I designed a floating tripod

Intro When I first started out on YouTube, one of the first projects I ever did was building a floating tripod for my GoPro. https://youtu.be/UETIjq9VQLo?si=vX8OziGSuwxtig59 I was looking for new ways to get footage of kitesurfing, and having something that was closer to me in

Nov 10, 2024 • 2 min read

A NAS doesn’t makes sense for most people

All across YouTube you’ll find countless videos saying “you need a NAS”. Here Here Here Here Here Here Ok, you get it. Network Attached Storage (or NAS) is all the rage, and it’s being held up as the answer to all of our increasing data needs. My question

Oct 21, 2024 • 4 min read

Collaboration tools for photographers and editors

Recently I’ve had to support my wife in a new project that requires me to do a high volume of photos. The workflow requires a lot of shooting, then selects and feedback, then sending the photo along with notes to an editor, and potentially a few round of revisions.

Oct 14, 2024 • 5 min read

Keep YouTube Weird

I’ve been increasingly aware of the rise of mega channels and super corporate channels on YouTube, and this makes me nervous that the small channels won’t get as much attention. I love YouTube because of the niche content that goes deep and really geeks out on a specific

Oct 12, 2024 • 3 min read

The importance of making it harder to create content

Intro While the rise of the internet has brought about a great democratization of content creation, it has also overwhelmed us with a flood of low-quality content. Blogger and Wordpress made online publishing easier, then tumblr took things a step further. Facebook allowed you to share images more easily, than

Oct 4, 2024 • 3 min read

Salvage clipped audio

I’ve had longstanding issues with my Rode and DJI mic’s clipping in my video recordings. My voice carries, and if I get excited about a topic, my voice definitely gets much louder. Clipping is basically where your audio levels surpass your mic or your audio recorder’s ability

Sep 29, 2024 • 3 min read

The dream (ish) video editing SSD enclosure

I’ve been shooting photos for 20 years, shooting video for 7 years, and creating videos for YouTube for 4 years. The one thing that’s been true every single year is that my need for additional hard drive storage keeps going up exponentially. Obviously video takes a lot more

Sep 10, 2024 • 5 min read

Voice Assistants are terrible

I wrote previously about the challenges that Home Automation faces, but the biggest one by far is the voice assistant as the primary interface. My household could not get their heads around voice commands. I also learned that voice commands just aren’t something I want to be doing when

Jun 6, 2024 • 3 min read

Tech

Godspeed other task applications

I have been addicted to productivity apps for years, and for years Things 2/3 has been my weapon of choice. No one has come close from 2012 to 2024. It’s been so dominant that I got bored of new task apps launching and seeing how bad their feature

Jun 4, 2024 • 6 min read

The failure of smart homes

I bought my first smart home product in 2013 when I got a Nest Thermostat. At the time I was living in an apartment where my bed was up in a loft, and changing the temperature was quite the ordeal that involved going down some steep stairs in the middle

May 9, 2024 • 6 min read

Instant Demo, the only way I want to buy software

I’m constantly trying new software. In my personal life I’m always looking for software to save me time, and at work I’m always looking for software to make team collaboration more effective. There’s so much software out there that the biggest challenge is narrowing down the

May 2, 2024 • 2 min read

Tech

The Problem with Apple Shared Albums

This post has been brewing in my mind for 10 years… As soon as camera phones got popular, it became pretty critical to have a way to share photos with larger groups of people. You go on a vacation with a group of people, you need a shared album. You

Apr 22, 2024 • 4 min read

Videography

GH5 in 2024

Camera gear is probably the single biggest distraction when it comes to people’s progression in photography or videography. No matter how many times a YouTuber or a photographer says that Gear doesn’t matter…. Countless newbie photographers and videographers get sucked into GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) and the infinite

Apr 18, 2024 • 5 min read

Kitesurfing

Guadeloupe Kiting

We got an unexpected last-minute invitation to visit some friends in Guadeloupe. They were there on maternity leave with their two kids, which made traveling with a kid much easier. Not only did Guadeloupe look beautiful and warm… but there are lots of kitesurfing spots! Getting There The thing that

Apr 15, 2024 • 5 min read