1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,361 Hello everyone! 2 00:00:01,361 --> 00:00:05,217 Some of you might have looked at  this video, noticed its runtime, and thought 3 00:00:05,217 --> 00:00:10,331 “Wait, it’s not November yet. Surely this can’t be  a video from Technology Connections” 4 00:00:10,331 --> 00:00:11,830 and yet, it is! 5 00:00:11,830 --> 00:00:15,707 But, a typical video of mine it is not. 6 00:00:15,707 --> 00:00:21,956 This is more of an announcement for a new project that I’m working on over on my second  channel Technology Connextras. 7 00:00:21,956 --> 00:00:26,712 That’s right, I have a second channel where I talk about  stuff and don’t prepare for anything. 8 00:00:26,712 --> 00:00:29,027 Except that’s about to change. 9 00:00:29,027 --> 00:00:35,312 Well, the talking about stuff won’t change, but the amount of preparation will at least marginally increase. 10 00:00:35,312 --> 00:00:38,821 I received a request from one of my patrons who is blind. 11 00:00:38,821 --> 00:00:41,059 And it was really thought provoking. 12 00:00:41,059 --> 00:00:47,835 Those of us who work in a visual medium, like I do, tend to throw audio pretty far to the side. 13 00:00:47,835 --> 00:00:50,735 Now you all probably knew that about me, 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,120 I’ve never exactly been thrilled with  my audio setup here in the studio,   15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,041 and, uh, more than a few times I’ve forgotten to  run the de-esser. 16 00:00:59,041 --> 00:01:01,768 Sssssssssorry about that. 17 00:01:01,768 --> 00:01:04,472 But that’s not really the issue I’m tackling here. 18 00:01:04,472 --> 00:01:10,029 For those of us that feature whatsits and doodads, when we talk about how they work and what you do with them 19 00:01:10,029 --> 00:01:13,495 we are often talking about them while they do their thing. 20 00:01:13,495 --> 00:01:16,273 And yep, that’s how I’ve been doing it forever. 21 00:01:16,273 --> 00:01:23,801 All of my B-roll shooting has been done thinking essentially not-at-all about capturing the sound of the device I’m featuring. 22 00:01:23,801 --> 00:01:32,269 In fact, I typically listen to  podcasts while I’m getting B-roll so much of what my camera manages to record is completely unusable. 23 00:01:32,269 --> 00:01:38,357 Now to give myself the tiniest bit of credit,  there have been a few times in many of my videos where I thought 24 00:01:38,357 --> 00:01:42,100 “this would be good to let people hear” and I’ll shut up for about a quarter of a second, 25 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:44,594 but  still that’s not exactly great. 26 00:01:44,594 --> 00:01:48,907 This entire time I’ve been thinking about  device and other mechanical sounds 27 00:01:48,907 --> 00:01:53,735 as adding something to the video experience  but nothing of critical importance. 28 00:01:53,735 --> 00:01:58,344 But there are many people among us to whom the audio is the  only experience, 29 00:01:58,344 --> 00:02:00,457 and wow that must be irritating. 30 00:02:00,457 --> 00:02:02,123 So, I’m gonna fix that! 31 00:02:02,123 --> 00:02:08,958 I’ve been working through my old B-roll to see what’s got usable audio and what I could feature in this new video format. 32 00:02:08,958 --> 00:02:12,184 And yes, I will still be making these as videos. 33 00:02:12,184 --> 00:02:15,773 I think this series can be enjoyable  to those who are sighted as well, 34 00:02:15,773 --> 00:02:19,376 and so I’ve decided to call the series Sights and Sounds. 35 00:02:19,376 --> 00:02:24,999 Now I don’t think every video topic of mine will be worthy of its own Sights and Sounds companion, 36 00:02:24,999 --> 00:02:29,456 and indeed as I’ve been going through my back catalog I think the majority are not. 37 00:02:29,456 --> 00:02:31,728 But for those that are, we’ll revisit them. 38 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:37,120 And part of that revisiting will be cleaner  audio recordings along with new footage.   39 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:42,480 There’s a lot of stuff from my archive  that frankly has terrible audio of its own,   40 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:47,388 largely from before I had this studio space, so  I’ll just get some more. 41 00:02:47,388 --> 00:02:53,108 And when appropriate, I’ll try my hand at descriptive audio so  that those who need it can follow along.   42 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,531 Going forward I plan to make this part of  my general video production, 43 00:02:57,531 --> 00:03:01,637 and will upload a Sights and Sounds companion along with the main feature. 44 00:03:01,637 --> 00:03:07,044 Again, that won’t always happen - many of my topics don’t really feature specific devices. 45 00:03:07,044 --> 00:03:14,800 But when they do, I’ll do a better job at documenting what they’re like without my commentary, explanations, mood swings, et cetera. 46 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,433 I’ll be revisiting my old topics rather sporadically. 47 00:03:18,433 --> 00:03:23,328 I think it’s fair to say that right now I’ll be treating this as something like a side-project, 48 00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:27,071 so stuff will appear up there when I have some more idle time. 49 00:03:27,071 --> 00:03:34,218 I mean, if you haven’t figured it out  by now I don’t exactly have a production schedule and so, 50 00:03:34,218 --> 00:03:34,831 yeah... 51 00:03:34,831 --> 00:03:36,412 But I’m excited about this! 52 00:03:36,412 --> 00:03:42,091 I think it’s very worthwhile to document the things I feature in a more chill and accessible fashion, 53 00:03:42,091 --> 00:03:44,296 and I hope that you find it worthwhile as well. 54 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,518 The first video in the series should be up  right now and you can click on it right there. 55 00:03:49,518 --> 00:03:51,298 Or find it in the description. 56 00:03:51,298 --> 00:03:55,861 While you’re there you could also subscribe if  you like so you see the new ones as they appear. 57 00:03:56,076 --> 00:04:00,480 As always, my sincerest gratitude goes to all my amazing Patrons,   58 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,191 not only for their support, but for great ideas like this. 59 00:04:04,191 --> 00:04:06,560 And thank you very much for watching.