I, for one used the hotkeys but I didn’t use exact measurements. I forgot that you can use exact measurments and chain it together like you did int the lecture. I will definitely remember that when I go to make any pyramids in the future.
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I think to really be part of the Global Blender Community, you have to at least be aware of some of the basic short cuts. Blender is really short cut heavy, which does make working faster but, having said that, you often miss some of the unique features on the various menus. I think basic short cuts should be taught and included in the videos starting with the first lesson since much of the jargon/tech speak in many Blender related forums tend to be in short cuts with many answers given as short cuts.
Personally, I don’t find those shortcuts intimidating, at all. I think that in order to work efficiently, you have learn those shorts. I find this forum usability more like intimidating 
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I think the shortcut keys are very useful. I also want to thank you for putting the key strokes at the bottom for us to see because I often miss what was said or forget a few minutes later what key to use,
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Definitely use the hot keys more. 
I think that you use the right balance by showing functions/operations in in the windows initially then show a quicker or more efficient method with the keys afterwards.
It can be harder to spot a mouse cursor zipping about the screen than learning a few key strokes. 
The short cuts for the pyramid were extremely helpful. I was making it more difficult by not using them once i saw how they were being used it made the construction that easier.
Shortcuts are great. You explain the first time what they’re being used for so from then it’s really helpful for getting used to them.
Shortcut keys demo was very useful. Thumbs up from me.
Shortcut keys are very useful to learn for everyone at the end of the day. I found that by introducing shortcut keys gradually or as an extra tip in a future lesson while for example, showing how to do the challenge, is an excellent way of doing it. It seems to stick more in my head 
Shortcuts all the way! 
Shortcuts for life!
Much better than modelling by the seat of your pants!
I like using the shortcuts. They make everything go faster. 
Once a person gets a handle on the shortcuts it becomes much quicker. Having a visual queue through this course would be helpful for remembering each shortcut and reinforcing in our brains. Down the road I do see that it will become a little more complicated because of the longer key sequences that may need to be remembered. Practice will make perfect though - eventually.
Definitely not intimidated by the shortcuts, please share them. Just don’t skip the menus. My philosophy on shortcuts may be a bit different than the other folks here. I prefer to use menus when I’m learning software and until I figure out what tasks/features come up most frequently in my work. Those are the shortcuts I memorize. I have limited cranial capacity, and really try to only memorize things that I think I’ll use frequently.
Short cuts are great, but is there a list of them somewhere so we can double check them later
Love the shortcuts for the pyramid. Made it a lot easier, in fact I redid it and was giggling the whole time I was doing it. However, with that said, I am all about the menus as well, like others have said, shortcuts I feel are useful once you have the menus down.
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I really like the shortcut keys that you showed off in this video. So far very good video series on Blender and I really like Blender to a point . But in this video, there is no field that you enter how much you extrude or inset the only thing that gives you any information is the bottom the screen at least that’s all I can find.
Question:
What if at the bottom of the pyramid you make it .15 and then at the top of the pyramid you think I should have made all of those .1 instead is there any way to change them that does require starting over or without Ctrl+Z??
Or is there a way to click and select each block/step as if it is an individual object and then simply type in a Field “X” a value to change all of the block/steps?? I come from 3d Studio Max background and Maya I am not proficient with them but they have these features. I am just trying to figure out if blender does and if it does where do I look.
I find that as long as Michael uses the shortcut keys and voice what the shortcut keys are when he uses them. Then the repetitive nature of Michael voicing which shortcut keys he’s using will help people along just fine.
Yes, Micheal is doing a great job teaching the course. The Shortcuts are cool but the Blender interface is still strange still trying to figure it out especially the mouse Right Click Right Click LOL I keep reminding myself.
Yeah, I still find myself clicking with the Left Button all the time. It’s just force of habit from using Left Click for every other program.