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- OBBTKN2
Ok I'm old.
I've been working in this sector for almost 30 years.
Currently, what motivates me is money (don't we all work for it?), more than anything because I need it.
But as soon as I feel more comfortable, I go back to my personal projects (which don't make as much money), and... I go back to the starting point.
That roller coaster is what drives me crazy about this profession, and it is, at the same time, what helps me overcome the obvious periods of burnout, lol.
- cherub0
Have you ever went to the utmost end of the earth tracking down a bug and it was something so STUPIDLY simple that it got overlooked?
I just fixed my first wordpress bug / major crisis.
I couldn't update my website at all, kept getting 'update failed' error msg.
THEN, HOLD ON NOW YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS...
after losing 2 full days of productivity I find out the FUCKING EMOJI in the TEXT was preventing the updates
Everything works now. Tons of lost hours bug tracking and rewriting pages from scratch, copying, duplicating, fixing,
and all I had to do was erase the emoji and now it works...
- Btw, I am targeting the millenial demographic, that's why I use emojis for my stuff.cherub
- LMAOLANG is the way to go.
https://github.com/Q…palimpsest - If you are targeting the younger generation on social media, you can't deny the power of the emoji. Change my mind.cherub
- emotes can fuck everything up spectacularly but the worst bugs are the ones you fix and have no idea how :Dkingsteven
- just wrote a prototype of a twitch app that performs emotional analysis on twitch chat history to create edit markers for vods and very few emoji, mostlykingsteven
- one of a few million possible shared twitch / bttv gifs but the emojis have got me a few times.kingsteven
- One of the very few topics that truly frighten me in the design world is the topic of unicode, and I'm dreading someone start talking about it.cherub
- So you're creating edit points to create a highlight reel of the live twitch streams? That's a cool app.cherub
- Cool kingcanoe
- yeah, it's a nice project. i'm working with a guy that manages youtube channels for streamers. it's just one part of a broadcaster/ live edit suite.kingsteven
- it's nice to have a few reasonably big streamers on board. trying to keep it within twitch ToS which requires the broadcaster granting permissions to the app.kingsteven
- "broadcaster / live suite" we do similar stuff then. I'm planning to switch to OBS for streaming. It's free, supposedly great for multistreaming.cherub
- oh nice, yeah i really like OBS. a few of the apps I am building using my API are designed specifically to work as browser source in OBSkingsteven
- at the root of it is a db system which extends the the functionality of the twitch API by using UTC for all metadata. vods, clips, thumbs, title/game changes.kingsteven
- and allows you to add and retrieve custom metadata for example chat analysis or vod video/ audio analysis as JSON using the API.kingsteven
- Not practical as an API because the queries can get expensive but perfect for driving web apps for a smaller group of paying broadcasters and editors.kingsteven
- I hate emojis even more than vertical video.CyBrainX
- ^so does most of QBN, why else would they be absent here? hmm...cherub
- ☺kingsteven
- cherub-1
FONTS BE LIK3...
- canoe0
Working on YouTube videos for a luxe SUV brand. At the moment they are just a montage of clips. I'm using ArtList.IO because they seem to have music that doesn't sound as canned.
I imagine we're all pretty hardcore fans when it comes to good music. So you know how painful it is to search and find decent tracks...
We need something classy, so I was going for jazzed up drum and bass. The client said prospects are listening to more country or folk inspired. From a marketing perspective, I find the song with the lyrics to keep my attention the longest.
I’m putting some music to the silent video we aired at the show. I’ve been teetering back and forth between some jazzy drum and bass, and this song... which seems to capture the attention due to the lyrics.
1. https://artlist.io/royalty-free-…
- Oops, disregard 4th pgraphcanoe
- This kind of stuff seems more social friendly though
https://artlist.io/r…canoe
- PonyBoy6
I'm in talks regarding an androgynous sex pop-up book... keep you posted. <3
- canoe0
I want to smack the photographer saying he wants to charge $450 to cut a 20 second social reel. $5,000 for 10 fucking reels? That's crazy to me. The entire video shoot was $8,000.
- Fuck him in the ass********
- maybe they are worth that much.
how many units do you expect to sell with this campaign?uan - That doesn’t seem that crazy. 3hrs at 150/hr? Probably more time spent talking than doing. Do it yourself if you don’t wanna pay.monNom
- Or ask ChatGPT to do it.palimpsest
- What a video cost to shoot is of little concern to an editor. You definitely can do it or find someone for much less assuming you don't expect endless revisionsspl33nidoru
- He shot it, so he's already made 8k. If someone charges $150/hr, they should be fast enough to cut a reel in an hour. imhocanoe
- Fuck it. I'll do it live!canoe
- Video guy here. Don’t do social stuff. But curious, how many cuts are there?Graphics?Resiz...toemaas
- "If someone charges $150/hr, they should be fast enough to cut a reel in an hour"
Utter bullshit. <3PonyBoy - A person's rate is their rate regardless of the amount of time it takes to do something... your assumption on the time to complete is silly at best.PonyBoy
- He’s giving you a fixed price. He’s gambling that he can get it done in the amount he quoted. You could take the risk and tell him you’ll pay his hourly...monNom
- But now you are gambling.monNom
- Pony, you would know because you art directed it, right? 3 cuts, audio, final frame. 2-3 hours. Spare me.canoe
- It sounds like you might actually know what you're doing - why not cut it yourself instead of bitching about someone's set rates? What a waste of time. <3PonyBoy
- Fuck him in the ass
- Nairn1
oooh, interesting pain sensation - I just got a splinter under my fucking pinky-finger nail. Gosh, that woken me up.
I was NOT expecting that.
- PonyBoy6
My client passed away of cancer in October... He was so quiet about his sickness and unavoidable death that he never really told anyone what to do w/his business or the items / elements attached to it.
I have sole access to his sites... goDaddy is asking if I want to renew the domains etc... I still get the spam alerts being sent from his mailing forms. Dude was such a sweet guy... so weird still getting all his various alerts that I'd always handle for him...
- canoe-1
Has anyone made apparel, not POD, for clients looking to make outdoorsy jackets (teched up a bit with fleece and weatherproof qualities)?
It doesn't seem like the US does this kind of stuff anymore. Not sure where to look. Should I find out where Patagonia, Helly Hansen, etc have their work done?
I figure there's a few people on the QBN who have had to do their own research...
- Applying the brand for a sailing team sponsorship... kinda fun putting it all together. Hopefully they'll spring for the sail and boat too.canoe
- I’m literally doing this right now. Working with a company called Encore Apparel to customize their Panda Vest and knit custom beanies and scarves.monospaced
- But if you’re not making a ton of them it likely won’t be cost effective or even possible.monospaced
- This company out of Vancouver does branded tech apparel
https://www.stormtec…monNom - I think these guys in Calgary do branded/custom work as well. https://spiritwest.c…monNom
- Very nice. I think the idea is to measure how much we can sell through the summer, 6 events to market the brand.canoe
- monNom, thnx!!! This is right on time my soul bruvcanoe
- canoe0
Do you like your curved monitor?
- canoe-1
Suits. The Show. And all of it's drama. I never thought it would educate me on how to handle difficult situations. It's just a bunch of douchery, right? Same with Mad Men - as much we try to potentially relate.
Today I had to tell a CEO that his beloved logo was outdated, etc. I'm not sure it would have been as easy for me without watching a bunch of people be let down for a few seasons.
Kinda hurts to watch others swallow their pride.
- Industrysted
- https://www.youtube.…sted
- fun thing about Suits is that its full with movie quotes, sometimes you won't even notice.sted
- Suits is the corniest show I’ve ever seen********
- Cheesemort_
- YakuZoku5
I'm applying at around 10-15 jobs a day, why do they for ask my race in almost every job application? how is this a factor?
- are you catering to each of those applications or just applying with a single pre-made resume?imbecile
- A have a couple resumes I use depending on the gig, those cover letters though, ughYakuZoku
- That would be illegal to ask in most countries.mort_
- try using chatgpt to craft resumes and cover letters using the job postng as inspiraton. essentially "rewrite my job description catering to this job posting"imbecile
- Did you read the question, imbecile?mort_
- Avoiding the slog of writing unique cover letters by using gpt is a great idea. You shouldn’t have to even answer the race question.monospaced
- The only way to stop bad racism is with good racism!********
- Race: Humanmort_
- i did, but i'm moving on to solving the problem with a better resume.imbecile
- the problem is "applying at around 10-15 jobs a day". an annoyance "why do they for ask my race?" i aim to stop the application process w/ a better resumeimbecile
- Pretty sure the issue is I'm applying as a motion graphics or editor role but have been doing web development the last 4 yearsYakuZoku
- But the original question was about the race inquiriesYakuZoku
- Mention that you are in the cartel.utopian
- Odd thing is on indeed applications 40% of the time first they ask if I'm Hispanic or Latino then in the next page it asks for my specific raceYakuZoku
- Tell them that you are Nonbinary, and your
pronouns are Hawk Tuah.utopian - LOLYakuZoku
- Everyone of the jobs I apply to ask about race, veteran status, disability and gender. Many ask for sexual preference.CyBrainX
- do employers get tax benefits for having a diverse workforce?BabySnakes
- Just answer "25 metre spastic relay".Nairn
- *meterNairn
- Just say you always like to come last!sab
- don't use chatgpt to write your cover letter unless you plan on editing all the chatgptness out of itcanoe
- if you don't have time to write a cover letter they are not going to take you seriously yoyo!canoe
- Keep in mind, you don't have to answer any of those demographic questions. It's not even legal to ask in an interview. That whole section is labeled Voluntary.CyBrainX
- canoe-1
What project management and collaboration tools do you like?
New client is building a team consisting of email marketing, social media, media, paid media, merchandise, sales and events. Probably 20-25 users.
My experience is limited to asana. I don't prefer to test a bunch of stuff, so I get stuck. asana is not that great, not that bad, i can't imagine managing this team because asana is a bit convoluted.
You?
- downvotes on work related - state of qbncanoe
- I always tell clients I use asana but never do, I find I spend more time using project management shit than doing actual work. pen and paper and email for me._niko
- it's great for validating the salary of traffickers and managers, but as creatives shoot me in the fucking head._niko
- pretty much do the same... start off using it and then bupkis. i have instagantt integrated which i do like. I think working left to right is better than down.canoe
- i don't really have a choice though, i can't skimp on it, since i'm responsible for everyone nowcanoe
- I quite like https://www.shortcut…. But that may be more aimed at developers? For personal use I have Todoist, which is the best of the bad options for me.skinny_puppy
- canoe0
Adobe Express - any takers?
- I’ve been using it for socials. Super basic. There’s some real annoying things about it though. No fade out on music kills me.thumb_screws
- canoe0
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C…
I was going to send this to the client today, but didn't think they'd find it as funny as me...
- canoe0
Signed up for Monday.com based on their templates and marketplace. Trello felt more nuanced and 'open source' which reminded me of how magento is... there's nothing worse than a marketplace full of remedial crap... like I imagine Microsoft Windows to be like.
- canoe0
Love this thing. I recently worked on an older computer of mine and was looking for it a few times. Don't know how I lived without it.
- canoe0
How's work?
@mono - what's your plans? What's job hunting like at this age, or are you going to freelance for agencies?
- I’m taking a little break before I dive in. I have no idea. First step is to get my own computer and start collecting work. Maybe in a couple weeks I’ll start.monospaced
- It’s a long road, but I have time. I need to figure out what kind of work I even want. I definitely don’t want agency or freelance if I can help it.monospaced
- You're pretty much a specialist in event collateral and probably marketing. You can be a consultant for sure, this QBNer would think.canoe
- thanks!monospaced
- Hoping good things for you, mono. I work in your same industry and have seen some shitty things go down.stoplying
