Open Mic (Questions, Comments, and Feedback)

Onlythefinestwilldo · 2012-05-25T06:23:51.849918+00:00

Hey there!

Congratulations on your success in AP Chemistry. I've heard it confirmed from many that it is easily one of the harder AP classes you could stumble into.

You don't have to forget the chemistry if you don't want to ;). That was more just to encourage the laymen.

Don't worry about reviewing. Just knowing the abbreviation "VESPR" tells me you are fine on the gen chem background.

You may find a mixture of delight and disappointment as you discover that once we are all done with bonding, pKa's, and orbitals, organic chemistry is a quircky animal quite different from anything that you have come across in AP Chem. Not harder... just much different. It's definitely a playground leveler in the chemistry major, as everyone pretty much has to start from scratch.

I appreciate your participation, and do let me know what you think along the way!

Peace,

Alex

Onlythefinestwilldo · 2012-05-25T06:17:07.125950+00:00

Ha. Your "protons" are always appreciated here. Think of me as a "proton sponge". That will just have to make sense later when we talk about pyridine.

Once a week is the objective here. 45 minutes was a little exhausting to edit, so I may shoot for 20.

Thanks for the kind words!

Hente · 2012-05-24T19:32:15.917156+00:00

Wallpaper is always free...

Onlythefinestwilldo · 2012-05-24T18:43:09.150705+00:00

Would you mind if I repost this? It's kind of awesome.

Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

That was a quality 40 mg of feedback. Thank you, Sir. Looking forward to your input.

Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

Hey Bacon,

Sorry for the sort of glazing over that. Remember when I said sometimes organic chemists tend to only draw electrons when they need them (for bonding, etc)? That was one of those cases. Your second comment was correct. Those other valence electrons are always there. Fluorine has seven electrons in it's outer shell at all times, whether you draw the unbonded six or not.

Ha. I guess though you couldn't accuse me of being wrong, you could accuse me of being lazy.

Make sense?

Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

Extra two points awarded. Awesome job, sir.

Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

Thank you, sir.

Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

Thanks for the feedback! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Understand, it is my objective that none of it goes over your head, so tell me if anything needs clarification!

I was getting really frustrated with the audio. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I very reluctantly posted the video anyway. As for the 10 minute portions, I was posting the video through iMovie (OS X), and it was telling me youtube would likely reject a video that was over ten minutes. I don't really understand that, because I see lectures and stuff all the time... any help with the YouTube red tape would be appreciated!

Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

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Onlythefinestwilldo · 1 day

Thanks, friend. Still working the audio kinks out. Next video will be cleaner.

Onlythefinestwilldo · 2 days

Glad to help, friend. Best of luck!

Onlythefinestwilldo · 2 days

(dual monitor setup)

Geektool for the scripts, TotalTerminal for the drop down command prompt, and Nocturne for the hidden menu bar.

Onlythefinestwilldo · 2 days

Thanks man. Going to give it another go.

FAIL_ALL-THE-CLASSES · 4 days

"Welcome back, commander. Absolutely no one has liked or commented on your witty facebook post."

Onlythefinestwilldo · 4 days

I'm sorry for your frustration. Actually, NMR didn't come easily for me either. I'll be sure to review it so we can cover it later on. I was never a fan about how most classes will teach these techniques to you all at once. For me, at least, this sort of makes all the peaks and spikes blend together and you forget which means what. When we do cover GC, IR, and NMR, we will definitely take our time.

Onlythefinestwilldo

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