kinda surprised how quickly the jump from 2000 to 2500 went, maybe the longer you are on the platform, the more you interact, the more posts you put up here the more google juice, steem blockchain juice and exposure your blog get’s.
it’s certainly a mind shift from running on a standalone wordpress blog hoping that regular traffic comes by, our hosting maybe decentralised but our blogs are centralised in nature all packed together, just a few more tweaks and discovery here on the platform will be brilliant, i certainly cannot wait for communities.
it was supposedly cold over night last night, a week of dropping temps they said and tbh it’s not all that bad this morning, maybe the weather will change with it’s extremes but whenever we have any bright sunshine i wanna get out and take in those energy rays and fresher than van air!
it was a bit of a rush but we decided to make the move and get out for laptop club, nothing better than changing your headspace by changing the physical space where you are, it’s pay day (10 cycle) from upwork today and i also got a little udemy income (and i mean little!) it all helps however.
we don’t often go this way on the bus, it’s the same route just the opposite direction and the buses are not as regular, we probably have time for 2 x two hour sprints which is kinda perfect. dayle is gonna make her special chicken soup as well tonight again to clear out all ailments.
i personally have to have this midweek bit of exercise otherwise i end up with van/cabin fever. you go a bit stir crazy and to be honest the exercise, fresher air and movement is worth it. i want to start mixing up our mondays as well, maybe get on a bus super early and go exploring on the buses to different places.
my next two hour sprint is meant to write all the titles out for the next videos i’ll be recording for dlive and dtube — i’m kinda torn at the moment which one to put video onto, i feel that dlive is really best for live stuff but they don’t save your recordings right now which is a problem, must hang out in their discord more to see what features they are working on.
i feel dtube is best for regular @vlogging and courses via @teamvideo, maybe i’ll do some sixty second style quick style tutorials between my live streams of OBS and gaming, wanna find the flow so it’s a major part of my day.
the sun is blaring into this conservatory we are sitting in for laptop club, we changed the place today, change of pace, cheaper veggie breakfast and unlimited coffee (can’t beat that) i’m feeling WARM and that feels great, i certainly forget how a bit of sunshine and vitamin d can wake me up.
i need these rebalancing days, especially after crappy sleep, i’d tell you how much actual sleep i had but it seems my fitbit died in the night, i guess you have to charge these things right? (lol) it’s so new since birthday i’ve not got into that whole ‘charge’ cycle yet and i certainly don’t carry the cable.
making a few banners today, one for course promotion and another as an animated overlay for making a gif for when i do dlive or dtube recordings, just a drag and drop thing into keynote then export as a gif, i notice that dlive allows for animated gifs so that’s really gonna make your preview image pop and stand out on the page.
alright, time to convert some funds from residuals into usuable fiat for the rest of the day and we are good to go, time to go in sprint mode! — oh power tip, if you wanna REALLY get things done, use something like E.gg Timer - a simple countdown timer running in a separate tab and set it for a TWO hour sprint, get as much done as you can in that time window then take a break, stand up, get away from the computer and soon take part in our new projects (yes, exercise!)
ok, speak to you later on today with the output from these sprints, don’t forget to get outside and breath deeply m’kay?
pinterest epic wins pinboard → brand advocate for nokia, 1000heads, verisign → won vloggie for node666 (san fran 2006) → television for time team history hunters 1999 (burton on trent) → sold me.dm to evan williams in april 2011 → went to phil campbell, alabama to help raise money after tornado ripped up the town (was on sky news, bbc news)→ CNN for sxsw 2013 about austin south by southwest event → video chat with robert scoble from rackspace → music video can you spot me? → won the digital derry contest for 5k euros → crowdfunded digital signage concept called pi street → now living life through digital blockchains.
