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  • YouTube and Ad Blockers

    YouTube and Ad Blockers

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the pleasures we would enjoy many years ago was to browse YouTube, and eventually find something worth watching. This was possible for one key reason. There were no ads being loaded that would block us for thirty seconds or more. Today I read that YouTube test threatens to block viewers…

  • Hiking With Cats

    Hiking With Cats

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesUsually when we hear of people hiking with cats we think of them walking with the cat, or cats, on a leash. In a Pass Moi Les Jumelles (PAJU for short), we follow two guys who go for a walk with four cats. The report is funny because the cats, or some…

  • YouTube And Sensationalism

    YouTube And Sensationalism

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI love the medium of video and I have love having a choice of thousands, or even millions of videos to choose from. In effect my love of the medium of video should mean that I love YouTube. I don’t, because of sensationalism and clickbait.  I have paid for YouTube prime twice…

  • YouTube and the Million Follower type

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI used to really like YouTube. It was a place where normal people could share videos of their normal lives, for normal people to enjoy, and to discover organically. Today YouTube is a way of forcing people to watch adverts before watching content that has been seen half a million to a…

  • Apollo Comms – A Series on YouTube

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have not studied electronics but I have studied the Google IT support course among others so I have some basics of how computers and tech work. This type of documentary series is interesting because it brings history to life, and explains how things work. It is not sensationalist, does not use…

  • Online Learning – Alternatives to YouTube

    Online Learning – Alternatives to YouTube

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesBetween adverts that play too often, videos that encourage people tho shift to the Right side of the political spectrum and sensationalism I decided to stop using YouTube. I have spent two months without YouTube. I use alternative video platforms. I use Udemy, Prime Video, Linkedin Learning, Vimeo and other platforms. I…

  • Video Editing And Social Media

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the past if you wanted to be a video editor you also needed to be a camera operator, and to be a camera operator you needed to be a video editor. By knowing both skills you shot good material because you knew how hard bad material was to use. As a…

  • More than 20,000 views on youtube

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTonight is the night I will remember as the one where people viewed my youtube stream more than 20,000 times, 8000 of which in the last month. What I like is the sudden increase as qik finally allowed us to save and treat our videos differently. 🙂

  • 7000 youtube views

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the past month I have seen an increase of 7000 views in relation to the videos I have posted on youtube. The two events that helped make this a reality are the Geneva Lake Parade and the Paleo Festival. For the Paleo Festival scantily clad girls were an attractive proposition.…

  • Over 16,000 views on youtube

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the space of two weeks I have gone from having just 11,000 views on my youtube channel to over 16,000, thanks mostly to videos I shot with the phone. I went to film the Geneva Lake Parade and then the Paleo. The Lake Parade generated several thousand views and already…