 Hello everyone, how are you all doing on this fine day morning evening whatever it is wherever you are? Hey Michael, it's good to see you. Oh hang on a minute. I'm getting a little bit of feedback slap back I should say Great to great see you hope you're doing great and Jeff great see you here as always as well And I'm with you as well Jeff. I've got a lot of catching up to do with Michael's stuff By the way, Michael, I saw the little ad that you did in not an ad really the promo video that you did in LGL Was it yesterday? very impressive Really great stuff. Oh and another Michael. Hello Michael from the UK. Great to have you here as well I'm a little bit Discompobulated there's a word for five o'clock in the morning this morning because I was a little bit late getting up I had not too much sleep last night And so yeah, everything was a mess in the studio as well because I pulled a load of stuff out for my trip away So I've just been sort of frantically putting everything back together again So just got there in the nick of time. Anyway, that's enough of that. Isn't it really? so yeah been away for this this past week and I had planned to do a few a few videos on the road and I took everything with me that I needed to do that But then promptly didn't have any time or couldn't make the time to do it So never mind it was it was well intentioned, but just too busy with other stuff So I was down in I'm in the northeast of Thailand But I was down in Bangkok on a business trip from sort of Monday till well got back last night. So That sounds a bit like excuses doesn't it and I suppose it is a little bit So if I show you where I'm up to with my 365 day 365 videos in a year challenge Way behind now and I'm another six videos behind basically because of this week So only 204 videos and yet we're on day 274. It's looking pretty tight. Really, isn't it? I've got a lot of my work cut out for the next few months to to catch it with all of that, but Funnily enough, I did get was 81 subscribers this this week, which is Another one of the probably second highest number in a week So it didn't affect it too much that I wasn't actually posting this week But anyway, let's have a little look at Where I'm up to I haven't even dug into my analytics I don't really sweat them too much, but I do like to just check on them on a weekly basis. So Let's have a little look where they're at. So yeah, just at 1400 now that seems to have come around quite quick really It seems like I was waiting for ages to reach the thousand mark which I did just on New Year's Eve or day before that I think But yeah, there seems to have Accelerated a little bit since then so that's nice to see and welcome to all you lovely subscribers who have joined I'm glad that somebody is finding value in what I'm creating. It certainly does make it all that all worthwhile It was something that I'm really anticipated to be honest it when I started out obviously The art tutorials there are The whole basis of the channel is tutorials to help people But it's just so nice to get all of the the comments and feedback and stuff like that that I get So yeah, it's all all really nice and very rewarding as well. So thank you all Let's have a little look at the the analytics. Shall we just have a quick look? I'm not going to dwell too much on this today But I'll just give them a quick look. I always like to just have a look at the overall view just to see how things have progressed So you can see that after this last week things have gone down a little bit in terms of views But that's because my views are obviously made up as a combination of New viewers who are finding stuff through search and then subscribers as well So if I'm not posting new stuff generally subscribers aren't watching stuff because there's they've watched the other stuff So it does tend to go down if I'm not posting. So that's quite expected there and the watch time is a similar effect for this last week with not having new videos out and Then subscriber levels though as you can see there sort of more in this sort of upper band here as opposed to Bouncing around down here as they were in the beginning. They're still sort of consistently quite high every day. So between sort of six and 12 13 14 in a given date is sort of about normal. It seems at the moment So that's interesting and the total revenue so far from from YouTube from the partner program so forth from advertising and from Superchats things like that is at 208. So that's just a nice little thing to see Obviously still not retirement money yet But it's still it's still nice that it helps to contribute towards the the costs of various different things such as You know subscriptions like e-cam live that I use to to make these videos So that's probably a good point to mention if you are new to the channel All of my videos I make in one take using e-cam live Which is live production software that you can use to make Videos like I make on my channel all in one take and you can also use it for feeding into things like zoom I've got a zoom masterclass coming up. I still got some work to do on that And it just allows you to bring a much higher production value into Videos and also into meetings and things like that. So if you want to try out e-cam live yourself Go to take one tech.io slash e-cam and get your free trial there. I Genuinely highly recommend it. It's what makes all of this possible And it's yeah, I know I know most of you in the chat Know this but it is the thing that sort of allowed me to make all of the videos that I wanted to make for my work related stuff taking out editing from the process because I'm not a fan of editing again. I know this is not used to you Michael Michael and Jeff But yeah, it certainly has been a bit of a revelation really I'm thinking of starting actually and it's been playing on my mind a little bit not playing on my mind being bouncing around my mind a little bit to Actually start a podcast or a video series where I'm basically asking other people what they're getting out of e-cam And how they're using it. So yeah, I've got that on the the back burner at the moment But thinking of starting that up as separate to the live stream obviously but have Have people on on a separate day to just interview them and find out How they're using e-cam because there are people being really really creative with it and using it for some Quite amazing things. So I thought that might be an interesting thing to do As if I hadn't got enough things to do But I've just got that on the the list of things that I might consider so Yeah, that's that's just another little idea Where am I now? Can you tell I'm all a little bit out of sorts today? So what's happened this week? Well, there's been a couple of things that ordinarily I would have made made videos about namely There's a new beta come out for e-cam live, which has got something that's right up my street And then there's also an Elgato key lights come out. Let's have a little look at that. Shall we? So this is the Elgato key light mini not personally Into the whole Elgato lighting ecosystem. I know some people are and they use them for Obviously there they're they're lighting and various other different fixtures and things like that that all link into things like stream Dex so you can control them from there. So it is a nice little addition to the that That range if you are using Elgato lights, but I suppose these are sort of similar to the Nanlite Lito lights which are similar sort of size But those are the ones by the way that I'll be looking to add into my my setup when I come to do a bit more development on my studio But yeah, it was just a nice little addition and they are quite quite a good handy size But yes, not something I'll be looking at but I thought it was worth a mention but the other thing that's been happening this week is the new beta of e-cam live which has come out and that's got a couple of features and Both of them. I'm very happy about if I can find the little Overlapy there it is. So it's the this one is the big one really ability to assign Mac OS shortcuts To different actions, so I'll come on to that and the other thing is the Overlays being positioned behind other locked overlays can now be moved So I've had a few scenes where I've got something that was technically a full-screen overlay Although it may be like a movie or something like that that you couldn't see but it did take up the whole screen And previously in e-cam when you had a full-screen overlay, even if you couldn't technically see it and it was locked Or you had something else that was locked that was covering it Then you wouldn't be able to move anything that was behind that because when you try to click on the the other layer or overlay and then It would obviously default to the the front one which was locked Whereas now if you've got a locked layer then basically you can still move anything that is be behind it So in fact, let's have a little look at that shall we rather than just try and explain that it might be easier to Do a little demo. In fact, I can probably do that this way. Let me just zoom in See if I don't mess up everything. Here we go So I'm now in demo mode and I've got this this overlay here So let me just option drag it. So now we've got two of them And what I'm going to do is I'm going to it's obviously a bit silly because one of them They're both white backgrounds if I lock the the top one So this one is now locked But you can see that I can still as I hover over the one that is underneath it I can actually move that one even though it's underneath that that top layer Because that one is not that one is not locked, but this one is locked So it's a great little great little addition that is that makes working with Overlays a lot easier and sort of eliminates that little problem that we sometimes had before So the other thing though that they've added in if I just delete this little comment the other thing that has been added in is they have added in support for Shortcuts now the thing about shortcuts is on the map. This is as by shortcuts. I mean the the Mac OS shortcuts app the one that was previously on iOS and then they bought it over to the to the Mac And so now basically you can add in different things from there So let's have a little look at that. Shall we if I bring up my preferences? And Then I will come in here and share this there we go so Here we've got the preferences and if I now go into this this is ecamm preferences, I should say so now if I go into shortcuts Then basically you can trigger different Mac OS shortcuts So when ecamm live opens and you can add any one of your existing shortcuts Or when a broadcast starts when a broadcast finishes or when ecamm live quits now I haven't done any setup for this because I haven't got any shortcuts I'm usually a keyboard maestro guy. So I haven't really got into Fully adopting shortcuts on the Mac, although I use them on the on iOS for since they've been around But I really need to dig into things that you could do with that. So given that you had The Given that you've got these different options So like when ecamm live opens so you may want to set up shortcuts to maybe If you've got something like trip mode or something like that You may want to have something that toggles that on when you open the app or you may want it to shut down some other things Or when a broadcast starts so things that you might want to switch on to do not disturb or something like that And just have these so that they automatically come on and automatically go off when you start broadcasting things like that When ecamm live quits again, you might have stuff that to starts back up again or shuts down However, it is. Oh, hey Eileen. Great to see you as always Thank you for stopping by So, so yeah, it's going to be really interesting to to dig into to shortcuts and see How that how that can be implemented I mean, it's got such deep integration with mac os that you can actually get Yeah, you could get quite quite clever with it. So I'll be having a proper dig into that and it's it's probably good really because it'll prompt me to take another look at shortcuts on the mac and See what can be done with that So it's uh, yeah expect a few more videos coming out related to shortcuts so, um I like that with with the wrench comes great responsibility quite right michael So, uh, in fact, let me just come down here a minute because what I can do is I can give you all a lot of responsibility there There we go, jeff and michael There we go, you're all all responsible now. We've got all mods in the chat So, um, so yeah, I'll I'll I'll do a whole series on shortcuts because I'm familiar with it Obviously because I've been as I say using it in ios for some time. I use it extensively on ios Um, it's just uh mac. I've just been a bit lazy to be honest I've been a bit lazy and just sticking with my keyboard maestro. So we'll see how that how that goes Um, so um, to be honest with you, I'm just thinking about What else I was going to cover in this because I haven't got a huge amount to stay today I have not got a huge amount to say at all. So next week what am I planning to do? Um, I am planning to uh, do a few more videos. I tell you what the bots are out in force today, aren't they? Um, so um, yeah this week I'll probably do a little bit more about uh, about shortcuts because I'll be diving into that and how to work to use it with uh, uh, uh, ecamm I'm feeling I don't know anything here. I've not got no inside information But I'm feeling like this this beta is got quite a lot of features And I'm just wondering how long before uh, the actual full release of this version of ecamm will be Because it's been pretty stable. There haven't been any bugs as far as I can make out or any major ones There's always a couple of little fixes and things like that that they do, but it feels quite ready So I wonder what else is coming. I don't have the inside scoop ever But it's always uh, I'm always as surprised and delighted as anyone else when I see the the release releases come out Um, and incidentally though, I was going to make a video about the the beta and I was down in Bangkok now I've got my my map mini is what everything's running on here, but I didn't take that down there with me I just took my my old laptop, which I hadn't really used and uh, updated in uh, well months actually so, um When I went down and downloaded the beta and then I realized I didn't even have Monterey on it So I went to go and start to do a video all about the new beta and then Realized that yeah, I didn't have Monterey on it. So I couldn't demo the shortcuts thing in any case So that is definitely what I'll have to do So, uh, let's have a little look Matthew Cassinelli. Yeah, he is a master of shortcuts as well. Um, yeah, I saw him on It was on why he's on doc's stream actually. So yeah, I know that he's he's got some Great stuff. I'll just write his name down because I do need to definitely Look him up again. Um, because yeah, he's a good one. The other one is, um, oh Uh, um What's her name rose me orchard? So she does a, um, uh, podcast called the automators with, um, I think she does that with david sparks. I think so david sparks is another automation Guru that I've been following for ages as well. Um, but yeah, rose me orchard has got a whole Whole podcast all about automation, which is a bit of shortcuts a bit of other things as well I think she does things on keyboard maestro as well and stuff like that So, uh, yeah, that's another great resource. So I'll be, yeah, I'll be digging into Matthew's stuff a bit more. So thanks for that, Eileen um Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna try to be honest to have a little bit more focused direction It's one of the things that I discussed with my my content creation coach coach mr.Dotrock, uh week or two ago, um, which was, um Trying to be a bit more intentional about the the direction that I'm going in with the channel. Hey rich great to see you as always um, so, um Yeah being a little bit more intentional about it because I tell you the thing that I said to him was I feel like I've been I feel like I've been coasting a little bit because I haven't really been doing anything innovative with the Uh the channel obviously I'm aiming towards my goal And so I've always had that in my my mind about this 365 videos in the year But I've had this feeling in the back of my head that I'm still just doing the same stuff. Um, it's obviously You know, it's new content. It's new things that I'm doing new tutorials, but I feel like the actual Uh process and everything like that that I've got has just remained the same And so I need to be a little bit more, uh proactive about just sort of evolving that as I'm going along and not just sort of Doing the same thing towards that 365 videos in a year. So you can expect to see a few more, um, uh Things that I'm doing on the channel over the next next couple of months So that I'm not just waiting until the until the end of the the year to do it Which is kind of what I've got in my mind I kind of thought while I wait till it'll hit 365 videos And then I'll do a sort of review. I'll change things up a little bit and I just kind of felt like well Why yeah, why wait? Why wait? I might as well be evolving as I'm moving along. So, uh, yeah, I've got a few little changes Um, I'd be interested to know anybody in the chat How many of you if you are catching Live streams on a replay, how many of you actually look at the live chat after the fact? Because I watched a, um Uh nicknaming uh video one of his live streams just recently Uh, well yesterday in fact and he was talking about how He just basically chops the front and the end of the Uh off his live streams after the fact. Um, so that when you watch a replay of his live stream It does just go sort of straight into the content And cuts out like the timer At the beginning and then you know Sort of introductions and stuff like that and saying hi to everyone in the chat and all that sort of stuff And get straight into it And there was a couple of things about it is first of all, I immediately had noticed that When I went to watch his live stream on the replay was it just went straight into the content Um, and second of all, it was the fact that he said obviously you will lose the live chat by doing that by cutting it off um But the people who are watching it on the replay are Um, not necessarily interested in following the live chat anyway So I've been interested to hear what everyone else thinks about that when you watch things on replays Sort of live streams on replays. Uh, are you interested even in the live chat at all? So, um, yeah It'll be interested to to hear that Eileen you do not look at nicks replays if you don't catch him live Well, to be honest with you, I don't really watch nick that much. I don't know why but um, it's just uh I I sort of I don't have time to watch too many different youtube channels and I kind of focused on the one related to Uh youtube content creation. Uh, I'm pretty much Doc, that's who I kind of watch on it and obviously all of the ecamm streams and stuff like that But I don't tend to watch too many other people that are talking about youtube It was just that there was a video that had come up that nick did about, um Um, it was about being on other platforms and I found that really quite interesting And how you should use other platforms to support what you're doing in youtube And so then I'd got an hour flight yesterday and an hour or two in the airport So I figured well, I'll just download one of his streams to watch on the plane and I watched it and it was It was quite interesting, but he just made that particular point. So You have interesting to uh, see so michael you watch the the replay Uh, cat does the same thing to sheet chopping off the front Uh, and the end of the stream. Oh, hey paul. Great to see you moderator extraordinaire And then, uh, let's have a little look. Hey, hey sammy. How are you doing? Great to see you here, mate And then we've got, uh, let's have a little look Oh, yeah adrian is doing a zoom class. He's doing a zoom with, uh, zoom master zoom in a weekend with ecamm live Which is um, it aimed really at people who are using ecamm and getting better results out of Doing that into into zoom. So Yeah, he beat me to it really but Slightly different market though. So no hard feelings. Hey, uh, aubrie. How are you doing? Um, so uh, so yeah, just we're just thinking about the What to do about that I might end up just chopping it off so that we don't go straight in I'm going to be trying to uh, be a little bit more structured about the live streams as well Although this one's a bit all over the place Hey, uh, hey dj right on beat mr. Rob himself And great to see you here as well Nick is brilliant think media. Sean is very very good too. I've watched. Yeah, I did watch a few of his things before I've just I haven't had time to watch too many things. So I've got a really limited time now And uh, oh speak of the devil the head coach is in the house. Hey doc You've stopped watching him because he's talking about algorithms and strategy for systems and robots I'm trying to focus on uh, teach creating for people Not youtube maths. Yes. I get it. He's also got a sort of um He's very specific about the his target demographic as well That they are kind of people more people that are really just sort of starting out Uh, I mean on the stream that I watched of his the other day He was even saying, you know, if you're up to a thousand or more Then he was directing people to to other people as well. But um, yeah, I don't have time for all of these People. So, um, yeah, I've just been quite focused on where I'm spending my Time learning about youtube, but it was interesting. I'd be interested to get your opinion on that as well, doc So he had mentioned About chopping the front and end off the the live stream And what your thoughts on that are with the the live chat as well obviously you you would lose the live chat but I can see how people watching on the replay would just be interested to sort of get into the The meat of it, especially if you've got a sort of really structured live stream going on. So That's something that I'm definitely uh Going to work on Watching them make me start adjust my stuff when I don't want to I want to help real people I want to get paid. I don't get paid much by youtube. You'll are the funnel yet totally Good point. Don't cook because the resources are in the chats Uh, that's a very good point. Yeah people posting links and things like that Hmm. I really thought about that Um, I'm wondering as well. What are the thoughts on the actual length of the intro because mine's about three minutes And I know that a lot of people's are three minutes. I can't I say I can't stand it But I see some streams where they've got like 10 minute Countdowns and things like that that just seems a little bit excessive I'm wondering what the shortest amount you can get away with. It doesn't really matter because people can skip it I suppose so There you go. I'm just thinking a lot here Only go to live chat if a reference to an article or resource is in the chat However, if you go get into the habit of pulling up the resources and comments on screen, it wouldn't matter That's true. And then you could also uh thinking about it Just post any links like that in the description after the fact although that's a little bit If there's something specific that you talked about Yeah, I'll have to have to think about this a little bit more And uh, yeah, I don't well. I mean, I know especially for uh, especially for I was going to say our chats. I mean that docs Our chats in doc streams. There's usually lots of lots of interesting stuff there And uh Trimming is annoying because youtube takes so long to process the video And by the time I can trim I'm busy doing something else Yeah, good point. It is an extra step, isn't it? And you know me I like to remove all of the friction as much as I can so that I'm not Having to do extra work Yours are overnight to be processed. I've noticed that sometimes they can take a little bit A little while it seems a bit hit and miss though with me. I've not noticed any sort of direct correlation between Things really it's um, yeah interesting Uh Michael's intro length is dead, right? Uh I'm just trying to think what Michael's intro length is now. I have to go back and watch I'll have to check. I can't remember I found Yeah, so where anyway where where how did we get into this? Oh, yeah, it was talking about just being a little bit more Intentional about stuff that I'm doing with the channel and being a little bit more focused about it So I uh, I am going to try and do that And I think I talked about this a few months ago having like a block in the week where every week is a particular focus on something So, uh, perhaps this week I might make my my shortcuts focus um, yeah It's hard, but I'm having to uh retain our community to stay on point retrain sorry and Stop selfishly side-tracking streams for themselves And not the greater audience. Um, yeah, it is. Um, yeah, it can be a bit Can be a bit tricky when there's all sorts of side conversations things going on and getting distracted But I mean, I'm certainly going to try and model what you've been doing of late dock with your Streams where you've got to sort of clearly set objectives and are staying on point through that section And then coming on to the the chat later That's totally true all here trying to to learn and grow so Yeah, that's what I'm this is what I've got to do with these really and just sort of be a bit more planned about them The thing about these streams for me is um I don't spend enough time sort of planning them. It always seems to just come to the It always just seems to come to with the the friday evening for me before the stream in the morning And then I'm uh, just sort of thinking then about what to do it So I need to I need to be a bit more put a bit more forethought and have a little bit more respect for everybody to To come up with all this sort of stuff before Before the fact and so I do think about it more as a sort of Produced video as well with the sort of chat and everything like that at the end But um, yeah, definitely. Yeah, I shall be working on that And then it might be a case of having like a focus during the week And then like say this week I was going to focus on shortcuts and things like that because of the integration that we've got in ecam Um, then it'd be interesting to like have a focus on that in the week and then have the live stream as something to as something to um Just looking at doc's comment there that made me laugh as something to um Have a sort of live stream about the content in the week. So uh, yeah Still sort of working out all these ideas in my head at the moment to be honest. Um, but that is where I am Uh, quite right loose nuts will get tightened. Uh, we've got lots of uh, wrenched people in here today. In fact, it looks like even all All wrenches in the in the chat Um, so, uh, yeah, all the moderators can moderate themselves But that is to be honest with you that is about me for today I think this might be my shortest ever live stream. I've uh, yeah I've got quite a little bit of things to get on with this morning And so I've not got a lot to chat about unless anybody fancies popping on for a chat about any of this stuff In fact, I've let me stick my link up Uh, I'll give you all five minutes I'll give you all five minutes to decide if anybody fancies popping on for a chat to chat about Anything that I've chatted about today, which or anything else for that matter. I mean, let's be Realistic about this. Um, I will stick that out there. So take one take.io slash join Oh, hang on a minute. All right, hang on. However, you've not got one as well Everybody's a moderator Let me But there we go Hey Caleb, great to see you I noticed you had posted a video in the discord the lgl discord. I've not had a chance to watch it yet But we'll go and check it out and uh Yeah, uh, you've mentioned something about it taking a long time to process I was just saying earlier that uh, don't if you caught it But I noticed that my sort of processing time is hit and miss it obviously depends a little bit I suppose on the length of the video, but sometimes the Processing seems to be done really quickly and other times it's uh, it's taking a while. So Uh, but I'll go in there and check out your video a little bit later And uh, yeah, hope you're getting on Well, it's great to see all of your stuff developing as you're in the Thing Hang on a second A few of us I mentioned it. Oh, well, I'll definitely check it out then The video was six minutes. Oh, yes, it's pretty pretty short Oh, wait a minute. Are we going to get we're going to get some education here now Here's the funny thing about processing. I'm on the edge of my seat Actually, I'm not I'm standing up, but uh, I'm on tiptoes waiting And the thing about processing for me is because I um I just put my things up and make in the live, but I think it was rich you mentioned about Actually uploading them but then just sort of Leaving them to process before they're made sort of live so that you do get these sort of full resolution one up there from the beginning because I tend to just Upload it fill out all the details Click upload and then it's done. So, um Yeah What what I could do is actually just sort of delay it for a couple of hours to allow for that sort of processing So that people are watching it straight away as soon as it's technically live Uh are watching the uh, the full resolution one Hey, Roberto. Nice to see you here Here's the thing about the funny thing about processing people are selfishly thinking about how long to take for their video to process Here's a question. How many videos have got uploaded that hour? Well, yeah, there you go. It's it's all it's all related um Ah, that was next suggestion. Was it with the the delayed Or the scheduling it a couple of weeks a couple of weeks a couple of hours later or something like that to allow for the processing Um, yeah, I'm not I'm not really that bothered about it. I just uh I don't I don't complain about it if it's taking a while, but I just uh It's just it's just interesting Uh, the same with the the live streams as well sometimes when the live streams are finished Then the processing with that for people to sometimes people can't view the the live chat and things like that immediately afterwards, but uh You get about 40 000 hours of video each hour 24 hours a day. It's pretty yet When you put it like that it's quite a lot of computing power. They've got going on there Um, so how was the week away from streaming? Well, it was um, yeah I was intending to do some making of videos while I was away, but uh, yeah, just didn't get the chance I almost did one. I almost did one. I literally got everything set up. I'd taken my stream deck with me I'd got my sort of mobile setup as it were Was going to make a video about the the latest beta And then realized my laptop wasn't on monterey I didn't have time to uh And the reason why it needed to be on monterey was to use the shortcuts Uh function that's been added into ecam Um The theory is that you get higher retention with higher quality video. Uh, somebody sees low res Low res they could ditch and never come back to rewatch. Yeah, totally. It is, uh, yeah I definitely need to uh, do need to start doing that. I mean for the sake of a couple of hours It's not like people are hanging on the edge of their seat waiting for my video the second it's made Uh Here is an idea plan for the processing when I drop videos on friday. I post them on wednesday Curious how compact your mobile setup is and my mobile setup is basically In this little thing It is my, uh, uh any monitors a little Whoops road lavalier mic A little adapter to plug the Lovely mic and the headphones into my computer over usb Um, it's the two, uh, none like pavo tubes behind me But uh used as the uh, two key lights on either side not really key lights But you know what I mean the ones on the either side certainly in a little hotel room It improves the uh, the lighting so when I'm sort of with it on either side Um, and then uh using my actually my ipad mini With camo plugged into the computer. So that was my my camera So that was at the extent of it really But it did improve because even though I was down there. I was still doing a lot of zoom calls and Teams meetings and stuff like that as well while I was down there. So it just meant that it Improved the quality of my image on on those so But I was going to do some videos for the the channel as I say using that same sort of setup Audio was great. The picture was good. Camo is a really great app and allows you to use your phone or your ipad camera or something like that as your camera into Into e-camp. So all of that works perfectly and that can feed as I say into Either for recording or feeding into zoom or something like that. So, uh, yeah pretty, uh, pretty mobile Happy birthday. Oops. It was a few days ago, wasn't it? Yes, but happy birthday indeed related. Happy birthday Quite right too So, so yeah, that was my that was my setup Caleb. Just uh, pretty pretty mobile. I'd obviously got my my I'm losing my train of thought here. I've got my iPad mini I was going to keep saying mic mini then there and then this basically is just my little Audio fits into this little hard shell case. So that was that and uh, and yeah the the pavo tubes And all fit into my lovely Ecam mod squad bag So I was there supporting e-cam on the road or in the air wherever it was um Yeah, never Never considered using ipad with camo It is it is great for that until there was one moment in a meeting when I suddenly realized I was like, oh I'm going to make a note and I got my apple pencil and then I started looking around for my ipad and realized That was using it for the meeting. So uh I'll have to remember that next time to not rely on my ipad for note taking Uh, so um Um And the only reason I didn't use my phone was just because it was the ipad was easy to just sort of set up And then I was still making calls and stuff like that. Uh, yeah mod squad There we go Getting the mod squad out somebody has clipped this even tight. Hang on a minute. Oh, there we go. It needs to be on the It needs to be on the last snap. Unfortunately. Well, I say unfortunately. Fortunately that it actually fits There we go mod squad on tour Uh, I didn't get anyone in the I didn't get anyone coming up to me and saying You know, oh Ecam user there's not many ecam users up in the remote northeast of thailand Yeah, so stream deck was I didn't take the the the actual base itself I didn't take the um, uh, you know, the the big base, uh, the big base It was just the actual top part of it and then the, um, uh The uh, the the what they called pavo tubes thin and lights as well I did take the actual hardware version Uh with with me because um, yeah, I still I still like the the clunky keys And so because I travel light anyway I actually had room for a heavy stream deck So I did take it. I did wonder, uh, what airport security would think as it was always going going through because it was basically just a big Mass of buttons lights wires and all that sort of stuff in there But I guess they're used to all of that stuff now um, so Had to spend the last 30 minutes having to report people reposting our content. Oh, that's not very uh, it's not very it's not very sporting of them, is it? The mobile version for um It is it is good. I do use the mobile version sometimes like actually at my desk with the the hardware version so sometimes like if i'm doing a uh Recording videos not so much from a channel sometimes for the channel But um, if I've got stuff where I've got like a load of things that I want to bring up like overlays and stuff like that Perhaps or little images or things like that Um, and I'm not doing it using keynote bringing it in that way Then I'll sometimes have the the iphone version of stream deck as a place to just sort of throw a load of different slides Images or something like that that I'm just using for that specific presentation Then it means that i'm not doing i'm not rearranging all the buttons on my Main stream deck and so I have those just to bring up different things or perhaps there's overlays that are flying in or something like that Um, so I use that with them with this one as well Uh, just with an old. Uh, it's a great use for an old phone. So I've got an old iphone 5s x or 5x or whatever it was And uh, so yeah, I've got it on on there. It's a great little addition Uh, oh, hey, david great to see you here and indeed. Yes, it is Uh the 15 button as well. So, uh, it's not quite as big as the regular one, but still plenty of space on there Um, I always recommend people if they're interested in getting a stream deck Just try out the mobile version to see the functionality of it You don't get the same tactile feed feedback as you get obviously from the the buttons, but um Yeah, it's it's a good way to to check it out Um, it is indeed relative Um, so, uh, yeah, but it is it it it works Flawlessly though for me. So, uh, yeah, it's a great little addition Indy torn gabbang Yeah, I came back yesterday. I think that is what you're saying Uh Gabbang being go home Um So, uh, are you about in the ipad yet? So is the ipad still 15 15 buttons as well Does it just come up as like a really massive uh scaled thing or uh, how does that work? I've never never tried it my iPad actually um Repurposing old ipads as an external monitor with the duet app. That's a yeah another another good use Uh, it is good that these uh, these devices that we've got can be repurposed and put to a bit better use after their sort of Being replaced by other things. Usually mine get paths passed down to my uh, my kids as well So there's like this this flow of them downwards Yeah, it's funny. Yeah, there's a there's a sort of habit with um, uh A lot of ties actually writing in like tie in english in chat and things like that. Um, so, uh, yeah There's a there's a word for it. I can't remember now um Where it's tie written in english. I can't remember the word they've got they've got a little slang for it the the um equivalent in tie in text speak for lol laugh out loud is actually the numbers five five five uh because the uh, uh number four Number five in tie is ha so five five five is ha ha ha. So that is how they yeah That is what they use instead of lol over here um We'll give it a try. I believe the mobile has a 14 day free trial. It does indeed. Yes, and uh, yeah I that was how I tried stream deck when I first heard about it I thought I want to see what the interface is like It's great because you get to practice If you aren't already using one and I probably most of you are but if you aren't already using one then You get to see how the app works and how you can program stuff and then just sort of see The responsiveness of it I suppose so it is a great little way to try it out And I did that and thought right I'll give it a go and try it for 14 days and see if I like it I used it for like a couple of hours Or a day or something like that And then went and bought the the hardware version But I've still subscribed to the ongoing Thing for the mobile version because it's only yeah, wait a couple of uh couple of dollars a month something like that I think maybe is it three dollars? But yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely worth it as far as I'm uh, so I'm concerned Uh, yeah, it's scaled up on the iPad. Ah, so you still got 15 buttons, but it's just massive that might actually be quite Quite good because you've got much bigger sort of touch targets to to aim for because with the mobile version because it's not as tactile as the Uh, the hardware version you don't have the obviously the buttons You're just hitting the screen Then I can see how actually having a big having it on the iPad might actually be uh be good because you you can Clearly see where stuff is and uh Interesting might have to give that a go Um Stop wasting iPads on teleprompters because universal control is amazing The yeah, I've just laughing at that one that your ecum trial lasted 14 days lasted two hours. Yeah, I know it was a bit like that with me Um, it was it was seeing you actually doc on uh, mark break weekly mentioning it And it was just in the time when I'd I just I was sick of uh OBS Uh, and by the way, I got sick of OBS really quickly as well And then I was the same with ecum. It was a case of uh Yeah instantly right up my street Yeah, the thing about iPads for teleprompters is And and other things is yeah, if it is your main one, then it's it can be a bit of a waste But if you've got old hardware lying around that isn't being used then um, yeah, it's uh, interesting That you can repurpose these things um and the universal control uh Universal control that's the um That's the the upper one. That's the one in the beta of monterey, isn't it where you can Use one keyboard and mouse for the for different things. I haven't tried that out yet I do want to because it just looked pretty pretty slick um Bought the excel after watching all the contents that we produced Well, yeah, I mean, I can't remember whose specific videos that I watched about them, but yeah, it's uh I don't want to say game changer, but I'm going to do it anyway. It's a game changer And I can't believe all of the the stuff that I now use it for I mean, I bought it for doing this really for the video stuff is the reason I bought it But now this is like a small fraction of what I use it for it's just become kind of like such a such a productivity tool um Still in beta um There's a lot of people do that actually so you had ecum for five months before got around to using it There's somebody in the in the in the ecum facebook group was saying that they've been they've had it for a year and just never really Got into using it or had the time to do it. I suppose it just depends on You know where you are in you know with what you're doing That it's it's something you've got to work into your flow. So there are a lot of people I think in that situation who have got something and You haven't put it to use speaking of which That reminds me of the loop deck because it's unplugged at the moment because I had to borrow the the cable for it but that's something else that I've still not got into my workflow. I've mentioned this a few times, but Yeah, maybe yeah, maybe this week. I'll try and make an effort and get that into my workflow I've just been a bit too comfortable. I think that's my problem I've been a bit too comfortable with how everything's set up and working and Just been too busy with other things to think about right. Let's get my head down and try and Be a bit more creative with what I'm doing. So Maestro and ecum are that's uh Maestro the cat I'm guessing not to keyboard maestro In my case, I wouldn't like anyone to take away keyboard maestro. My productivity would go down Um, so Yeah, I've got past the point where keyboard maestro is a uh, like a rabbit hole. So, uh, there is a lot of people I say a lot of people. I've been there as well Have this whole thing about productivity and automation and spend more time on the The thing of productivity as opposed to actually being productive with it So I used to listen to so many productivity podcasts Try all the productivity tools and stuff like that, but I'm fairly uh Fixed now on what I'm doing and I used to probably spend more time Researching tools than they actually save me But now I'm just quite fixed in them I suppose that's part of the reason why I'm a bit apprehensive about Suddenly starting to dive into some of these things like shortcuts that I was talking about earlier because I've got so many things that I just fixed up and working perfectly, but uh with the shortcuts I'll just try and ease into it slowly and Figure out what I can use with with e-cam. First of all, that'd be a good starting point and then just slowly build up from there I think the mistake a lot of people make with these sorts of things Um Is to try and think of absolutely everything that they can do with them And then set up all of these things and then promptly sort of forget all of the things and they they haven't built The muscle memory. I'm speaking from personal experience That was my approach with a keyboard maestro when I first started using it So I've got remember how long ago now Is it 12 15 years ago something like that? um That um, yeah, I thought right what is let me list all of the things that I could do with it And then let me try and program all of those things And then let me promptly forget all of the keyboard shortcuts that control all of those things And so let me never use them again having wasted a load of time So, uh, that was that my sort of my approach at the beginning once I saw all the possibilities was trying to do everything um And so yeah, just basically started again bit by bit and grew everything up incrementally just looking at what it can do and then Get one or two things into my workflow before moving on to try and do the next one So that's the approach I need to make with shortcuts But it can be a bit of a rabbit hole That is it it is once you are optimized and found your flow, it's harder to add in More even when it can be a game changer yet. It can be like that. But again, it's just the case of Having an open mind and being open to new things. I mean, let's take discord as an example. I was a bit reluctant for discord We're you know being in a couple of groups where they were saying should we do this on facebook or discord And it was always a case of well, I know facebook i'm i'm using facebook So, uh, let's let's just stick with that. Um, but obviously having seen what's being done in docks server hey Doc great of you to stop by have a lovely lunch Um, but yeah, it's it's one of those things. Isn't it just a case of Getting it out of our comfort zones a little bit and trying something new. So that is what I shall try and do with With shortcuts and maybe I'll make that a little bit for feature this week to See how far we can get with that and what integration I can get set up with it with With ecamp it'd be a nice little series And then maybe I'll report back at the end of the week on my next live stream With uh with a stream about shortcuts. Maybe that might be a plan. In fact, I think I've just made a plan, haven't I? Five videos in the week about shortcuts and then a live stream About shortcuts too and that can be the focus of this week Um, so uh, yeah discord is brilliant. It is such a, um Indeed growth mindset always wins. It's quite right and what better place than in The let's get live server as well. It is just really great in there. I mean the The organization to it is just so much better than the facebook group that we were using before And uh, I've been in a couple of servers I think it was probably the servers that I'd been in up until then that had sort of put me off discord Because they can be a little bit, um, if they're not managed properly if they're not organized properly Then it can be a little bit off-putting For for using it if there's not sort of great organization and things like that. Um, but obviously we had the uh, the master keely as the uh, the the main architect of this server and so there's such great organization It's all all been uh, all been done in a really great way that is just totally conducive to um, Learning and sharing information. So, uh, you're definitely interested in that I've still not got any further with my discord server. So, uh, there's only a couple of people in it Because I haven't officially opened it yet. Um, but I will be working on that and that will um Be more focused on obviously anything that I'm doing on the channel and stuff like that as well Um, but then having a little bit more of a focus on stuff like automation and that sort of stuff The sort of things that I cover on the channel stream deck, obviously keyboard maestro and all that sort of stuff. So, uh, I want to say mac productivity But it is more sort of uh, I mean automation is about productivity. Um, but yeah I'm going to probably not go into the tools that I use like, um Omnifocus, I'll perhaps touch on them a little bit, but um, uh Yeah Omnifocus is is something that I use heavily. I have been using that for years and years and it is sort of How I plan everything that I'm doing uh for Work, life, everything So I'm really quite um quite entrenched in that But it is one of those things that is a little bit of a productivity rabbit hole as well and uh, So I've sort of stood off from doing videos about uh that I will do a video about how I'm using Streamdeck with Omnifocus because somebody's asked specifically about that before And it's all sort of related to the stream deck stuff But yeah, the whole uh getting things done methodology by David Allen If you haven't read that book getting things done by David Allen It is a great a great way to stay on track and organized But I'm not going to go down that that track with the channel as such just because It's a whole nother channel Really and it can as I say people can spend a little bit too much time on it as opposed to actually implementing it and doing it So I'll perhaps give that a little miss So you've been on discord since 2017 Depending on the community. Yeah, that's that's the thing I had a little bit of a bad experience with it Not bad experience. It just it just wasn't a great community That was one of the first that I tried out and so therefore It didn't it didn't give me a good user experience of the platform So that'll be interesting. I'll definitely keep you in mind when I get ready to make it available You never heard of Omnifocus, let me just introduce you to Omnifocus then Uh, I've been said that I'm not going to cover getting things done on On this channel. I will just introduce this Very quickly Where has it gone? Omnigroup task management software. There we go So, um Yeah omnigroup.com they make all sorts of uh applications They're all related to um Omnifocus, but um Sorry, they're all related to I suppose a little bit like productivity and stuff like that But there's omnifocus. There's omnigraffle, which is done used for charting and a few other ones Let me have a little look omni outliner, which is for making outlines, you know where you've got sort of hierarchical structure I thought I thought you were going for lunch. I thought I was safe to mention omnifocus and uh Switched from omnifocus in 2016 to click up no plans to to move No plans to move back. I guess that is Yeah, I'm still totally entrenched in in omnifocus. It is just uh, it's just to become It's it's that muscle memory. I know how to uh, to do To find a way around in omnifocus and everything's just everything just ticks over for me perfectly with it So I'm not I'm not looking to switch yet. I have looked at click up and what was the other one? Um Another one another app that is similar to click up, which I thought I had on here as well. Let me have a little look Uh notion I did have a little look at notion for to fill in some of the gaps around omnifocus but omnifocus is uh, just purely a task manager Caleb and it's built around uh, david allen's getting things done methodology and just in a uh, To give you a brief overview of that the whole concept behind that is that As well as having tasks a lot of people would just have like a list of tasks But there is no sort of context to them So, uh, there's no point looking at a task list that tells you that you need to uh, I don't know Paint the outside of your house when you are 200 miles away in another city because you can't physically do it at that time If you if you're looking at like right, what can I physically do now? So having some sort of context to Where things are available to be done and like the mind frame you're in So I have one that is just like if I've got a few minutes I have one that is basic and I'm at my computer Then I'll have one that is just like quick tasks that I can do that I can just quickly fire off So it'll just present me in that when I'm in that mind frame I could just bring up a a view of all of the things that I might physically be able to do at that time In that mind frame or if I'm traveling and I've only got my phone And I've got a list of things that I need to do that would be on the phone Then uh, or that could be done on the phone. Then I'd be presented with those So the the concept of getting things done is that having that sort of context to tasks as well as just the actual tasks themselves But then also in the the planning of projects and things like that Where you are grouping things together. So there's a particular project you're working on for example having a Structure to it in terms of well if this task can't be done physically until this other task has been completed Then there's also no point to be shown that one at that time if you are just looking for like What's the next step I can take to move things along and so having that sort of aspect to it as well means that If I'm in a work mode I'm only shown my sort of specific work things for that project that I'm being Working on and also only the things that can get done So it's just sort of encouraging you to think about like what is the next step that I can take um, and so uh, yeah, you don't need to um Uh, you don't need to sort of necessarily plan out everything Although you can that you know often if I've got a specific project that I'm working on Then you can just look at like the next step, but you can also plan out whole sort of sub Sub projects and little things like that so that you can then Start off with it and it will just guide you through like the different things that you need to do But then you can also have some that are location specific as well So I actually use it for things like shopping lists to be honest because if I've got something that is related to A project project Then like for example the studio build if there was stuff that I needed that I needed from the the hardware store for example for for here and out those were Required pieces before I could like make my acoustic panels for example Then if I'd got a project which was studio build and I'd got a thing A sort of sub project which was building the acoustic panels And then I'd got a list of things that I needed for that like screws would things like that Then they could all be just put in as a An item in there to be ticked off and also be location specific So you've got things that a geo fence so I could say like at the hardware store And then when I arrive at the hardware store it just pops up with a list of all the things that I need to buy So just sort of click them off I do the same with just general shopping if there's stuff that I think oh next time I'm at the supermarket or in the shopping mall need to get that I'll just put it into omni focus and then when I get there it just pops up on the phone saying I need it And so yeah, it works. So it works really well also things like you know when you get home So if there's certain things you need to do when you get home or if if you're in the office or something like that Then yeah, it's a sort of location aware as well. So Omni focus is what I use basically to just sort of everything that I'm doing So it's a really powerful app And yeah, the series can do some of these things obviously as well Like remind me about x when I get home or when I get to the supermarket or something like that So it can do that sort of stuff But yet siri can't really do the whole sort of organization of everything although You can do You can have Omni focus linked in with reminders. So I do have that I have different reminders lists in in the apple reminders So I can I tell siri to add something to my shopping list or to add something to my Other list or whatever list it happens to be and then omni focus does grab that and pull it all in So I am adding stuff into omni focus using siri. So I do I do do that but um, yeah Location aware shopping lists rock they totally do. Um, yeah, it's uh, it's quite good You just get there and it's just like bling the thing pops up. So, uh, yeah, don't forget things from the the shops anymore It does it's yeah, I mean the um I tried lots of different sort of productivity systems Before I discovered getting things done by david allen and um, yeah, that just totally made Complete another sense to me and I've never tried anything else since then from as a from a productivity system point of view And omni focus is um, basically built around that. So it was sort of using that whole concept of the getting things done as a Uh, as a as a basis for the, you know, the sort of architecture for it and how it works So, uh, if you are a fan of getting things done, then omni focus is a great tool to use with that But there are other ones like as uh, as michael said things like click up and and so on can do similar things It's just that uh, yeah, I've been a an omni focus user for years I am To be f t f2p. Am I missing something? Go on. Just think what that means, though He can't falls into the vital category That's right. It doc doesn't have to see he has paul Um Did they now oh so ken case is the uh, is the developer behind omni focus well The uh, the the mastermind behind omni focus there. I'm sure they've got a few developers now um So, uh, so apple got that from them. Well, I don't know. I mean he's a smart guy mr Mr ken case I do use some of their other products. So they've got um omni outliner is Omni focus actually was born out of omni outliner. So people were using omni outliner to uh to sort of simulate the idea of the gtd system and so then They developed omni focus as an extension of that and it's just become something so much more now Omni graffle is a great one for uh, doing little charts and layouts and stuff like that Um, although to be honest with you, I haven't used that one as much these days I've started just using things like keynotes and stuff like that. But uh, yeah, they've got some got some great great products Um, and oh the other thing about um omni focus I should add and the whole getting things done system. This is a crucial part that is not to be missed Um is a review process So you have like weekly reviews monthly reviews and so you can have things on on your lists But then you might have some that are you know, they're not sort of top priority But you still want to keep them on the back burner But then at some point you come and you're doing your reviews and you're thinking Do you know what this thing has been on my you know someday maybe list or on my You know lower priority list and then clearing those things out as well So if there's things that you aren't going to be doing But having a sort of a weekly review process that you go through where you review certain things and in omni focus You can set the review Period for for things as well and you can sort of offset tasks So if you've got particular projects, you know, I'm going to push that back a few months You can put that back and then it doesn't just constantly come up on your weekly reviews But you might want it on monthly quarterly or annual reviews or things like that. So the whole review process is another great Great aspect of it because it allows you to sort of keep on top of your goals and things like that So I do have much longer term goals that I keep in omni focus And it allows me to sort of keep them in in my mind And then you know at certain times you just think right well This thing actually does need to move up into something that I'm going to start planning out So it allows you to capture those ideas and goals and things like that And then come back to sort of build on them and develop on them Or when you've got the time and so you by constantly having reviews You're seeing things at these different intervals to keep on top of the short term tasks whilst also not losing sight of Longer term tasks and goals and things like that But at the same time you're not just overwhelmed by Sorry, yuck. I had to say that word You're not just overwhelmed with the too many You know things if you just saw all of the tasks at once that I've got in omni focus It would just be like a mass of them and you just think like where they will begin But with the organization you're never actually presented with the whole thing You are just presented with things in manageable chunks I think I got away with overwhelmed Oh free to I see I never heard that one F2P free to play as in free to use So Let's have a little look So you are I get what you're saying So you are free to pay as much as possible and Ecamm falls into the vital category So not no free to pay. Yeah, well Yeah, if there's something I'm using and it's It's helping me but more productive Then does it save me more time than my time is worth to pay for it and Yeah, so Omni focus ecamm keyboard maestro all these sorts of things. It's a kind of it is a no-brainer really There was somebody in in the ecamm group a while ago Saying something about how they felt like ecamm was expensive and it worked out and it was like well It's actually, you know about a dollar a day For the thing thereabouts So if you're If you can't think that you can use it in Something long term to make more than a dollar a day from it. Then yeah, I guess it is expensive, but Really? You're not trying if you can't do something like that with it Not not you Caleb. I'm talking about this other other chap who was talking about ecamm So, uh, yeah Yeah, ecamm's just No-brainer Yeah, so uh, well there we go having um, uh, I know it is a cheaper than starbucks. It's um It's cheaper than starbucks It's amazing the way people prioritize things, isn't it? I had a friend who um I had a friend who uh, I use the particular this particular type of multivitamin and it's quite uh It's not it's not expensive, but it's I forget what it is a day It works out because you drop a little tablet into the water in it You know or fizzes up and then uh something like that and I said to to my friend I'll don't use he says oh no they they're a bit too expensive And yet I don't drink but he would go out and have you know Five beers that cost uh 50 times more than these little things. It's like one of them's for Health and the other one is just alcohol. It's amazing what how people prioritize stuff, isn't it? And uh, yeah starbucks. It's amazing if you compare anything to starbucks You can uh, you can surprise yourself with how Cheap things are especially when you start thinking like oh, I have a starbucks every day on the way to work or something like that Or two or three or whatever it happens to be Then yeah do the calculation of that over a year quite uh quite eye-opening sometimes Yet the pro features on ecamp, although the thing about actually having said that Um People do pay two dollars for extra cheese Um Quite well quite right jk Rowling doesn't think Microsoft Word is expensive It's just a tool at the end of the day, isn't it? Um, yeah the the thing about the the pro features on ecamp So the thing that I do like about that is that there isn't anything really prohibitive about the lower version of ecamp They are it's it is a nice nice, um Extra cheese is worth it starbucks isn't Um, yeah with ecamp the with the pro features having things like okay It's got interview mode and the live video to go into things like zoom and stuff like that But the the great thing about it is there isn't anything that's really limiting for people who just want to use it for Creating content making videos doing live streams and stuff like that. So I think they've got a really nice way, you know, the people are on the regular version of ecamp aren't left thinking like oh You know, I can't do overlays or I can't do this or I can't you know There's there's nothing there that is like mission critical if you like for actually getting the most out of it So I really appreciate their uh the price instruction that when I started using it that is because I did start on the the Start with the pro I started on the regular one to sort of find my way around it in that And then it was just when I wanted to when I could see what it could do I wanted to go into zoom and do the the interview mode and stuff like that. Um, then yeah, I paid for the upgrade, but uh, yeah It is indeed great value Right. Well, uh with that I uh on that note that little Ecamp is great note. Um, let me let me wrap it up and I'm going to say thank you very much all for coming So this next week. I shall be focusing on shortcuts is the plan I'll do a little bit of digging and then I will report back next week But thank you all for stopping by. It's been great seeing you all And uh, I will catch you all no doubt Somewhere online maybe in the discord maybe on a video somewhere and uh, yeah, I have a wonderful day And I'll speak to you all again very soon And for those watching on the replay, don't forget. There are some more great videos over to the right-hand side