So, in the wild, untamed world of YouTube videos, one man towers above
them all. Sai, the guy who did that song Gong Nom style. But thanks to you, the
viewers, we haven't done too badly for ourselves here at TechWiki either. We
passed 1 million subscribers not too long ago, and are hoping to hit a
million and a half sometime this summer. So, let's have a look at how our little
technology compendium all started, as well as a bit of a behind-the-scenes
look as to how we crank out new videos for you guys every week. You see, back
in 2013, the channel was originally envisioned as a place for paid content,
basically meaning commercials for products from companies like Corsair,
who was Linus Media Group's first ever sponsor. And those commercials were a
little interesting, but we thought our viewers might like them. Sort of like
how some people watch the Super Bowl just for the advertisements. But the
idea for fast as possible followed soon after. And if you have a look at some of
our older videos, they were much shorter. one or two minutes of defining
a term and running through some bullet points. In fact, early episodes weren't
even scripted and were shot in batches five at a time. In those days, poor Edel
was editing all of them. I didn't just edit fast as possible
what it is, as well as all daily videos
over online as tech tips as well as sponsor projects. So, it probably isn't
surprising that we started hiring more editors soon after, including Taran and
Nick Van Burkel. Taran really helped jazz up the channel with higher
production values that made our videos more visually interesting. And Nicki V
brought his own sense of humor to Tequiki with his silly editing style
that we've tried to continue to maintain to this day. And with this expansion of
our team, TechWiki started to become a place for more conceptual videos instead
of just spouting off features for things like new revisions of USB. Episodes
explaining topics such as safe PC temperatures and how to pick a power
supply became the norm. But these kinds of episodes took longer to write. And
because Lionus was writing most of them on his own with some help from Nick
Light of all people, seriously the sales guy, he hired yours truly. And running
the channel became basically my full-time job. Dennis, our current
Techquickie editor, started here at Lionus Media Group the exact same day as
I did, actually. And we're currently a twoperson team. I contribute scripts,
research, and ideas for visuals, while Dennis does a fantastic job shooting and
editing. So, how does a techquickie episode go from a spark in someone's
head to a finished episode? Well, first, either I or another team member comes up
with ideas or gets inspiration by keeping an eye on various trends or even
taking suggestions from our viewers on the forum, the comment section, or
Twitter. The next step is for me to research the topic and write the script,
making sure, of course, that everything we say is well sourced. After reviewing
the script with Lionus to make sure he thinks it's not a worthless piece of
poop and that I should just pack my things and move back to North Carolina,
Dennis shoots the episode with the host, typically Lionus or Luke, on our green
screen set. Then, after about a day of editing and creating animations and a
quick review from me, the episode is basically finished. Of course, our sales
team also works hard to get ad spots at the end of our videos so that we can
keep the lights on and continue to crank out videos for all 1.3 million of you to
enjoy. And while we're on the subject of our subscriber count, let's go check out
the gold play button YouTube sent us to commemorate hitting the million subscriber mark. Come on, let's go.
You ready, Dennis? So good. Get our own gold medal. You want to count to three?
One. Okay. One, two, three.
Hey, wait a minute. Look at this thing. This is like way smaller than LTS. Hey,
Lionus, why do you get the big play button? Like, yeah, look at this. Like,
do they not understand that I'm always out of ideas and Dennis's creativity is
stunted cuz he's so far from Taiwan? It's a that much bigger. Yeah, like
really? Well, anyway, guys, like this video if you liked it, dislike it if you
didn't. Uh, leave a comment. Send me your ideas for new techie videos. Um,
tweet me at JMart 604. Let me know what you guys think.
Dennis, let's go set up a meeting with Lionus. We don't get paid nearly enough to deal with the stuff. Okay. Yeah,
let's do it. Come on. Let's go.