to the "free" courses that are available online. You truly get what you pay for!
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My favorite part of the workday
Your courses have vastly improved my skill set and my boss is convinced that we should keep my subscription active. My favorite part of the workday is to tune into a lynda.com video and learn something new. Your customer service is great and helpful. This is a learning platform second to none. Keep up the good work.
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Helped me understand the how and why
I have to say that Gini Courter is my favorite instructor. She is terrific. Along with being very professional, she strategically walks the viewer through the course. The InfoPath 2010 course she did was great. She had real-life examples that helped me to understand not just the how but the why, and what was the best option for me. I have recommended her as an instructor and of course the lynda.com website.
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Exactly the level that feels right
OK, I thought I knew. But now, after having watched a couple of Ben Long's courses on photography and camera knowledge, I realize I was several years out of date and not taking the best advantage of my eye or my camera. I particularly wanted to thank Ben for pitching these courses at exactly the level that feels right to me; for pacing the presentation; and for the attention to detail and relevant scope and context of the course material. I discovered Ben's courses on lynda.com whilst researching some other topics—namely Adobe Edge Animate animation—so you can imagine the excitement from my sense of discovery! Many thanks.
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Relying on you for support
I've got to tell you: lynda.com is amazing. I'm not given to spontaneous bouts of gushing praise, but my goodness! I just had to write as you really have to be congratulated for the perfect realization of a wonderful idea. The courses are first class in their own right, expertly presented and executed, and superbly organized. I'm about to start a BSc (Hons) in Computing and IT at university and I will be relying heavily on your courses for support.
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Makes learning a treat!
Simon Allardice an amazing instructor! His conceptual images for explaining subjects/topics and the way he breaks down complicated topics into smaller, simpler parts makes learning a treat! Simply fabulous, thanks you for everything!
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Indispensible for people like me
I was delighted to see the course on R programming language as it is currently one of the most popular statistical languages used widely both in industry and academia. I should also add that Bart Poulson is a great teacher and can teach some of the most difficult topics with ease. I have learned a lot from lynda.com and I think it is indispensible for people like me who are early in their career and need to learn various programs to keep themselves employable. Many thanks.
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Thanks for adding FL Studio!
A few months ago, I emailed to ask if any FL Studio tutorials could be added to the training library. To my great surprise, I saw that one had been added recently and just wanted to say thanks and great job!
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Used in high school and college
I love you guys. I've used you a lot before, in high school, and I want to start back up now that I'm in college. So thanks for being awesome.
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Whole new world awaits
You guys are a lifesaver. I'm learning how to use incredibly cool programs and gaining some tech savvy, with the intent to unleash it someday. A whole new world awaits. I'm just getting started—at age 57. Watch out, kids. Thank you, Lynda and company. Good job!
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A never-ending gift to myself
How is it that lynda.com has been able to find instructors who’ve not only mastered their fields but have the ability to teach? There is a seemingly endless entourage of men and women that understand, talk, and teach at all levels. I've been a member for years and consider it a never-ending gift to myself.
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Helped me with Excel skills
I want to thank you for this site as the Excel videos have helped me in a short period of time. I am quite happy to have come across this site because I will be letting others know about this site—whenever I hear someone say they lack in Excel skills!
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Why am I taking graduate course?
I love lynda.com. I'm a graduate student enrolled in a web-dev course and popped over here for some extra training. Now I'm wondering why I'm taking the graduate course at all. I could get everything I need with much better presentation skills here. I'll probably even join after I graduate. Thanks!
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Explanations are awesome!
Let me start by saying that I don’t know Simon Allardice at all. But that guy is the best presenter I've seen on any online tutorial/course. I've used lynda.com since 2007 and he is by far the best. Explanations are just awesome! Anyways, please keep him going with the more advanced courses on application development.
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Helped me land dream job
lynda.com is awesome. I used the skills I learnt to land my dream job.
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Perfect pace, very intuitive
lynda.com rocks! The tutorials are impeccably well done—they go at a perfect pace (not too slow!), they don't mess around with irrelevant banter, and the instructors are wonderfully clear and concise. Plus your website is very intuitive and well thought out. Cheers to you all.
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Every week you get better
I tell everyone I know about lynda.com. There’s something here for everyone and every week you all seem to get more creative with training.
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Came for trial, stayed for learning
I signed up for this fully intending to just study one function using the seven-day free trial. However, after using this for a few days, I found the videos were just so good, so helpful, that I decided it would be robbing myself of an effective learning tool to not convert my account to premium. Well done, lynda.com. This is currently changing my life!
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Fantastic resource
The site is a fantastic resource for training, and greatly helps develop proficiency in a variety of office applications. Well done!
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Why worry? You have it covered.
Congratulations on having the world's most inspirational, up-to-date, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow courses. Every time I worry about falling behind on something, you have it covered. I just wish I had more time to do everything. I have worked for myself for many years but more recently re-entered the corporate environment for short-term contracts. I was terrified that I would have fallen behind in my skills; I was flabbergasted to find how “behind” some of these big corporations are, and how much time and money they waste trying to find out about things that you cover so neatly and comprehensively. I tell everyone about you.
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Happy to be back
I have been away from lynda.com for a while. I’m happy to be back and super happy to see Bert Monroy. He is great. Thank you.
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Brilliant!
You people are brilliant! Love it—just love it.
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Bringing beauty to graphs
Thank you SO much for including "R" for statistical analyses! I adore the graphics and web training on lynda.com for my designer life, but my day job is technical and I need to do statistics frequently. As a designer, I gagged every time someone popped up a drab, pixely graph. Scientific software is not known for its beauty. Now that I have the ability to run R, I can control the graphs and the colors. I am in heaven! Thank you!
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Couldn’t be more excited
Ben Long is an outstanding presenter and instructor and I found his course on HDR images to be very thorough without being dry or tedious. I will be on the lookout for more titles by Ben in the future! And I am thrilled to see that FL Studio is making an appearance in the lynda.com library! I have used this software for over a decade and couldn't be more excited that the experts at lynda.com are now offering instruction about it. I look forward to seeing more!
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Would have failed without you
I'm a software developer. I needed to update some stale experience with a software package prior to a job interview. I subscribed to your site and took one of your courses to strengthen my weakest subject area. It turns out that the interview unexpectedly featured a live test performed while sitting at a PC keyboard in front of an evaluation team. I would have failed without your course. Two days later, I received and accepted a job offer. I'll be back the next time I can use any of the courses that you offer!
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