The Dan York Report

In November 2020, Twitter launched "Fleets" globally, bringing the vertical "Story" format first launched on Snapchat and then Instagram, Facebook, and most other social networks. In this episode, I explore what Fleets are all about, how they work, what some of the issues I've seen with them, and some of my thoughts for their future.

You can read more at: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/introducing-fleets-new-way-to-join-the-conversation.html

After 7 years and 400 episodes of The Dan York Report, this episodes has a look back at how and why I started this podcast, what I've used to create it, some of the content I've covered, along with some thoughts about the future. I would definitely welcome your comments!

With two hooks in the ceiling, I made the single biggest home office improvement for Zoom calls and live streaming! In this episode I talk about how useful a ceiling-mounted green screen can be, and how green screens in general can help improve the quality of your video calls or live streaming...

What??? With schools moving to online learning, are we really seeing the end of *snow days*? In this episode, I talk about the long tradition of "snow days" in the northern US, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we learn... and removing the need to have a day off for snowstorms! If you are in areas with snow, are you hearing something similar? (no snow days) What do you think about all of this?

In this pandemic with its ongoing and never-ending uncertainty, is part of our challenge that we have depleted our brain's "surge capacity"? Following on to the last episode 396 where I talked about the "Pandemic Productivity Plunge," in this episode I discuss an article I found very helpful in thinking about how to *think about* our response to the pandemic. The article is "Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful" by science journalist Tara Haelle. I would encourage everyone to read it at:

https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c

(If you cannot view it there, I have also found it at https://outline.com/GwHDSf )

What do you think about this article and the ideas? Are they helpful to you? What are YOU doing to renew your capacity to respond? Please do leave comments either here on SoundCloud or wherever this is posted on social media.

FYI, you can follow the article author on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tarahaelle

So... anyone else struggling a bit with productivity during these pandemic times? I'm working longer hours than ever, and am "busier" than ever.. but I'm finding myself struggling a good bit, particularly with creating new content. In this episode I talk about some of my own struggles with productivity during the pandemic, as well as some of what people share in threads on Twitter - https://twitter.com/danyork/status/1290287978024116227 and Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@danyork/104626127875193156

Why haven't I been recording podcast episodes? Well... I've been off experimenting with Twitch! In this episode I talk all about why I have been doing that, and what I have learned so far. You can follow along with my experiments at https://www.twitch.tv/danyork324

(And yes, this episode was actually streamed on Twitch, too.)

After the COVID-19 pandemic is over, will livestreaming change churches and community organizations? If so, how? In this episode I talk about how there have been some benefits seen in livestreaming. When the pandemic is over and we can start gathering again, will we bring with us any lessons from all our time streaming online?

In the beginning, SoundCloud had a big orange button in their iOS app that let you record and upload audio. Then in 2014 that was removed... but now in 2020 the Upload ability is back (but not Record). In this episode I talk about that evolution over these years...

Links:

- TDYR 163 from 2014, where I talked about the initial change: https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-163-soundcloud-removes

- SoundCloud's info about uploading: http://web.archive.org/web/20200514015038/https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043080874-How-do-I-upload-tracks-on-iOS-

On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, I look back 30 years and tell the story of how the events that led to Earth Day 1990, and the choices I made, fundamentally changed my life and set me on the path that led to where I am today...

See also this post: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/04/on-this-50th-earth-day-we-are-using-the-internet-to-change-the-world/