Blogging, originally, was my go to and preferred method for sharing information to others – teaching, sharing, etc.  For a few corner case type things I found video (YouTube) to be a better tool for those specific items.  Recently, however, I am finding about half of my ideas of things I want to “pass on” to others… would be best (in my opinion) via video.

How Best to Share Info: Blog? YouTube? Combo?

I’ve been trying to figure out and think about how best to have the two sharing tools – this blog site and the YouTube channel – best compliment each other.  So I have been experimenting with this.  What I have come up with that I like and works for me is the following…..

• “Standalone Video” – If the YouTube is really a “standalone” and blogging with additional text around it here doesn’t “help” communicate what I’m trying to get across… then I won’t be blogging about it here.
• “Video Series” – There will be series that will be building on each other – like the videos in the playlist “BGP Show and Tell: Beginners” and the playlist “Label Swapping Fun”.   Video series, I believe, would definitely benefit from larger big picture blog.

There will also just be YouTube videos I create that could benefit from a blog here with links to Dropbox shares for configs or files or additional texts and URLs… those will also get a supporting blog here.

Technical YouTube Videos being created now

– Bunch of Spirent videos (Spirent TestCenter, CyberFlood, and WAN impairment)

– StealthWatch

– Multicast

– IPv6

Admittedly…… I like the saying “Work Hard, Play Hard”.  So also expect the number of just fun and silly YouTubes to also increase.  LOL.  I’ll make sure I keep the playlists clear.  So if you just want the “Work Hard” portion… teehee… you can stay in that world and not the silly world. 🙂