Ali films his first YouTube video on his iPhone, lying in bed with no microphone

story · status: told 3× · last event: retold (2022-11-04) · owner: Ali

date	event	what	video
2020-04-29	first in the videos (retold; it began earlier)	Ignoring worries about gear, Ali recorded his first vlog on his iPhone lying on his bed, edited it in Premiere and uploaded it the same evening.	Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 01:02:29
2021-01-17	retold	Ali started his channel filming on his iPhone with no microphone, lying in bed and saying he was thinking of starting some kind of vlog; he learned editing from free YouTube tutorials.	My Top 10 Tips for Aspiring YouTubers 00:01:41
2022-11-04	retold	Ali started his YouTube channel as an experiment: a video filmed on his bed saying he was going to start a vlog, edited in Premiere after a few tutorials.	How To Build A Life You Love 00:10:17

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2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: In his first video Ali said he would just try it: his first 100 videos would be terrible, so he would make 100 and then get good, and at worst his grandma would enjoy them. — 01:02:29
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: Had Ali worried about making his first video good, he would never have made it; putting something out builds momentum and the flywheel. — 01:03:11
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: At the start Ali focused on view counts, refreshing YouTube Studio or the YouTube app about 18 times a day. — 01:03:11
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: After a few months, at one or two thousand subscribers, Ali decided metrics made no sense and to focus on the process of two videos a week without worrying about views. — 01:03:59
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali still struggles with views: he wants to make videos about fiction books, but every one so far has tanked compared with productivity videos. — 01:03:59
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Noah Kagan: Noah's "sex cash theory": like an actor who follows a blockbuster with an indie film, a creator makes videos that bring in the audience and also experimental, more creative ones. — 01:04:28
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Noah Kagan: Being an influencer is as much work as any job, Noah says, so work out what you would work on for free and keep enjoying whatever it pays. — 01:05:35
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali is big on monetising your passions: not every passion must be monetised, but getting paid for what you already do makes life more interesting. — 01:05:35
2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: Towards the end of high school Ali learned close-up magic; he performed weekly as a volunteer at the local hospice, and a paid restaurant gig was very scary and a complete failure. — 01:06:14