Lessons Learned with Dan Downs #02 - Personal Website Unveiling

Episode Link:

• Click HERE

Episode summary:

• We unveil the website that has been built over the last week.

Feedback from Episode #01:

• It was suggested to me to build a better desk streaming setup. Two resources I was directed to: Garry Tan’s streaming setup guide and Lowko’s streaming setup.^{1 2} Presently I’m operating on a limited budget + logistical limitations of COVID-19. Going to proceed with clever hacks and upgrade where necessary.

• It was suggested I check out Garry Tan’s tweet on the importance of Youtube thumbnails.³ This was utilized. I think this is “not there yet” and will be improving. On my To Do list for this: get a thicker red circle, figure out if better thumbnail text is appropriate.

Observations:

• Using Loom was good for this video.
• For the next video, I will likely shoot via two separate Looms, the first focusing on video of me and the second doing the picture-in-picture for focusing primarily on what’s happening on screen.

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References

^{1. Garry Tan’s streaming setup guide. ↩}

^{2. Lowko’s Streaming Setup ↩}

^{3. Garry Tan’s Youtube Thumbnail Tweet ↩}