Today, YouTube deleted my Old guy, Career change channel. I appealed the deletion. While my appeal was pending, I learned this was a YouTube snafu that affected many other content creators. YouTube replied to my appeal and said, We're sorry we did this, and we've reinstated your channel. Except they've removed six of my videos … Continue reading YouTube deleted my channel then torched it
YouTube progress
Unless you’re a celebrity, building an audience for a YouTube channel is a long, slow climb. My Old Guy, Career Change channel has been up for 14 weeks. My first 10 videos were terrible but that’s normal for new content creators. As of today it’s amassed 2.3K views and 72 subscribers. My other channel, John’s … Continue reading YouTube progress
Learnings from home solar power, year 2
One year ago today I published an analysis of our first year with home photovoltaic panels. This is a summary of year two. To recap... You can find all my prior solar power posts under the solar power tag. My system is 31 405W REC Alpha-Pure 405W panels mounted on my roof with a SolarEdge … Continue reading Learnings from home solar power, year 2
Reflections on my YouTube channel
I started the Old Guy, Career Change YouTube channel 10 weeks ago. In that time, I published 15 videos. I've noticed a few things. Making a good video is hard work. I'm still climbing the learning curve. I record about three times the raw video for the finished product, and spend about six hours doing … Continue reading Reflections on my YouTube channel
Great moments in “AI”
You're standing at the kitchen faucet. You place a measuring cup under the faucet. Would you fill it this way? How does the software know when the measuring cup has two cups of water?
Great moments in installation instructions
This is from the, "To defuse the bomb, cut the red wire ..... ...... after you cut the blue wire," school of editing. From https://6.docs.plone.org/install/create-project.html.
My first Washington Watchmakers – Clockmakers Association meeting
I attended my first meeting WWCA today. About 25 people there by my count. Many watches and tools out for purchase and viewing. Nice crowd. Had a lot of fun. The doggo's name is Phoebe. She sniffed everyone's leg when she arrived. She was a very good girl!
My YouTube channel
I've started a YouTube channel called, "Old guy, career change". Why? Because I'm considering what I might do if I left software engineering. I've been on a single-track career since the 11th grade: Computers. It’s been a great ride. But for the first time in my life, I'm entertaining the notion of doing something else. … Continue reading My YouTube channel
Nikon F2 Photomic DP-1 received
Looks like it’s in excellent, maybe even mint shape. This is sweet.
New career directions
An update on my previous post... I formed a consulting company -- 47.6 North Python. I have one paying gig. And a second gig set to launch later this month. So far, so good! I'm also considering other career paths — I’m casting a wide net and thinking way outside the box. I made a … Continue reading New career directions
Seek Nuance 