Madness? This is YOUTUBE!!!

So a couple of days I went on the 'Tube' to see how my views were allocating for my blogger tutorial video. The video is lengthy so I split it up into two parts. I came to find that the first video had 70 views, and the other barely 35. I was kind of disappointed cause that would mean people stop watching halfway through the 1st part and didn't bother to see the second.But then I saw that my cat video had gained a whopping near 700 views! I had two subscribers to a 'Meow Mix' video that I have edited using Adobe Premier Pro CS4 to go with some 'crunk' remix for a nice laugh, and the views were off the chart (at least for me).

I should of known this would happen, as the YouTube community is more leaned to videos that doesn't actually teach but entertain :p. So for now on, I will only make entertaining videos unless people request. If you want to know how to do something on Adobe just leave a request and I'll make a video if I have the time. In the meanwhile I will start trying to build up more virtual fame and post them here =P.





Sorry for the bad editing, I REALLY didn't try to make it look good at all. Just put it up on my YouTube since it was something I had lying around.

Newsletter Final Project!

The final project for my MAJ102 is here and I'm excited to work on it tomorrow!

The first day working on it I had to think about what to do my newsletter on and I couldn't come up with anything based solely on Digital Media. Thinking, I had a plan to do a good informative newsletter on technology that will help students in TCI actually DO Digital Media (at home)! The idea hit me when I started to think about the problems people had with Adobe Cs4 alone...the problems with installing, the problem with running, the lagging they would get, etc. I was probably the only one who really knew what was wrong (low RAM, crappy GPU, insufficient HDD space, slow CPU). You can't except to run powerful software of today such as Adobe CS4 on a desktop that has a greater mass of dust then the machine alone o_o.

I have my interest in Digital Media but my true skills is in Computer Technology, and I figured I'd make my newsletter based around Computer Technology and Digital Media. Maybe then people in the DMA Major could figure out what they need to do to get Adobe CS4 working properly :P. That..or they can ask some questions/request a video on this blog, which anyone has not done yet -__-.

The newsletter will explain the hardware parts of a computer and why it's important to the Adobe CS4 Suite. It will help the reader understand why CS4 may not be running as good as they would like due to the existent problems of low-end hardware that barely meets the minimum requirements, and will make them realize the importance of Computer Technology in the DMA field. That's a briefing, I'll try my best to make the newsletter easy to understand for those who except a 50-year old PC to work with next-gen software :P.

"Concentrating While You Study" How does it relate to me?

Concentrating while studying is nearly impossible for me. I am, no matter what, unable to keep focus on things even if it interest me because there always multiple things I'm thinking about. Talking about concentrating when studying, I was just distracted for awhile earlier on AIM while reading the article on the topic of "Concentrating while you study", isn't that something?

Distractions are present all of the time for me, especially at home. iTunes, AIM, TXT messages, etc. Most of the times I would get messages on AIM but not answer to them until I finish studying or working. The worst distractions I would get is when a friend would send me a YouTube link and tells me to watch it. I would last about 2 YouTube videos until I start ignoring the links, unless it's a really good you tube video. Doing my work in the morning seems to be much easier then night, as I am not distracted as much, but then there is time...

In the morning, none of my friends are on AIM, I don't play any music because I enjoy the quietness, and I feel more rushed to do work as time is limited. But since time is of the essence, I do it at times such at 9PM-12AM. I would finish most of it during that time and the rest in the morning before leaving school, even if it cost being a couple of minutes late.

Lack of sleep is far worst then my distractions however. Today, I barely got any sleep after a long day of working on bicycles, so I felt weak and slow all day, unable to get any work done. Trying to become focus, I would fall asleep (I did today in DMA103 >.<) and wake up suddenly trying to keep on track. I sometimes would think I'm up because I could hear everything while I'm asleep, but I wouldn't remember much of it when I become conscious.

Whenever I'm concentrating on something and not distracted, its too easy to lose track of time. Something excepted to take 1 hour would turn into 6, and I would notice it when it begins to get dark outside (weekends). I would get upset for the day going by so fast and it being wasted on one thing, but I wouldn't feel too upset about time passing by if I gained something out of it during my studies.

First Video Recreated

First video back up, new and improved! There are two parts make so sure you watch both!

After pressing play, you can press the HD (High Definition) button on the video, then press the full screen button to see the video in high definition!
If you don't want to go full screen but make the video show larger/higher quality, you can click the video itself after pressing play to go to the YouTube Page for the video. From there you can view it in a larger size, and optionally press HD button to increase the video quality, without going full screen.

If any questions, leave a comment on my blog, twitter, or you tube video ;).

Don't forget to follow me on twitter to ensure you stay updated!!

You can also visit my youtube page :
http://www.youtube.com/sleepypanchoo for other tutorials/videos :).

A Day Of Work Only To Gain Lost

What a day..started out good, ended up bad, and it was not because of rain.

Sorry to say but I have to re-create both of my tutorials, the first and second one, that I have made for followers of my blog. I worked hard on both, mostly the second, and now I'm going to have my hands full remaking them. Only good thing that comes out of this is that both first and second will be improved, so I guess I can feel somewhat optimistic about this. The remake shouldn't take me long, I'll maybe even finish tonight, so stay tuned!

Chapter 7, "The ABCs of Time Management"

While working on my blog I happen to bump into a small article about time management. I know that I have some bad time management skills, especially when I give a ETA on when something will be done, but today I came home and went straight to working on my blog, my next tutorial, and some DMA102 work. Wasting as little time as possible, I opened up "Chapter 7, 'The ABCs of Time Management'" and ended up giving myself more time by doing this ;).

What better way to show proof that you haven't done a reading homework? *lol*

I didn't really skim through that fast, I did read the first 3 pages before going back to work, but I'll be sure to read the rest after my work is done ;).

***EDIT***
"Blog about how YOU have made adjustments to manage your time more wisely."
-Thanks to Willie Delacruz for reminding me to answer the homework correctly :P.

Well I didn't have to read "The ABCs of Time Management" to notice my time management problems, I already knew them, the article just reminded me of them :S.

If there one thing I made adjustments to in order to manage my time more wisely, is to keep organized. When I had to buy books for my first semester at TCI, I brought my notebooks and folders to go with my class schedule! Three folders and three two subject notebooks for the two classes I would get Monday-Thursday. This is so I won't have to look through a oversized binder that would eventually have ripped out loose-leaf paper that gets crumbled. This also helps me carry less books when I bike to school (yes I do put the pedal to the metal almost everyday) and helps me become less tired. Even more importantly is being organized on the PC, which matters even more to me. I use to have to look for files through messy folders and all (search engine were useless due to me forgetting file names), but if you see my video tutorial you will see I have all my icons organized in rows. All my work stuff on the right side, all my games on the left. The whole Adobe CS4 Suite is on its own row on the right as well as the whole Microsoft Office...basically each row for each type of work. And if that's not tidy enough for you, you'd be surprised at my "Documents" folder ;).

If there any thing on time management I have to work on, it is procrastination, but that should be less of a problem since I like what I do in TCI ;). In high school, I had those horrid 7 page papers...what a nightmare!

But yup! That's me and my fight against time...
Oh! and another thing, being late...I have to stop doing that, have to plan for today and tomorrow, not just today ;).

How To Customize Your Blog Page

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Customizing your blog page is fairly simple. I'm showing this so people can be able to get a template but edit it to look the way they want. Non-edited templates looks the same as everyone else! So make your stand out. This is my first video..its ok for a start I guess...

*EDIT
Video back up, new and improved. Check here
http://sleepypanchoo.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-video-recreated.html