Posts 1-What I Want to Learn Video 0

by | Oct 19, 2011

 

In case you are wondering about the status of the posts on my What I Want to Learn list, there are four topics down and three to go.

I planned a video update. It would have been my first in front of the camera. After my writer friend, Sharon Hurley Hall, released her first, she inspired me to do the same.

I used my laptop built-in camera and everything worked out fine – except someone replaced the child inside with someone much older.

When did that happen?

Anyway, the video was fine, but when I converted it using Windws Movie Maker, the end product came out jerky – the movement, not the subject (I hope).

Obviously, video conversion needs to be added to my list.

So, sorry, it’s a boring old text update for now.

What I Want to Learn in the Can

The post topics done so far include:

Klout

This post received a lot of comments with most readers taking Klout with a grain of salt.

QR Codes

There was so much to share that this became a three-part series.

  • The first post explained what QR Codes are
  • The second post covered how they work and how to create your own
  • The last post reviewed the Good, the Bad and the Ugly about QR Codes

This was definitely the most popular topic, so far.

Quora

This topic took me a bit by surprise. It received very little traffic or comments.

I wasn’t sure if –

  • Readers never heard of Quora
  • Readers don’t care about Quora

Or some other reason for the lack of interest. Feel free to share your thoughts.

Note-taking Applications

This post took a left turn and ended up being more about Cloud Computing.

However, we did have readers who expressed their love of Evernote and commented on cloud computing as well – interesting discussion.

Coming Soon to A Blog Near You

That leaves three topics on my list.

  • Affiliate marketing
  • Non-fiction writing
  • Google+

The last three require more research and may end up in multiple posts.

Maybe by the time I get to the end of them, I will have figured out the video problems. Share your tips on videos – please!

Thank you for working through the list with me. I said when I started it was a way to ensure multiple posts.

Boy, was I right.

What’s on your list?

Anything you would like to see here?

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8 Comments

  1. Nicky Parry

    Hehe! I think we’ve had a couple of previous conversations about “technology” here, Cathy! You are brave to even consider going for the video option in the first place – I give you lots of brownie points for just that. There’s clearly an awful lot more to it than meets the eye. Too much technology for me!

    Reply
  2. Cathy

    Hi Nicky: I love to blame technology. Maybe I just broke the camera. 😀

    Reply
  3. Nicky Parry

    Hehe! No way could you have broken the camera, Cathy. Unless charm and beauty are the new glass-breakers.

    Reply
  4. Cathy

    Ah, speak to me, Nicky. 😀

    Reply
  5. Des

    Are you sure the video was jerky even after it finished uploading? What typically happens when I upload to movie maker is it’ll look jerky in the beginning, but once you go to edit (cut off the beginning or edit in a photo, etc), and watch the final product, it’s smooth. If that doesn’t work, I have tons of other suggestions. You know this is my specialty. 😉

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  6. Cathy

    Hi Des: It actually was fine when I viewed it in Movie Maker. It was when I uploaded it to YouTube that I had the problem. I’ll take all the suggestions your expertise wants to share. 🙂

    Thanks, Des.

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  7. Sharon Hurley Hall

    Pleased to see you making a start with video, Cathy. I have no advice to offer, being a novice myself. I have found the Video101 tutorials on Vimeo very useful though.

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  8. Cathy

    Well, you inspired me, Sharon. 🙂 Thanks for the Vimeo tips-you always have such great tips-thank you!

    Reply

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