Video Blog
Why? I like talking about things that interest me. I think this could be useful to someone else. It strengthens my understanding and can give me new ideas. Just as writing notes lets me look at my thoughts from the outside, recording videos lets me do the same in a different medium. It lets me develop my ideas, expand my network, improve my visibility, and build my personal brand.
What could be in the videos?
- Tool reviews. I have doubts about this because it is very hard to make them promote my ideas rather than the tools. But it seems that I am always trying something new in one form or another, and I want to talk about it, either in writing or on video.
- One small concept explained in simple terms. I just talk about something I have studied and understood, explain it simply, and use an example. An LLM could do this, but it is important for me to retell it in my own words to make sure I understand it, not to create an educational product.
- My ideas, or the decisions I make in my products and why I make them. This is probably the most interesting option from a positioning perspective.
Overall, I am leaning toward live, unedited, raw thoughts rather than a polished product. I do not want to spend too much time on preparation and editing. What matters to me is capturing my current understanding. So I will start simple. Maybe later, if it takes off and I do not abandon it, I will turn quantity into quality.
Ideally, I think the process will be simple. I write in my blog. This includes every idea, including raw ones, boring ones, and ones that are completely wrong and do not work. I see the blog as a public notebook. Then I use agents to pull out thoughts that could be useful in other formats, such as videos, posts on X, or maybe a talk based on a particular idea.