Category: Gear & Technology

There has been a flood of new wireless microphones hitting the market as of late. And Rode has added to that flood with an intriguing new product they call the RØDE Wireless Micro Camera Kit. It’s a new version of the original Rode Wireless Micro and includes two small microphone…

I did another thumbnail test for a YouTube video, and the results are a bit interesting this time. The picture of a plate of food from Keng Nam Hai food court performed the worst at 26.8%. In a way, that surprises me because food videos are so popular on YouTube….

I wish the modern world wouldn’t send me into a panic quite as often as it does. I was just out having a relaxing dinner when I got an email from Google with the scary subject line: “Your Google Ads account was canceled.” And that subject line was followed by…

For every video that I post to Planet Doug, I use an AI to clean up and correct the YouTube Captions. The YouTube Captions are created automatically by the YouTube computers and they are based on simple voice-to-text technology. I assume YouTube will eventually improve on this system, but for…

Yes, I have a Planet Doug WordPress blog. It can be found here: https://planetdoug.life Why have you never heard of it? Because WordPress drives me insane. It’s supposed to be the standard for this type of personal blog. Everyone recommends it. Everyone loves it. Yet, it has made my life…

How is it that I have shot video for quite a long time now, and it often feels like I still have no clue what I am doing? I’m thinking in particular of audio. Audio is a constant concern, and I wonder why that should be. Surely, there is a…