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Old dog, new tricks

 When was the last time you did something new?

Mine was last weekend. When I tried my hand at creating youtube videos. I looked at a few video editing softwares, downloaded it (or used it off the cloud). Obviously, I was not very happy with my first few attempts and kept the video in a private mode. 

A few hours later into this trial and error process, I realised that this is no different from blogging - where more than getting the writing right - it is all about getting the idea out there and continuing to work on it - and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 

So, I put out my first few videos on the Coolture Designs video channel. 

And the friend who had instigate this had warned - your first few videos are going to crappy and you will not have views - but keep at it - videos are the mode of the future (as much I am a reader and a consumer of the printed word more than videos) - so you better learn this skill. 

So, that was last weekend. This weekend, I plan to use another software to try it. This was inspired by a 12 year old niece who is a video editing pro. Thanks to her, I am trying out one more software and trying to bring out a few more videos. 

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