| First off, thank you for taking the time to write this. I really appreciate the feedback. I agree with some of your points and in fact I was originally going to post the video with “[part 1]” in the title, but I decided to leave it out and rename it when I post part 2. I figured this was fine since I say “this is the first part of a series” in the first 30 or 40 seconds of the video (and also included it in the HN post description). I do agree with the idea of having a focused cohesive theme to a video, but I didn’t really find a natural spot to cut it that didn’t make the video boring or not provide the motivation/context of the end goal (eg “firing an electronic airsoft gun from a computer” isn’t conveying what I want to convey). The goal of this series is to show the process in detail instead of just a high level overview. I’m hoping to post a high level overview video at the end that’s more appealing to people who don’t necessarily want to dig through all the details. I think future videos will be a little more scoped because they don’t need to include an in depth project overview. Kinda a focused story within the context of a larger backdrop. I do agree with the point about audience and I think that’s important in general. However, I think there are several things that seem simple and commonplace, but may actually be important to talk about briefly to make the content more accessible for people who don’t have context on a particular area I’m diving into. Thanks again for the feedback and I’m glad you enjoyed the video! |