Adventures In Small-Time Tech Tubing

About this episode

In this episode, Venn Stone discusses his experiences as a small Tech Tuber, including product reviews and industry interactions.

In the first episode, I talk about working with companies as a small Tech Tuber, from honest gear offers to sketchy review demands. Then I chat about Valve’s Fremont appearing on Geekbench, modern digital effects pedals, and Framework’s upgradeable laptop GPU. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/interfacinglinux YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InterfacingLinux Website: https://interfacinglinux.com/ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:08 About the podcast 00:31 My background in media production 01:10 Origins of Interfacing Linux 02:06 Why make a podcast? 02:20 My history with YouTube content creation 02:43 Trying to make a proper Tech Tube channel 02:59 You get a lot of free products 03:17 Documenting what goes on behind the scenes 03:34 The two types of companies that offer review samples 03:53 The good 04:42 The bad 04:55 Companies reach out to you 05:17 Free stuff for a video review 05:25 They only want a review video 06:43 Beware the second email 07:46 Advice for review emails 08:56 Finding a compromise with the company 11:00 Welcome to In Exchange For Review 11:31 Mr. Ting and the Mele mini PC 14:41 Willing to negotiate? 16:17 Some of the good from Ice Whale 16:37 ZimaBlade DIY NAS kit…

People in this episode

Host: Venn Stone

Topics covered

• Tech Tubing
• Product Reviews
• Digital Effects Pedals
• YouTube Content Creation
• Media Production

Keywords

• Tech Tuber
• product reviews
• digital effects pedals
• YouTube
• media production

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Valve, Geekbench, Framework

Products: Mele mini PC, ZimaBlade DIY NAS kit, BOSS effect pedal, DIY effects pedal

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