On this episode of the podcast I am joined by MacRumors Hartley Charlton - and we get busy pulling apart the latest Apple event, iPhone 15 and Apple Watch as well. 

We also chat over how much better can iPhone really ever get. iPad and Stage Manger gets a brief look in and we look ahead to what may or may not be coming from Apple later this year.

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Tech season is almost here and we’re getting ourselves ready for a busy few weeks ahead.

We talk plenty about the upcoming iPhone 15 - what we’re expecting from it and the way that creators should be maximising their content on it. We talk about Apple Watch Ultra and how you can make it fit in with your Android lifestyle.

Invalid traffic and the mess it’s creating is talked about again as it causes more and more mayhem as David gets hit by it! We ponder why at the same time YouTube are suddenly changing its ad policy - is it just a strange coincidence? And are the leaks from Google over their Pixel 8 all planned?

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00:00 Intro

01:20 Alex up against it - the woes of a sponsored video!

04:30 The Watch Ultra

07:30 Using the Watch Ultra with a Samsung S23 Ultra 

10:00 Start making your iPhone 15 videos now! 

10:55 What to expect on iPhone 15

17:00 Will the event be recorded or live?

18:00 The i15 Pro Max Revealed

20:00 Is 8GB really enough?

25:40 Alex’s take on the Samsung Flip

30:50 David & The Nothing brand

32:40 Small brands should listen to creators 

36:00 The Android life

38:07 The Invalid Traffic debacle

42:45 Why are YouTube changing the ad rules now?

46:00 The YouTube Shorts mess 

52:40 Thumbnail teasers

61:00 More iPhone stuff

63:00 Google Pixel tricks! 

Another banger as they say - where to start?

This time we muse about the coming events of tech-tober that lay ahead for us and what our plans are. We chat over iPhone 15 and if it’s going to tempt us and look at the Pixel Pro 8 as well.

We take a good look at the Invalid Views scandal that has been troubling creators this past week and ask why aren’t YouTube fixing it and telling us what the hell is going on. We also talked about the importance of taking a break and re-charging the batteries, how we plan content and our thoughts on the whole Linus affair.

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00:00 Intro

01:20 Welcome to Tech-tember - talking iPhone 15

05:37 Are iPads lost? 

09:05 Apple and their cables…

11:45 Plans for our podcast and trying to help you

13:20 Are release day videos really worth it?

17:42 Will Alex ever swap back to an iPhone?

19:55 What’s all the fuss about zoom?

20:38 Oops - the S23 is cracked!

21:44 Looking forward to the Pixel event and the Pixel Pro 8 

23:46 David’s love affair with Nothing continues…

28:40 Alex and his Brazilian channel

32:50 YouTube and Invalid Views - the full story

38:22 Using analytics to plan your content

44:40 The research tab - could be better & using Google Trends

45:35 Taking a break - it’s so important

50:10 Thumbnail or title first - planning content   

56:00 Oh dear Linus…our take 

You want content - we have content!! Another bumper episode where we had loads to chat over. 

Firstly - the hardware. In the studio, we had the Fold 5 & Flip 5 to chat about, the future for iPhone 15 and the HUGE Samsung Tab 8. And if that weren’t enough we also had the Nothing 2 with us as well.

We chatted about some super Android hacks we have both found and then we got down to business and talked YouTube.

This time we chatted analytics and as a creator what are the most imporatnt metrics to keep an eye on. Finally we spoke about whet the hell is going on over at Medium for tech writers too…

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00:00 Intro

01:10 Our moaning!

02:00 David’s getting into Android - and its all Alex’s fault

04:10 The slippy Pixel 7 Pro

06:10 iPhone 15 - should we

07:05 iPhone battery life vs Samsung S23

08:40 Multitasking on the Samsung S23

09:40 Android hacks & work arounds - Neardrop

13:30 File transfer speeds 

14:05 Samsung Fold 5

16:45 First impressions Samsung Flip 5

19:15 Pro settings for the camera on Samsung S23

19:45 The Nothing Phone 2 

23:33 14-inch Tab S9 and DeX

27:50 The differences in Android phones and Novalauncher app

32:25 Understanding YouTube - a  re tags still a thing?

34:58 Learning to tell a story - Pope In The Pool!

42:00 Analytics

46:55 Keeping it simple & CPM vs RPM

52:00 Thye most important metrics

54:00 Alex and his Brazilian channel

62:00 The importance of change - mentally & physically

65:00 What’s gone wrong with Medium?

This time around ‘ya boys have plenty to chat about. There was David’s iOS situation and his brush with YouTube’s copyright department! We chat over what the Nothing 2 is like to use and then Alex reveals just how painful Samsung Unpacked was for him, exactly what he bought…and why!

Chatting YouTube we chat over the benefits sub-titles, the pitfalls of brand deals and when and when not to use timestamps.

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00:00 Intro

01:30 Pumping out the content

03:30 David’s copyright issue

09:30 Being cautious of brand deals

14:50 Android meets iOS and talking Nothing

22:05 Eagle eyed viewers

23:40 Samsung Unpacked

26:10 The Flip 5

29:32 What Alex bought at Unpacked

33:08 Samsung Fold 5

39:07 What’s coming with iPhone 15?

40:33 Samsung Tab S9

46:16 Samsung Watches

47:13 David’s iOS 16.6 nightmare

53:09 The benefit of adding subtitles to your videos

56:20 Timestramps on YouTube videos

57:20 Alex and his latest techniques

60:30 Oppenheimer & IMAX

65:00 Hijack

Your favourite podcast boys are back with lots to talk about. iOS 17 for iPad and stage manager get a look at. We compare the Garmin watch to the Watch Ultra and we chat over Google Pixel 7 Pro versus iOS and iPhone 14 Pro. We even manage to talk Dyson, McLaren & the Titan Project too!

YouTube chat this time is about niches, pivoting, SEO and channel planning.

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00:00 Intro

02:10 The start of the Pixel 7 Pro story

04:30 Promise not to mention the BBC again!

05:30 AirPods Max galore

07:27 Snapdragon & Tensor chips…

08:40 The ecosystem wins & switching

11:45 Problems switching to Android…perspectives

12:50 The Nothing series of phones

14:32 Garmin & Watch Ultra

16:30 iOS 17 & betas

19:10 Stage Manager

22:50 Whats new for iPhone 15?

25:18 YouTube chat - pivoting & niches

29:00 Getting growth

32;12 Using the YouTube community

34:15 Video duration & doubling down

40:56 What next? 

41:55 Strategy

42:34 SEO & subtitles & captions  

47:31 Fonts & brand recognition

48:09 The Penny Series 

50:45 Talking Hijack

51:55 Amazon Prime Day Deals

54:10 15-inch Starlight MacBook Air

56:35 Thinking iPad

57:55 Project Titan

59:01 Alex & his Dyson days

60:00 The McLaren Tech Centre

Boy - where to start with this episode? We covered so much.

We briefly mentioned the new 15-inch MacBook Air and the Beats Studio Buds+ and then we rolled up our sleeves and got down to our normal YouTube business.

This time around we cover shorts, live streams, my first Google pay cheque and Alex’s 65,000 subs. More than that, we chat about quanitiy over quality, the roll of Substack and is one video per week enough to keep YouTube happy?

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00:00 Intro

01:25 15inch MacBook Air

07:27 Beats Studio Buds+

30:45 Shorts

11:30 Audio testing - sound stage etc

13:35 Are we spoiled with good tech? Who do we make videos for?

15:00 AdSense seasonality

16:30 The ideas for content

19:00 Looking at your metrics

20:25 Making boring content interesting

23:15 David’s first Google payout

23:50 How much these channels cost us to run?

24:50 Alex and his 65,000 subs

26:00 The thought of giving up & gaining subs

28:15 Are YouTube doing their bit for us?

33:20 Quantity over quality  

36:10 Is one video per week enough?

39:00 The lack of scale-ability of YouTube

42:05 Re-purposing content

46:30 Newsletters & Substack

50:00 Using an Avatar

52:10 Shorts - are we being lazy?

56;20 Hijack on Apple TV+

58:55 Alex takes on the Metaverse

60:00 You reap what you sow

63:00 YouTube Live

66:00 Monetising Live Streams

68:00 The benefits of a call to action

This time you get Alex and me together, side by side in his studio and as ever we cover loads.

Being our first podcast since WWDC we unbox it fully - our thoughts on Vision Pro, the 15-inch MacBook Air and the Mac Studio. Alex talks about his first take on iPadOS 17 too.

Then we get into YouTube and chat about how NOT to get caught out when working with brands, Shorts, the benefits of going Live and using SEOs smartly in your video descriptions.

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Apple Vision Pro - our take

10:50 What else happened at WWDC? M2 MacBook Air & Mac Pro

15:20 Apple’s Returns policy

17:25 Talking iPhones

19:10 OS betas & the last word on Final Cut on iPad

21:30 The woes of a bad brand deal

30:45 Shorts

35:00 Finding your voice & style

40:00 Using music correctly in videos & the Motion Array competition

43:00 Going live on YouTube

55:00 The future according to David & Alex!

62:00 Tags, timestamping & SEO

It’s almost like t’was the night before Christmas! Here we are just a few days away from WWDC ’23 and Alex and I are pumped!

Of course, we talk about what we are looking forwards to next week but plenty more besides. I talk about the London Podcast Show and Alex gives his full take on what it’s like as a creator trying to use Final Cut on an iPad.

We chat about cameras, audio, and why having good gear does matter and why we go the extra yards with our editing.

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00:00 Intro

01:45 Samsung camera & overpacking

04:50 Set design

09:00 Apple clearing the decks 

12:25 iPadOS what Alex wants…

14:10 Final Cut on iPad - the real story

22:20 DaVinci & LumaFusion as alternatives

25:50 How we bring audio to our video and camera chat

29:00 Gear does matter!

34:00 Lazy editing & the perils of dedicated videos

39:00 Keeping it real!

44:10 Hardware at WWDC

51:40 CPM and Ad revenue on YouTube

54:30 Using a VPN 

57:45 Responding to enquiries 

This time Alex and I chat over our thoughts about WWDC and what we are either expecting or excited about - including tApple’s M3 15-inch MacBook Air and of course Apple’s mixed reality headset.

We get back in the YouTube trenches and look at music libraries and the best way to utilise music in your videos, upload timings and strategies and using the Community tab for posts in YouTube Studio.

We chat over the pros and cons of Final Cut on iPad and then have a good look at AI and how it can help a creator.

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00:00 Intro

00:55 Camera woes & top tricks

03:50 Upload timings & strategy using YouTube Studio

07:35 YouTube’s Community Tab/Engagement/Reach/Retention

12:50 Music Libraries

15:00 Final Cut on iPad/Storage/Exporting

27:30 Gling for creators & editing video by text

33:20 Generative AI and how it cuts costs for Creators

37:10 ChatGPT Script example & Phind

42:30 Google MusicLM

46:00 Apple Live Speech

48:10 WWDC, Apple’s AR/VR Headset & 15-inch MacBook Air

60:00 London Podcast Show & London Adobe Max