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So hopefully one of you guys + +01:16.066 --> 01:18.300 +might be incentivized to share the knowledge + +01:18.333 --> 01:20.700 +that you have in the next upcoming year, + +01:20.733 --> 01:23.466 +or the future ones, or be a repeated presenter. + +01:23.500 --> 00:01:25.960 +The list goes on and on. + +00:01:25.961 --> 01:30.233 +Blog posts. So, one of the easier entries to [??] + +01:30.266 --> 01:31.200 +because it is writing + +01:31.200 --> 01:32.666 +and you don't have to do video, + +01:32.700 --> 01:34.900 +not like the other formats that I'm about to present. + +01:34.933 --> 01:37.400 +Tweeting is also an easier format as well + +01:37.400 --> 01:40.000 +because it's even smaller than a blog post, more condensed, + +01:40.000 --> 01:43.433 +and you can use hashtags. When I was learning, + +01:43.466 --> 01:46.000 +when I was reading the Org Mode manual, + +01:46.000 --> 01:49.733 +I would use the hashtag #OrgTip on on Twitter. + +01:49.766 --> 01:52.666 +Even if you search right now, + +01:52.700 --> 01:53.933 +I believe you'll find some of my tweets. + +01:53.966 --> 01:55.866 +But yeah, that's one way + +01:55.900 --> 01:57.633 +that you can go about it: simple tweets + +01:57.666 --> 02:00.100 +that you find, little things, little nuggets of gold + +02:00.133 --> 02:02.500 +as I would say. Of course, there's podcasts, + +02:02.533 --> 00:02:03.855 +which I'm pretty sure + +00:02:03.856 --> 00:02:06.200 +the Emacs community would love to have, + +02:06.200 --> 02:08.500 +so if anybody wants to pick up a podcast + +02:08.533 --> 02:12.133 +go right ahead. Twitch live streaming, + +02:12.166 --> 02:13.900 +which is... Twitch is a platform + +02:13.933 --> 02:15.233 +in which you can do live streaming + +02:15.266 --> 02:16.900 +for those who are not familiar. + +02:16.933 --> 02:19.500 +And people, I've seen people use the Emacs tag in there + +02:19.533 --> 02:21.833 +and, you know, just pop up, say hello, + +02:21.866 --> 02:23.133 +ask questions, things like that. + +02:23.166 --> 02:24.700 +You can be working on the configuration + +02:24.733 --> 02:26.033 +or just reading Emacs source code, + +02:26.066 --> 02:28.233 +you know, fun stuff like that. + +02:28.266 --> 02:29.700 +Videos, which is what I do, + +02:29.733 --> 02:31.833 +which I will touch on in a second. + +02:31.866 --> 02:33.800 +There's probably more formats + +02:33.800 --> 02:35.000 +that I'm not thinking at the moment + +02:35.000 --> 02:36.866 +and that you guys can probably fill in the gaps. + +02:36.900 --> 02:38.633 +But yeah, these are just some of the ways + +02:38.666 --> 02:41.533 +that we can share Emacs. So how do we get started? + +NOTE My background + +02:41.566 --> 02:42.700 +Well, before we get started, + +02:42.733 --> 02:44.633 +I want to talk about my credentials, right? + +02:44.666 --> 02:45.700 +I mean, who is this guy + +02:45.733 --> 02:47.633 +that you're just listening in this little square + +02:47.666 --> 02:49.800 +talking about creating videos? + +02:49.800 --> 02:52.633 +Well, I run a channel called goparism on YouTube. + +02:52.666 --> 02:55.333 +It has around 2700 subscribers at the moment. + +02:55.366 --> 02:57.500 +I kind of know a little bit of the flow. + +02:57.533 --> 03:00.333 +I'm not an expert, but I've done enough videos + +03:00.366 --> 03:03.300 +that I kind of understand the flow of all of + +03:03.333 --> 03:06.733 +at least the simple way of doing it, which I want to share. + +NOTE Why you should make Emacs videos (or other formats) + +03:06.766 --> 03:08.733 +So right now you're probably thinking, + +03:08.766 --> 03:11.000 +OK, I get that you want to sell us + +03:11.000 --> 03:12.900 +on the whole video making formats + +03:12.933 --> 03:15.433 +or you know sharing just Emacs in general, + +03:15.466 --> 03:19.533 +but I'm a beginner, I'm an intermediate, I'm advanced, + +03:19.566 --> 03:21.633 +I don't know if I can provide input. + +03:21.666 --> 03:23.700 +Each of those, I want to tackle each of those, + +03:23.733 --> 03:26.200 +and say that yeah, each of you have input. + +03:26.200 --> 03:28.000 +You know, for a beginner it might be say, + +03:28.000 --> 03:29.500 +oh, an intermediate and an advanced person + +03:29.533 --> 03:30.933 +already has information. + +03:30.966 --> 03:32.933 +Intermediate might say, oh, I'm not at that level yet. + +03:32.966 --> 03:35.700 +An advanced person might say, oh, I have nothing to say. + +03:35.733 --> 03:38.100 +You know, I don't... What I know, + +03:38.133 --> 03:39.033 +everybody else knows. + +03:39.066 --> 03:43.200 +So I want to, you know, dispel all that and just tell you that, + +03:43.200 --> 03:44.066 +hey, it doesn't matter. + +NOTE Beginners + +03:44.100 --> 03:48.300 +So for beginners, you guys are in a beautiful place, + +03:48.333 --> 03:51.333 +which is that you have a clean slate. + +03:51.366 --> 03:55.233 +So the way I imagine is that every Emacs user + +03:55.266 --> 03:58.300 +is presented[??] upon themselves, + +03:58.333 --> 04:00.133 +you know, kind of like this world. + +04:00.166 --> 04:02.066 +And in this world, you can either build a road + +04:02.100 --> 04:06.266 +that goes to the mountains, the city, or to the beach. + +04:06.300 --> 04:08.666 +Some of us have decided which way we want to go. + +04:08.700 --> 04:09.733 +Some of us might be building + +04:09.766 --> 04:13.333 +the road to the city, to the beach, for example. + +04:13.366 --> 04:16.400 +If someone starts a road to the city, + +04:16.400 --> 04:19.533 +they are probably stuck in their ways, right? + +04:19.566 --> 04:21.933 +And then what leads them to the goal to the city, + +04:21.966 --> 04:24.400 +they're not going to make a detour towards the mountain + +04:24.400 --> 04:26.300 +or towards the beach to get to the city. + +04:26.333 --> 04:27.833 +They just want the straightest path. + +04:27.866 --> 04:32.200 +And when you are used to doing things a certain way, + +04:32.200 --> 04:33.533 +you're going to have a ton of vision. + +04:33.566 --> 04:35.433 +So as a beginner, you don't have any of that + +04:35.466 --> 04:36.933 +because you're just starting brand new. + +04:36.966 --> 04:40.700 +Everything is, you know, a world of possibilities. + +04:40.733 --> 04:43.066 +So I would say that this is a very big advantage. + +04:43.100 --> 04:46.400 +The second one is that people enjoy the journey, right? + +04:46.400 --> 04:49.033 +People want to see someone grow from this spot + +04:49.066 --> 04:51.300 +to the next level, etc, etc. + +04:51.333 --> 04:53.466 +This is one of the reasons why we watch movies, + +04:53.500 --> 04:54.866 +TV shows, anime, right? + +04:54.900 --> 04:57.400 +Because there's a character that needs a problem + +04:57.400 --> 04:59.900 +and they're working their way up to solve that problem. + +04:59.933 --> 05:01.633 +If we just get to see the ending + +05:01.666 --> 05:03.000 +of where they solve the problem, + +05:03.000 --> 05:04.300 +we don't really feel anything + +05:04.333 --> 05:05.733 +because we weren't part of that journey. + +05:05.766 --> 05:08.866 +I would say that starting from scratch + +05:08.900 --> 05:10.800 +is a pretty good place to be. + +05:10.800 --> 05:12.700 +Of course, if you're going + +05:12.733 --> 05:14.300 +to be writing or making videos + +05:14.333 --> 05:16.500 +or anything related to Emacs, you kind of have to force... + +05:16.533 --> 05:19.500 +If you want to teach people, you kind of have to learn it. + +05:19.533 --> 05:20.800 +You're kind of forced to learn, + +05:20.800 --> 05:22.933 +which is always encouraged. + +NOTE Intermediate + +05:22.966 --> 05:25.900 +For intermediates now, you might be saying, + +05:25.933 --> 05:28.400 +hey, I'm a little past intermediate. + +05:28.400 --> 05:30.033 +I'm sorry, past beginner, + +05:30.066 --> 05:32.133 +but I don't feel confident enough to share. + +05:32.166 --> 05:34.666 +Well, let's say that you're wrong. Once you're intermediate, + +05:34.700 --> 05:37.300 +you're probably fiddling with your Emacs config, + +05:37.333 --> 05:39.266 +maybe doing something with Org Mode, + +05:39.300 --> 05:40.500 +like a lot of people are doing it, + +05:40.533 --> 05:43.500 +and you can document, talk about the things that you do, + +05:43.533 --> 05:46.466 +and also those functions that you write in Elisp + +05:46.500 --> 05:49.000 +to just improve quality of life, things like that. + +05:49.000 --> 05:51.100 +There's a whole list of things that you can do. + +05:51.133 --> 05:54.233 +These are just two things out of a plethora. + +05:54.266 --> 05:56.100 +of items that you can talk about. + +NOTE Advanced + +05:56.133 --> 05:59.833 +For my advanced folks, you guys are in a position + +05:59.866 --> 06:02.900 +where you guys know more about the Emacs internals. + +06:02.933 --> 06:05.100 +You might have read the source code. + +06:05.133 --> 06:08.133 +You might know a Emacs manual section pretty well + +06:08.166 --> 06:09.833 +that you can talk about. + +06:09.866 --> 06:11.866 +Usually when you're at the advanced + +06:11.900 --> 06:12.600 +or intermediate level, + +06:12.600 --> 06:15.466 +you start, or at least some people start writing packages. + +06:15.500 --> 06:17.400 +You can talk about the best practices + +06:17.400 --> 06:20.133 +for creating packages, the troubles that you face, you know, + +06:20.166 --> 06:22.833 +the things that you learn, things like that. + +NOTE Impostor syndrome + +06:22.866 --> 06:25.133 +Now that I've given a little bit of examples + +06:25.166 --> 06:27.400 +for each of these tiers, there's probably still + +06:27.400 --> 06:30.400 +something going on in each of you guys' mind, + +06:30.400 --> 06:32.400 +which is something all of us get to face, + +06:32.400 --> 06:37.033 +and that is impostor syndrome. Now, with impostor syndrome, + +06:37.066 --> 06:40.100 +the sad reality is that we all have it at some point, + +06:40.133 --> 06:41.000 +we're going to, you know, + +06:41.000 --> 06:43.266 +at the beginner, intermediate, or even advanced stage, + +06:43.300 --> 06:43.833 +it doesn't matter, + +06:43.866 --> 06:46.800 +there's always that little voice of imposter syndrome saying, + +06:46.800 --> 06:49.333 +hey, "You're probably not good enough" or not... + +06:49.366 --> 06:50.933 +but questioning if you're good enough + +06:50.966 --> 06:53.800 +or if you deserve to be at this level and things like that. + +06:53.800 --> 06:56.266 +I believe it's very common with software engineers. + +06:56.300 --> 06:59.233 +The other sad thing is that it will never go away + +06:59.266 --> 07:02.200 +But the way I see it with impostor syndrome + +07:02.200 --> 07:03.433 +is that we embrace it. + +07:03.466 --> 07:04.833 +If we are getting an impostor syndrome, + +07:04.866 --> 07:07.500 +it's because we're pushing ourself to a next level + +07:07.533 --> 07:12.000 +that we haven't been able to to overcome or to progress in. + +07:12.000 --> 07:14.733 +If you're pushing yourself, you will get impostor syndrome. + +07:14.766 --> 07:16.900 +Like, hey, am I good enough to lead this project? + +07:16.933 --> 07:19.500 +To finish this? To optimize this part + +07:19.533 --> 07:21.900 +or whatever? I feel it's a good way. + +07:21.933 --> 07:24.466 +Impostor syndrome, yeah, it feels horrible, + +07:24.500 --> 07:26.033 +but I believe that if you have it, + +07:26.066 --> 07:28.433 +it's because you're doing something right. + +NOTE Process for recording + +07:28.466 --> 07:29.533 +Okay, now that we've gotten + +07:29.566 --> 07:32.833 +that out of the way, what's the process for recording? + +07:32.866 --> 07:34.800 +Well, it's actually a lot simpler than you think. + +07:34.800 --> 07:36.866 +There's three steps, and one of them + +07:36.900 --> 07:37.866 +you might not even have to do, + +07:37.900 --> 07:39.866 +depending on how you want to go about it. + +07:39.900 --> 07:40.733 +The first one is that you have + +07:40.766 --> 07:42.933 +to record your voice and screen, + +07:42.966 --> 07:45.200 +because if you do want to make video, + +07:45.200 --> 07:46.300 +people have to see what you're doing + +07:46.333 --> 07:48.100 +and they have to hear what you're talking, + +07:48.133 --> 07:50.900 +otherwise it's going to be not as engaging. + +07:50.933 --> 07:52.800 +Of course, you can make the face optional + +07:52.800 --> 07:54.066 +when recording videos. + +07:54.100 --> 07:56.033 +If you watch some of my videos, sometimes + +07:56.066 --> 07:57.600 +I show my face, sometimes I don't. + +07:57.600 --> 08:02.300 +It just really depends on the mood of what I'm doing + +08:02.333 --> 08:05.433 +when I'm recording the video. But yeah, completely up to you. + +08:05.466 --> 08:08.333 +After recording, you can edit if desired. + +08:08.366 --> 08:10.600 +I remember when I first started making the videos, + +08:10.600 --> 08:13.100 +I was not editing them at all. + +08:13.133 --> 08:15.433 +I was just one shot and upload. + +08:15.466 --> 08:16.866 +That can either be good or bad + +08:16.900 --> 08:19.233 +depending on how you view it, + +08:19.266 --> 08:22.500 +but it is what it is. Nowadays I do some light editing, + +08:22.533 --> 08:26.066 +mainly just to remove the silences + +08:26.100 --> 08:29.633 +or when I'm going through debugging something. + +08:29.666 --> 08:32.900 +Third one is to upload it, + +08:32.933 --> 08:34.100 +which might be the easiest section, + +08:34.133 --> 08:35.666 +depending on your goals. + +08:35.700 --> 08:38.100 +At minimum, you would put title, description, + +08:38.133 --> 08:39.133 +and a little bit more. + +08:39.166 --> 08:42.466 +You'll get why I see it can be as easy + +08:42.500 --> 08:44.233 +or as complicated as you want, + +08:44.266 --> 08:46.400 +which I'll go over later at the end. + +NOTE Details: recording + +08:46.400 --> 08:50.100 +Let's go over details for recording. + +08:50.133 --> 08:53.833 +For recording, thankfully, all OSes, + +08:53.866 --> 08:56.466 +or at least the major OSes, have free recording software, + +08:56.500 --> 08:59.066 +or you can go a little fancy and get paid [software], + +08:59.100 --> 09:01.400 +which usually, you know, depending on your viewpoint, + +09:01.400 --> 09:03.266 +might make things easier or not. + +09:03.300 --> 09:05.400 +Personally, I use, I'm on Mac, + +09:05.400 --> 09:07.000 +so I use the built-in screen recording, + +09:07.000 --> 09:08.800 +which, if you do Command-Shift-5, + +09:08.800 --> 09:13.066 +it will pop up a little dialog, and if you did it just now, + +09:13.100 --> 09:14.400 +you can press the Escape key + +09:14.400 --> 09:16.933 +to get rid of it, and life goes on. + +09:16.966 --> 09:20.600 +Also for all major 3 OSes, OBS + +09:20.600 --> 09:22.600 +is a pretty popular choice not just for streaming, + +09:22.600 --> 09:23.866 +but for recording as well. + +09:23.900 --> 09:25.633 +That's something you might want to look at. + +09:25.666 --> 09:29.700 +If you do decide to record videos. + +09:29.733 --> 09:32.066 +All up to you. These are just things + +09:32.100 --> 09:35.300 +that I've come along or encountered along the way. + +09:35.333 --> 09:36.666 +When it comes to recording, + +NOTE Tips: Recording + +09:36.700 --> 09:38.933 +I do have some tips that might help you out. + +09:38.966 --> 09:40.833 +At least, if I could go back in time, + +09:40.866 --> 09:43.333 +this is what I would tell myself: that + +09:43.366 --> 09:44.700 +audio quality matter matters. + +09:44.733 --> 09:46.700 +If possible, get an external mic. + +09:46.733 --> 09:48.300 +That is not always feasible, + +09:48.333 --> 09:50.033 +because extra mic costs money, + +09:50.066 --> 09:51.066 +and when you're starting out with YouTube, + +09:51.100 --> 09:54.000 +you are not going to make a penny. + +09:54.000 --> 09:57.533 +YouTube has very high restrictions + +09:57.566 --> 10:01.033 +or bars that you need to pass + +10:01.066 --> 10:03.866 +before you start getting any revenue. For example, + +10:03.900 --> 10:06.633 +my channel, I still haven't met those bars, + +10:06.666 --> 10:08.433 +so i'm still not generating any revenue. + +10:08.466 --> 10:11.100 +Anything that I buy is just out of pocket. + +10:11.133 --> 10:13.700 +Since I work from home, I already had a mic + +10:13.733 --> 10:15.533 +and things like that set up. + +10:15.566 --> 10:17.333 +I just use that for recording videos. + +10:17.366 --> 10:20.266 +But if you have... You can use + +10:20.300 --> 10:23.333 +the built-in mic in your laptop if you have one. + +10:23.366 --> 10:25.233 +I would strongly suggest if you do that, + +10:25.266 --> 10:28.233 +try to minimize the noise. Go into a quiet room + +10:28.266 --> 10:30.700 +and make sure there's no washing machine + +10:30.733 --> 10:32.700 +or anything going off right now, + +10:32.733 --> 10:35.266 +because people do not... They can handle, + +10:35.300 --> 10:36.866 +you know, not the greatest quality of video. + +10:36.900 --> 10:38.400 +But when it comes to audio, picky + +10:38.400 --> 10:40.733 +people are a lot more pickier when it comes to that. + +10:40.766 --> 10:43.100 +Next is don't start with recording the face. + +10:43.133 --> 10:44.700 +Voice and screen are just fine. + +10:44.733 --> 10:49.000 +Personally, I feel when I started recording my face, + +10:49.000 --> 10:51.133 +it made it harder in a sense, + +10:51.166 --> 10:53.666 +because now I was just not only concentrating + +10:53.700 --> 10:55.433 +on what I was showing, how it was sounding, + +10:55.466 --> 10:58.000 +but how I look, if I was making any faces like that. + +10:58.000 --> 11:01.233 +It's just one less thing to have on your brain + +11:01.266 --> 11:02.133 +when you're recording. + +11:02.166 --> 11:05.133 +Another thing is that when I started recording, + +11:05.166 --> 11:08.266 +I was very passionate or excited about doing this. + +11:08.300 --> 11:10.866 +What I would do is--I took that to the advantage-- + +11:10.900 --> 11:13.700 +is that I just recorded a lot of videos + +11:13.733 --> 11:16.333 +in one go or in sessions. + +11:16.366 --> 11:18.300 +As soon as I recorded, start the next one, + +11:18.333 --> 11:20.866 +next one, et cetera. I strongly believe that helped + +11:20.900 --> 11:22.100 +because later down the road, + +11:22.133 --> 11:24.833 +once I got busy with work or life or whatever, + +11:24.866 --> 11:26.866 +I didn't really have to worry about making time. + +11:26.900 --> 11:28.433 +I already had a batch ready to go + +11:28.466 --> 11:31.500 +that I can just slowly pull out and edit and upload. + +11:31.533 --> 11:35.033 +That's something helpful whenever you know work is slow + +11:35.066 --> 11:37.333 +or your vacations or things like that, you want to record, + +11:37.366 --> 11:39.266 +just go for it. + +11:39.300 --> 11:43.066 +Another one is when you are editing, you can use pauses + +11:43.100 --> 11:45.666 +so that it's easier to edit + +11:45.700 --> 00:11:48.159 +because what happens to... At least this + +00:11:48.160 --> 00:11:48.880 +is what happened to me + +00:11:48.881 --> 11:49.700 +when I was beginning, + +11:49.733 --> 11:53.000 +I would say, oh I can mumble fumble, + +11:53.000 --> 00:11:54.500 +you know, do a lot of verbal fillers, + +00:11:54.501 --> 00:11:55.833 +and I can just edit it, + +11:55.866 --> 11:57.233 +but if you don't do any pauses + +11:57.266 --> 00:12:01.560 +it's hard to fix the mistakes, + +00:12:01.561 --> 12:03.400 +the things that you don't want people seeing + +12:03.400 --> 00:12:05.839 +because then it doesn't blend well + +00:12:05.840 --> 12:08.300 +if you do editing. If you do any editing, + +12:08.333 --> 12:09.500 +you know what I'm talking about, + +12:09.533 --> 12:12.033 +because then there's chops of audio + +12:12.066 --> 00:12:13.840 +from the previous clip. + +00:12:13.841 --> 12:17.266 +Trying to edit... There's ways to mitigate that, + +12:17.300 --> 12:19.500 +but my editing skills are very minimal. + +12:19.533 --> 12:21.833 +It's just what I need to know to get things done. + +12:21.866 --> 12:25.066 +Just using pauses helps out a lot. + +12:25.100 --> 12:26.066 +Another thing is that + +12:26.100 --> 12:30.133 +some people want to record in like super-high quality, + +12:30.166 --> 12:32.633 +you know, get the highest quality possible for the video. + +12:32.666 --> 12:34.900 +I would say instead of focusing on the video recording, + +12:34.933 --> 12:36.900 +focus on the audio, like I mentioned, + +12:36.933 --> 00:12:37.819 +because at the end of the day, + +00:12:37.820 --> 12:41.033 +we're in Emacs and we're only sharing text. + +12:41.066 --> 12:43.833 +You know, there's only so much definition + +12:43.866 --> 12:44.700 +that you can show on text. + +12:44.733 --> 12:48.400 +If anything, just increase the font. Simple as that. + +12:48.400 --> 12:50.666 +My personal favorite, + +12:50.700 --> 12:53.233 +or at least the one that I still encounter even now, + +12:53.266 --> 12:56.733 +is that when I'm recording, my voice still feels dry. + +12:56.766 --> 12:59.533 +Right when I'm about to record, + +12:59.566 --> 13:01.800 +all of a sudden, I get dry. I need to drink water. + +13:01.800 --> 13:03.900 +It feels uncomfortable. I get nervous + +13:03.933 --> 13:06.000 +because it's something new. I'm staring at myself. + +13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.599 +It's like, oh man, all the... I mentioned just extra things + +00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:10.119 +that I need to worry about. + +00:13:10.120 --> 13:13.466 +But all of this goes less with practice. + +13:13.500 --> 13:15.300 +The more you do it, the more comfortable you are. + +13:15.333 --> 13:17.066 +It's just like everything else. + +13:17.100 --> 13:18.400 +When you start learning guitar, + +13:18.400 --> 13:21.600 +your fingers are very hard. When you start learning piano, + +13:21.600 --> 13:24.866 +the independence of fingers don't want to work. + +13:24.900 --> 13:25.866 +When you're learning drums, + +13:25.900 --> 13:27.466 +each limb needs to be independent. + +13:27.500 --> 13:29.266 +It's very hard. You have to start very slow. + +13:29.300 --> 13:31.033 +Everything in life, you know, practice + +13:31.066 --> 00:13:33.439 +and it will get better. All right now . + +NOTE Details: Editing + +00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.852 +Editing, well, like I mentioned, + +00:13:34.853 --> 00:13:36.939 +this is not always going to be necessary, + +00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:37.894 +depending on your style. + +00:13:37.895 --> 00:13:41.100 +There's some Youtube Emacs creators + +13:41.133 --> 00:13:43.959 +that simply record everything in one go. + +00:13:43.960 --> 13:46.533 +They might get up, get a coffee or something, + +13:46.566 --> 13:48.100 +and they'll just leave that in the clip, + +13:48.133 --> 13:49.400 +which is totally fine. + +13:49.400 --> 13:51.933 +No shame. It's the way they they want to do the video. + +13:51.966 --> 13:54.666 +Sometimes they just don't have any time + +13:54.700 --> 00:13:56.925 +to edit the videos themselves + +00:13:56.926 --> 00:13:57.900 +or pay someone else to do it. + +13:57.933 --> 00:14:00.466 +What's the best next thing? just leave it as is, + +00:14:00.467 --> 00:14:04.300 +upload, and that's fine. That completely works. + +14:04.333 --> 14:07.466 +I will say that if you do end up editing + +14:07.500 --> 14:09.666 +or deciding to edit, and you want software + +14:09.700 --> 14:11.266 +I would say check out DaVinci Resolve. + +14:11.300 --> 14:14.666 +It's free. It's available on the three major OSes. + +14:14.700 --> 14:19.000 +Honestly, DaVinci Resolve by itself + +14:19.000 --> 14:20.833 +has a plethora of features. + +14:20.866 --> 14:27.233 +I personally, I only use like 5% max of the features. + +14:27.266 --> 14:29.433 +It's professional, + +14:29.466 --> 14:33.000 +it's like professional studio all the way, things like that. + +14:33.000 --> 14:35.466 +But yeah, I would say DaVinci Resolve + +14:35.500 --> 00:14:38.319 +is a pretty solid choice. + +NOTE Tips: Editing + +00:14:38.320 --> 14:40.933 +Okay, what about the tips for editing? + +14:40.966 --> 14:42.833 +Well, most of them are pretty straightforward. + +14:42.866 --> 00:14:46.039 +Just learn enough to get going, like in all things. + +00:14:46.040 --> 14:48.266 +Like if you have a band practice + +14:48.300 --> 14:50.333 +and you're rehearsing a song, + +14:50.366 --> 14:52.100 +you just need to know the chords, + +14:52.133 --> 14:53.233 +you don't need to know improvise, + +14:53.266 --> 14:55.733 +just enough to get you through this gig + +14:55.766 --> 14:57.933 +that you're playing. That's pretty much it. + +14:57.966 --> 14:59.900 +Of course, learn the keyboard shortcuts. + +14:59.933 --> 15:02.266 +We all come from Emacs, so we all know how valuable, + +15:02.300 --> 15:05.133 +how much we treasure shortcuts to avoid the mouse. + +15:05.166 --> 15:06.833 +unfortunately since you're editing, + +15:06.866 --> 15:08.433 +you will still have to use the mouse, + +15:08.466 --> 15:10.666 +but the more keyboard shortcuts you use, + +15:10.700 --> 15:13.633 +the less the mouse is used. So there's that. + +15:13.666 --> 15:17.100 +One thing is that--I didn't know you can actually do this + +15:17.133 --> 15:18.900 +until I started editing-- + +15:18.933 --> 15:22.733 +is that you can play the speed of the video in 2x. + +15:22.766 --> 15:24.900 +For me this is great because + +15:24.933 --> 15:28.200 +since I'm mainly just listening for pauses in my video, + +15:28.200 --> 15:29.900 +I just wait until there's silence. + +15:29.933 --> 15:31.233 +Oh, that's the part I need to trim, + +15:31.266 --> 15:35.233 +or that's the part I need to remove. Simple as that. + +15:35.266 --> 15:37.800 +Also batch edit, the same thing + +15:37.800 --> 15:41.500 +as I said about recording videos, just do it in batch. + +15:41.533 --> 15:44.000 +You can also just batch edit as well. + +NOTE Details: Uploading + +15:44.000 --> 15:48.033 +Uploading, the final step. YouTube, + +15:48.066 --> 15:49.600 +if you do end up using YouTube + +15:49.600 --> 15:52.466 +which is the most popular choice for uploading videos, + +15:52.500 --> 00:15:55.119 +is that the uploading process + +00:15:55.120 --> 15:56.000 +is pretty straightforward. + +15:56.000 --> 15:58.433 +I imagine this is the same for every other platform + +15:58.466 --> 16:01.000 +that you choose. It's pretty straightforward, + +16:01.000 --> 00:16:04.119 +but it can be a little complicated + +00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:06.819 +depending on what you want to do. + +NOTE Tips: Uploading + +00:16:06.820 --> 16:09.066 +What are my tips for uploading? + +16:09.100 --> 16:10.866 +Well, first of all, at minimum, + +16:10.900 --> 16:13.266 +you need to have a descriptive title + +16:13.300 --> 16:16.100 +and a description of what you talk about in the video, + +16:16.133 --> 16:20.733 +just to help out with SEO and things like that + +16:20.766 --> 16:24.433 +when people are searching for Emacs on YouTube. + +16:24.466 --> 00:16:25.479 +Also, if possible, use a thumbnail. + +00:16:25.480 --> 16:29.466 +There's a whole community about Emacs creators + +16:29.500 --> 16:32.100 +discussing best practices to get the highest engagement, + +16:32.133 --> 16:34.733 +how to get people watching your videos, things like that, + +16:34.766 --> 00:16:35.579 +and one of the things + +00:16:35.580 --> 16:39.133 +is they highly recommend a thumbnail. + +16:39.166 --> 16:42.666 +If you mainly watch, or if you watch any Emacs content, + +16:42.700 --> 16:45.000 +a lot of us do not use thumbnails, + +16:45.000 --> 16:46.333 +and that's perfectly fine. + +16:46.366 --> 16:48.633 +I think the Emacs community is pretty used + +16:48.666 --> 16:51.133 +to just watching videos with just a thumbnail, + +16:51.166 --> 16:52.933 +it's just a screenshot of the video, + +16:52.966 --> 00:16:55.019 +and we just go there for the content, right? + +00:16:55.020 --> 16:57.900 +We're not really going there for anything else, + +16:57.933 --> 00:17:01.899 +for the knowledge that the person is spreading. + +00:17:01.900 --> 17:04.433 +I say that it can be as simple or as complex, + +17:04.466 --> 00:17:07.219 +because if your goal is to potentially + +00:17:07.220 --> 17:08.633 +earn revenue down the line, + +17:08.666 --> 17:11.933 +you will want to spend some time configuring + +17:11.966 --> 00:17:17.459 +some of the settings for uploading, like the tags, + +00:17:17.460 --> 17:18.733 +I forget what they're called, but they're + +17:18.766 --> 00:17:20.875 +a little embedded so that people can watch + +00:17:20.876 --> 00:17:22.233 +other videos and things like that. + +17:22.266 --> 17:25.500 +So there's a plethora of options, an abundance of options. + +17:25.533 --> 17:27.300 +Honestly, there's too many, + +17:27.333 --> 17:31.300 +but it all depends if you potentially want + +17:31.333 --> 17:33.066 +to make some type of income in the future + +17:33.100 --> 17:35.033 +with Emacs, making videos on Emacs. + +17:35.066 --> 17:37.700 +And yeah, that's just something + +17:37.733 --> 17:39.666 +that you will have to discover + +17:39.700 --> 17:42.633 +and read and learn more about what the Emacs community, + +17:42.666 --> 00:17:45.133 +Emacs creator community suggest, + +00:17:45.134 --> 00:17:47.200 +and best practices and things like that. + +17:47.200 --> 17:48.933 +But if anybody ever wants to talk about it, + +17:48.966 --> 17:50.266 +feel free to reach out to me. + +17:50.300 --> 00:17:54.579 +I would love to talk about things + +00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:55.740 +about YouTube and all this, + +00:17:55.741 --> 00:17:58.440 +because I find it interesting. Potentially, hopefully, + +00:17:58.441 --> 00:18:01.259 +one day, I'll be able to make some revenue. + +00:18:01.260 --> 18:03.066 +Hopefully, maybe some of you guys + +18:03.100 --> 18:04.266 +might knock it out of the park + +18:04.300 --> 18:06.133 +with what I'm going to talk about next. + +NOTE Your secret sauce + +18:06.166 --> 18:10.866 +That is your secret sauce. This is your ultimate weapon + +18:10.900 --> 18:13.466 +as to get viewers, to get subscribers, you know, + +18:13.500 --> 18:14.733 +to get anybody that wants + +18:14.766 --> 18:17.266 +to watch your... to reach a higher audience. + +18:17.300 --> 18:20.200 +That can be your humor. You might be naturally funny. + +18:20.200 --> 18:21.500 +You can make comments. + +18:21.533 --> 18:24.700 +You have a natural skill on the way you talk, + +18:24.733 --> 18:26.300 +on the way you articulate things, + +18:26.333 --> 18:29.300 +so you might be able to get people drawn to that, + +18:29.333 --> 18:32.733 +or you might be someone who just does animations + +18:32.766 --> 18:35.700 +for your videos, which does highly well as well. + +18:35.733 --> 18:38.633 +or you can do a mix of all these. + +18:38.666 --> 18:40.500 +You can just insert your superpower + +18:40.533 --> 18:42.700 +whatever you want. You can go ahead + +18:42.733 --> 18:45.266 +and use that to your advantage + +18:45.300 --> 18:47.100 +to grow user base, a viewer base. + +18:47.133 --> 18:50.000 +Hopefully, if all things align, + +18:50.000 --> 18:52.600 +you'll be able to get paid + +18:52.600 --> 18:56.200 +to also create Emacs videos soon, spread the knowledge, + +18:56.200 --> 18:58.800 +which would be pretty cool--become an Emacs influencer, + +18:58.800 --> 19:00.200 +which is the goal, right? Okay. + +19:00.200 --> 19:03.800 +I believe I painted this in a pretty good light, + +19:03.800 --> 19:04.900 +at least personal opinion. + +NOTE Cons of YouTube + +19:04.933 --> 19:07.900 +But like everything, every good also has a bad. + +19:07.933 --> 19:09.666 +Nothing is always perfect. + +19:09.700 --> 19:11.633 +That's also the same for Youtube. + +19:11.666 --> 19:14.466 +What are the bads of Youtube? + +19:14.500 --> 19:18.266 +Well, it's not going to be an overnight success. + +19:18.300 --> 19:21.533 +That is very very rare. You're not going to create a video + +19:21.566 --> 19:24.900 +and then all of a sudden get like a hundred thousand views. + +19:24.933 --> 19:27.200 +I believe by from what I've seen in the community + +19:27.200 --> 19:29.033 +if a video gets over 10k + +19:29.066 --> 19:33.100 +that it means that it did really well in the Emacs community. + +19:33.133 --> 19:38.300 +I think on average is under 3k for a video within... + +19:38.333 --> 19:40.466 +This is within the time span of + +19:40.500 --> 19:43.333 +I'd say like two weeks or so or a month, around there. + +19:43.366 --> 19:46.066 +So it varies. All these metrics you'll learn + +19:46.100 --> 19:48.466 +if you really actually want to be able + +19:48.500 --> 19:50.066 +to create something in the Emacs... + +19:50.100 --> 19:53.266 +But like I said, it does take work and it does take time. + +19:53.300 --> 19:56.733 +Another thing is that negative feedback people are very quick + +19:56.766 --> 20:00.533 +as we all have been accustomed to that. + +20:00.566 --> 20:04.300 +People are do not shy from being very negative. + +20:04.333 --> 20:07.833 +It is so easy to just say negative and mean things online + +20:07.866 --> 20:09.900 +because there's no repercussions. + +20:09.933 --> 20:12.666 +I don't understand why people do that, but it is what it is. + +20:12.700 --> 20:17.500 +But most of these comments are from the younger population. + +20:17.533 --> 20:20.700 +You know, just ignore them. + +20:20.733 --> 20:22.866 +Most of the time, they're just ignorant. + +20:22.900 --> 20:24.066 +They don't know what they're saying. + +20:24.100 --> 20:27.800 +It will help you get them, you know, grow some thick skin. + +20:27.800 --> 20:30.133 +If you already have thick skin, then you don't. + +20:30.166 --> 20:31.833 +This is not going to be a problem. + +20:31.866 --> 20:35.233 +But most of the negative comments that I've receive our + +20:35.266 --> 20:38.066 +or childish, I would say, + +20:38.100 --> 20:42.700 +that it's not really based on anything that has substance. + +20:42.733 --> 20:44.400 +Yeah, just ignore it. It's fine. + +20:44.400 --> 20:46.066 +It's not going to affect your day. + +20:46.100 --> 20:47.100 +"Don't let it affect your day" + +20:47.133 --> 20:48.866 +is the most important thing. + +20:48.900 --> 20:51.466 +Third, like I was mentioning, revenue is very hard + +20:51.500 --> 20:54.700 +to get monetized on by YouTube standards. + +20:54.733 --> 20:58.600 +That will definitely take some time and dedication. + +20:58.600 --> 21:01.300 +But if you really want it, you will work for it. + +21:01.333 --> 21:03.266 +Hopefully all of us, + +21:03.300 --> 21:05.866 +the people that are constantly creating content + +21:05.900 --> 21:09.233 +via these platforms are able to get compensated + +21:09.266 --> 21:10.400 +in some way or another, + +21:10.400 --> 21:13.000 +because we do share it because we love it, + +21:13.000 --> 21:15.833 +but also it would be nice to get some compensation. + +21:15.866 --> 21:17.933 +I'm not speaking for everybody. I'm speaking personally + +21:17.966 --> 21:22.133 +because time is a valuable asset. + +21:22.166 --> 21:23.866 +You can choose what you want to spend it + +21:23.900 --> 21:25.866 +and right now I'm having fun making videos. + +21:25.900 --> 21:29.733 +That's what I'm deciding to spend it. + +21:29.766 --> 21:31.866 +But yeah now, with all this that I've said, + +21:31.900 --> 21:36.033 +there's only one question that I want to ask all of you, + +21:36.066 --> 21:40.266 +and that is: what are you going to share? |