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Bubble Convention Videos – post process

All videos complete and uploaded for attendees

Adding a process to the website for video distribution and purchasing

Limits in place for who can view and purchase them

Using Vimeo for protection to keep the value

Re-using a similar system from Snippet Club

Videos ready for members by the end of the week – will leave it til after the Easter break

Content value is similar to the price of attending on purpose

Slowing Down from a hectic life

Lots of “fixed” events happening every week

Illness forces you to have a break – watch daytime TV

Body was telling Taylor to slow down

Working for ourselves means there are no fixed hours

Making food and watching something instead of eating at the desk

Keeping the bedroom for sleeping (and being ill)

Sometimes getting up helps you heal quicker

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Didn’t manage an episode last week

Pop! Bubble Convention – filming all sessions, talks and demonstrations

4 rooms to cover over all 3 days, 3 sessions happening at the same time

Collate video and audio, edit them and upload before the next session finishes

3 cameras needed, DSL, DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and iPhone 16 Pro

Audio was really important for the speakers

Theatre show had two cameras for a Multicam edit

Strange Apple keyboard issue

Made new friends – thanks to Harvey for all his help

Thank you also to the organisers, in particular Damian and CJ for inviting us

Upgrading smart home with new Ikea devices

Smart relay, goes inside a light switch cavity to keep power to the lights

Bathroom has a custom bulb mount, so it isn’t easily replaceable with smart bulbs

Presence sensor should fix that – and will control the fan also

Make “dumb” lights automated

Bilresa from Ikea

Office automation using one of these switches

Lots more new devices available in their “Matter” collection

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Convention for Professional Bubble Artists – AOIBA

Filming lectures and shows

People attending get access to the videos

Capture, edit and upload as we go, so I don’t have a ton of work to do when I return home

DJI Mics for speakers

Cameras for each room

Planning and equipment takes time

CinemaSync web app

Deciding what to watch at the cinema each week

Review timeline, compare films

Comparing films, times, screen types etc.

Making life easier

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Ambient Dashboard – Magic Mirror…

An interactive display showing whatever is important to you

Running on a Fire TV stick in kiosk mode

Showing upcoming meetings, sports events, time to leave with traffic taken into account

Heating, Home Automation stats etc.

Turns off when Taylor leaves the flat

Up-to-date white board

Building it from scratch allows any tools to be added – more flexibility

Multiple pages if needed

Touchscreen in the future maybe?

Blackpool Magic Convention last week

Breakfast – lectures, shows, buying magic, 5000 magicians, gala shows, networking and drinks, late to bed, and then repeat

Sleep is in debit

Taking Action on things you have seen, learnt and spoken to people about

Striking while the iron is still hot

Making notes at the time to refer back to

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Lots of small tasks completed this week

Two 6 hour coding sessions for Taylor

Blackpool Magic Convention is happening next week

Longing this year by 1 day or 33%

Worlds biggest Magic Convention

Catching up with friends you don’t see very often

Very tiring but also very rewarding

Friend’s Meetings

Making time for friends and family – scheduling them like a meeting

Cinema and Tennis as examples

Giving your sole attention to other people so you don’t push them away

Making time for your children

Shared calendars so we can see what each of us are doing

No show next week due to Blackpool

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Herman Miller Chair – https://ukstore.hermanmiller.com/collections/seating/

Fully Adjustable – very high quality chair

Expensive but very good.

Purchased second hand one on Facebook Marketplace, 1 hour away

Built June 2025, so very new

No headrest – but one has been purchased and will be delivered

Researching and purchasing the best we can afford

Tax Bill paid

Keeping track of your energy usage

Fuel company supplied In Home Display

SMET2 compatible power monitoring

Bright App – https://glowmarkt.com/bright

Glow Display / CAD – https://www.hildebrand.co.uk/products/ihd-cad

Works with Home Assistant so you can collect live fuel usage

Watch for usage spikes quickly

See custom usage for devices that report power usage, currently only washing machine and tumble dryer

Tado X don’t report usage

Electric sockets and power strips that report power usage are available

Keep track of the power hungry devices in the home and office

See your energy usage as a Sankey Chart

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What Makes Today a Success – web app

myThreeTasks – currently in beta

Gamifying Productivity

Lots of ideas to improve the app

For streaks, only working days count

Invite only – great marketing

User gets to choose what their tasks are – big or small

Frustrations this week

Video issues for the Panto video – corruption is to blame

The next step when the video is complete is to find the root cause and fix it

Big video job coming up so this is important

Backup and storage planning

Adilo is going back on their contract for Lifetime Deal Users

Closing “legacy” account illegally and move to subscription

Vimeo is cheaper so I would have to move everything back again

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Helpful Triggers

Create triggers to give you good habits

Obligation is a good trigger

Rewarding yourself for doing tasks that maybe you don’t enjoy doing

Putting the Kindle in the right place to make picking it up easy

Put things by your car keys to remember to take them with you

Wednesday… working on Panto DVDs

Problems with recording hardware

Errors in the Bambu AMS – Automatic Material System, and having to take it apart to clear the broken filament

Tiny magnets and strings leaping for freedom

Battling to get them back in and stop them attracting

Getting the videos finished to a self imposed deadline

Don’t upgrade software in the middle of a project

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