Visa  ✈️ NYC!  🗽 (Apr23-May12)

001: let's make 100 videos Curious about the idiosyncrasies of the video format – how do videos "work"? How does YouTube "work"? What can you do with a video format that you cannot do as well in any other format?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZPEdJt3uc …

002: my accent and voice spoiler: I'm Singaporean, and I love that you can tell it from my accent some thoughts about accents as class/status markers some thoughts about pitch and pacing when we speak we are always singinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prz0wfE6ae4 …

003: how I think about building a twitter following which is a microcosm of my broader strategy for making friends and connecting with people in general find kind+interesting people, be nourishing and supportive in the replies, be clear abt your nichehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hqgKBZVJ20 …

004: book review for surely you're joking mr feynman starting to get sleepy and slightly rambly, accidentally recorded this with my mic a whole foot away from me might redo it someday. or nothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXytZemZoQ …

005: aesthetic resonance is when the cinematic universe of your life is coherent, with callbacks and inside jokes across domains talismans are objects that represent meaningful stories to you (eg wedding rings). you can make your own talismanshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtkNDwXpM8 …

006: a high level of polish is not a desirable end-state in-of-itself; the point is to make good content first it becomes interesting when you start thinking/seeing it as a resource management problem – life is too short to waste time polishing turdshttps://youtu.be/W_pnMshxdZk 

007: My first video essay!! Some part of me thought I would *never* do this, that I don't have the skills, don't know how video editors work. Take that, limiting self-beliefs! I'm a YouTuber now!! insane how good it feels to ship thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6jK0VMspEM …