Editing The Pen Addict 225/transcript (section)

== YouTube Videos ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I told you about this before I was doing it. It's because I said I was going to shoot some stuff at the pen show, and here's the thing. And Brad just started laughing at me. And I was like, oh, no. Have I made some kind of mistake here? He just thought I was just straight up joking.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I said, you're drunk. I think that's what I said.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it's dead serious. I am getting into YouTube. Now, I've gone into a bit of depth about this with Gray on Cortex. So, I recommend people go and check that out. If they haven't, there'll be a link in our show notes for that. I am just very aware of how big of a deal YouTube really is. This isn't something that's new to me. I mean, everybody knows how huge YouTube is. And as I just start thinking about what my future could be, I think I need to understand video more. And I need to understand YouTube as a platform and also what the YouTube algorithm can do. You know, there is no strong algorithm in podcasting that suggests people to go and listen to this show or that show, right? Because there are so many like little islands that people listen in. You know, your app of choice on whatever platform. But YouTube is where all the video is, right? There isn't a place like the one place where all the audio is. But basically, if it's not on YouTube, you're probably not going to find it. Someone will have to send the link to you, right? That's how podcasting is. There isn't a YouTube. Now, I don't want there to be a YouTuber podcasting. But because I am not that fussed about video as a platform, I don't care that there's a YouTube for video, right? That's kind of my way that I felt about it. But now, I've been watching a lot more YouTube videos. I've been getting into them more. And as I've been watching them, I'm like, you know what? I could do this. Like, I can see a way that I could make something like this. Like, I have my own ideas about how something like this could be done. So, I've decided to just throw caution to the wind. And I've started a vlog. And I'm calling it a vlog. A vlog goes by many different names, right? Like, a vlog means different things to different people. But basically, what my kind of explanation of my vlog is frequent videos. Not daily. Not necessarily weekly. But frequent. And they will just be about the things that I'm doing in my life and the things that I like. You know, I'm not just going to be sitting in front of a table talking to a camera all the time. I'm not going to be out and about on the town all the time. It's going to be a mix of everything. And it will probably feature a lot of stuff that I like. So, featuring stuff about technology. Featuring stuff about games. And featuring stuff about podcasting. And featuring stuff about pens. I have a couple of episodes planned for some point in the future. Where I will do a deep dive into my pen collection and my field notes collection. Because the best kind of medium for me to show those things are video. So, I'm going to do it. And this is the kind of thing that I want to do. I want to play around with this medium. I want to understand video. As well as I understand audio. So, I am now a YouTuber. And I have been blown away by the support and kind words that people have shown already for the channel. I am at youtube.com slash mikehurley. I would really appreciate it if you would subscribe and check out my videos. As I try and work through this whole thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, the quality. That you've laid out from the beginning. Is beyond my comprehension.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Thank you. You've killed this like straight up right out the gate. Like. So, for a five minute video. How much time did you put into it? Because these are ridiculously good, Myke. I mean, I'm not just blowing smoke. I got so much enjoyment out of watching these. I've watched them multiple times. I've brought the kids over. I was like, come watch this. Because. I'm going to say. Like you have. You're in a good place to do different things. Because you can go outside your house. And it's awesome. Like there's awesomeness all around. You can show people like me. You know. Like I'm watching the city go by while you're doing this. You know. If I walked out my front door. We'd walk into the woods. And I don't know that I'd have much to talk about. Right? So, you've got this kind of built in area that's so cool. And allows for so much expression. Like. Like how much time. So, these run about five minutes. And you have all kinds of overlays. And wonderful emojis. And wonderful music. All I could think of. Okay. This is a five minute video. How much time did you put into one of these?