The Nubble Lighthouse – My First Drone Video
About one year ago, my wife surprised me an amazing gift I’ve wanted since I was 15. A beautiful Yamaha 88-key electric piano. About 3 months ago I wrote my first, quite simple, song on it. I wanted to post the song but didn’t think it was worth sharing on its own. While on vacation in …
YouTube Changes Revenue Criteria for Creators and Partners – What it Means For You!
I woke up this morning to an email from YouTube stating they are changing the partner criteria a YouTube Creator must meet in order to generate revenue from their videos and yes, it’s going to impact a lot of people. YouTube Changes Revenue Criteria Before we get into the reasons and opinions, here are the …
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Solar Eclipse 2017 Photo
Photo of the solar eclipse August 21, 2017. Shot with a Canon 70D and 8 stop neutral density filter. ƒ 20 | 1/4000s | ISO 100 | 100mm
Sunset Over Ames Pond
Took this photo as the sun sets over the water at Ames Pond in Tewksbury MA. ƒ 3.5 | 1/250s | ISO 200 | 28mm
Block Referral Spam Traffic
For those of you who use Google Analytics, or just about any other website analytics tools, you may have noticed the sudden jump in referral spam showing up on your site. Whether it’s flooding your referral data or you’re seeing a spam showing up in your event tracking, it’s equally frustrating to see this junk ruining …
How To Add External Links to YouTube Videos with Annotations
THIS POST IS OUT OF DATE AND NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. YouTube is the top video sharing platform available that’s open to just about anyone with an internet connection. Over 100 hours of video are uploaded every minute. With all of the features available through YouTube, one of the most powerful is Annotations. Annotations …
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The Tree on the Stone Island
Revenue Growth Slows for GoPro
A very interesting graph out of Statista show’s GoPro, the leader in durable sporting cameras, is seeing a violent slowdown in revenue growth in 2015 compared over the past five years. You will find more statistics at Statista Although it’s alarming to see the such a drastic decline in growth, you need to look at …
The Era of the Data Breach
Almost every few weeks there is a large company in the news announcing they have had a data breach. Target, Home Depot, and Ashley Madison are some of the largest most recent companies to fall to hackers. Now this isn’t a few people sitting at home in their parents basement. The Target data breach seems …