Dear Elektronaut, beware this is text.
i do videos too once in a while. Simple with music i made as background and mainly screen capture of software i coded for months and months that comes to live close to final stages, the part when it becomes interesting. That way i document what is going on and also expose myself a bit to discussion, otherwise i would just nerd around into the blue and somehow lose overview with my goals, which after all very technical boundaries to crack are indeed personal. Sometime that works out nicely, sometime not so much. But let me tell whats going on, at least in those channels i can read feedback.
Turns out my publishing habit can be seen ambivalent because you can’t just publish and have a fair discussion without getting the feedback also from the dark side of misery out there. I remember days when sharing something meant really sharing an idea or motivating others to just go for their goals as well. Trial and error, sharing learning curve, catching tips or inspiration. That changed a little nowadays.
Exposed content attracts clever and far-sighted, very kind people, but sadly also failed and desperate, short-sighted name calling, sometime intentional misinterpretation and a lot of fake insinuations. As if such video could be found somewhere else and falls from the sky, up to the point to plain tell me that an AI could do the same. At this point you know something is very wrong…
I think personally that it was always like this - just that technology is so advanced and wide spread affordable now to get in contact that any stressed out character can mourn between two bus stations that all the advancement is for nothing, because it does not keep reality away.
And that twist has obviously nothing to do with what i do nor how I work, in which schedule I plan to reach my goals nor how I mirror users behaviour when i discover intentional overconfidence or plain rude attitude, sometime even being exposed to self harming behaviour. In such moments my cold side of experience (i am a bit older) slips thru specially when i get blamed for omission to even use the internet in example with a click of a button or simply the all mighty available search function.
So I stoped to worry about such incidents round about two years ago and keep on focusing on what i do best and that is nerd stuff between music, design, analytics and code. I know my tools, expecting this from others as well, in realistic boundaries i hope, at least to try to learn. And for myself to stay effective i have to put on my blinders to avoid the distraction of blunt incompetence. That doesn’t imply that i am competent, it just implies that i would never dare to lash out to someone else for my own incompetence unless i have a very specific reason and can proof i am right.
Not saying i see a lot incapability to face reality, but those who take a lot effort in letting me know are usually shocked that i give a … and carry on. It is not that i don’t like those characters, sometime such even come even up with some funny twist, it’s just that i cant help them all, and they know it.
Reminder: Don’t forget go out into the green, watch trees, listen to birds, talk to real people.
Looking forward to your stuff, which is after all the reason why i am online here.
Not my video, just so you know whats going on out there…
How to lubricate a cut piece of bread, amazing.
