I've been thinking about starting a YouTube channel for a very long time already. But I always found an excuse on why I cannot do it right now:
But this month I finally decided to get started and make starting a channel my top priority for this month. So I wrote these two goals into my monthly plan:
It was a lot more complicated and challenging than I thought. I had to learn a lot of new things, like how to film, to begin with. I managed to resist the temptation to buy a ton of expensive equipment and started just recording with my iPhone!
Then I had to figure out how to get decent audio. I also just used my iPhone for that. Unfortunately, my office has a very bad echo, so the first recording sounded terrible. But I got creative and ended up recording the audio in my wardrobe which sounded decent enough 😅😂
My biggest challenge though was to overcome my perfectionism. I struggle with this in everything I do. The same problem made it super hard to launch my first app back then because I couldn't stop polishing it. But if I learned one thing from you here on IH it's to "JUST SHIP IT!". So I did exactly that!
This first video is part of a series where I will build a brand new app and I show you everything I do like my research, planning the app, designing and programming it as well as the launch and the marketing afterward. Everything I do I learned with my first app Avocation which I launched in 2019 and recently hit 1 million downloads. The video is about my first week and everything I do before I start coding.
You can check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4l8e7pJCsA
It was a ton of work getting this video out but it was already totally worth it and I am excited to create a lot more videos!!
Cool video!
I was wondering how you learned app designing as a programmer. Any advice for new IHs?
Thank you :)
Actually, before I started programming many years ago I was more into design. So I am doing all kinds of design things for quite some time already. But for app design in particular I would recommend you to check out the Human Interface Guidelines by Apple where you can already learn a lot about what to look out for.
And a lot of practice. You can start by redesigning Apps that you know or just creating concepts for ideas you have, even if they might not be a valid product you can still practise your skills doing that!
Also, I love getting inspired by creations on Dribbble so you might want to look around there too :)
Thanks for you advice. It means a lot to me.
Happy coding!
Love the concept and production. Instant subscribe, I'm already inspired to build something new. Congrats on starting the channel.
Thank you, that means a lot to me 🙇♂️🙌
what a fun video!! keep going!
Thank you :D
Congrats on launching 🚀
Thanks!!
Great video! Just subscribed your channel 👍🏻
Thank you! :)
Very nice video - congratulations!
Thank you :)
Hey David -
Wow - what a super cool video and idea for a channel.
I loved it. Especially the way you illustrated your thinking with your sketching. And for all of us who are developing and growing products - a really great inspiration for persevering!
I really look forward to where you take this next!
Thanks!
Thanks again Marko, thats my goal with these videos. I want to inspire more people to work on their ideas and give them some ideas on how they can get started 🙌
Awesome, David!
Proud of you for getting your first video out and for getting over your perfectionism! (The quality is way higher than what I expected after you mentioned you didn't aim for perfection.)
Also just finished watching the other Jack Conte video you sent me. Really good one. Thanks again!
Thanks Niklas! Now you know at which impossible things I am aiming at and why I struggle with perfectionism 😅
Glad you enjoyed the video I shared with you, thanks again for the ones you sent me earliert :)
I can imagine. :D
Maybe it's reassuring that the comments on this IH post prove that you can be easy on yourself. :)
Loved the video! Very clean and simple editing 💪 sehr stark
Thank you Daniel, I appreciate it! :)
Great work, David. I really enjoyed your video, and the quality is superb! Love the way you approach your idea as well. Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next vid. ;) Oh, and btw, the terrace is just 😍!
Thank you Borislav, I really appreciate that!
And yeah I love our terrace too, still waiting for warmer temperatures here in Austria though 😄
A very interesting video. I also want to create videos for my friends. But I ran into a problem in converting. Can someone help me.
I am aware of such difficulties. I think you should read the blog on https://movavi.io/ and it will become clear to you how to solve this problem. I was having difficulty editing audio in a video file. Now I can edit it however I want.
Thanks for the information.
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Glad you liked it Tom and thank you for your suggestion! 🙂