Monster donation unboxing compilation
Added 2018-08-10 03:40:27 +0000 UTCOkay, a few more boxes to open on film, sent in by many of you! I'm still trying to deal with my footage backlog, and I made things a bit harder for myself this week by rebuilding the windows install on my editing machine... but now things are squeaky clean and running smoothly, and I'm sticking the clips together.
As usual, posting this early for patrons before the metadata or thumbnail are set up :)
Right now I'm still trying to just be an editing machine and deal with the backlog, but I've also been thinking about where else to take the channel. I still feel like my #1 struggle is not quite knowing the audience or scope I'm aiming for, so my current solution is to do what I can and try to pay attention to which things work and which don't.
One thing I've noticed is that often someone will ask for a good introductory video on some topic and I'm not sure where to point them. In some cases there are great channels I can recommend, but this line of thought has had me wondering about how I would teach topics like basic electricity, AVR programming, and my favorite pet: USB.
As usual, I'm interested if you have any feedback. And I hope you enjoy the extra Tuco footage in this edit :) Cheers!
Comments
I hear what everyone says, best things to teach or do are those things you really enjoy. But also I think your idea of covering basics or key questions and answers would be great to see. I'd like to see how you craft the answers, how you teach it. But take my opinion with a grain of salt as of late I haven't had much free time to watch and follow all of your work
2018-08-10 12:15:12 +0000 UTCPersonally I would rather see you make videos about things that particularly interest you. For me one of the inspiring things about your videos is seeing how you go about designing solutions and tackle the problems you meet along the way. That said I had to create a USB interface for an embedded controller recently, and though there is plenty of documentation on how to do it, I suspect you have quite a bit of experience that would be hugely helpful to anyone doing something similar.
2018-08-10 08:29:50 +0000 UTCOne thing I've learned is that I can't really grasp a new topic unless there's a project to go with it - e.g. I didn't really get Python until I really needed to use it for something. I'd love to understand USB - especially regarding reverse engineering existing devices. Perhaps beginner projects with a twist? Do you remember the USB buttons that typed out a website when pressed? On the AVR side, "what to do after Blink" would be a good one - I always seem to get something lighting up and then lose interest! Electricity and AVRs might go well, depending on what you want to teach - voltage dividers, buck converters, relays. "Build your own power supply" would be amazing, but probably not a beginner thing. BigClive style teardowns are always a good thing. I posted on the EEV forums about having trouble identifying good vs bad (laptop/12V) power supplies and was told to "just buy the expensive one" but there must be more to it than that. I'll stop rambling now - thanks for everything that you do.
Adam Baxter
2018-08-10 05:09:58 +0000 UTCHi, Micah. I enjoy your long streams as I can put them on while I'm working from home and tune in and out as my work is less and more engaging. I also enjoy the occasional edited video, as I always learn a thing or two. For the idea of getting started videos, I'm not sure. I tend to learn introductory materials better from textbooks or teaching kits. People learn different ways though, so perhaps I'm in the minority on that. Anyway, thanks for sharing your process and trying new things!
Trevor Flowers
2018-08-10 03:54:30 +0000 UTC
