023: Buying a Computer on a Budget, Alienating Your Audience, & Promoting Web Comics

8/19/2014

Show Notes:

Nikon D5200 Camera

The Jello Effect

Jadin link

8/19/2014 04:29:35 am

Awesome episod josh! I use the Nikon D5100 for my Lego stop motion videos and I like it! But I will check out the Nikon D5200 :)

Nathan Higley

8/19/2014 09:32:36 am

Hey Josh, I agree with you on the debate between mac and pc for video editing. If I had the money, I would toss my pc in the trash for a mac. That being said, I know how to build a computer, and think that if you are going to use Adobe Premiere, that you should build it. Nvidia Geforce Graphics cards have cuda cores which Premiere uses. Most macs dont come with Nvidia Graphics. Otherwise I would agree with you, mac all the way.

Nathan Higley

8/19/2014 09:40:49 am

Sorry, not just Nvidia Geforce cards. Its any card that has CUDA cores. Actually, Premiere will mostly only use Nvidia Quadro cards, which are made for Proffesionals. But theres a simple text file in the Program Files folder for Premiere which I think is called "Supported Cards" which you can add your card to by simply editing it to have another line with like:
Geforce GTX 670
But the reason for this is that Geforce cards are made for gaming, and Quadros for Proffesionals.

Lucy Ramirez link

8/19/2014 01:49:12 pm

Hi Josh,

I feel that you did not answer the question about the Web comics completely. The writer wrote that he is posting once or twice a week how can he advertise it to others? You said to keep doing it. Here's my question what if he is consistent and his Facebook is not growing, what else can he do to get it out there? I'm asking because I'm in a similar situation.

Cory Miller link

8/21/2014 05:58:40 am

Thanks so much for answering my question about web comics Josh!
Sorry, I forgot to add my name in my question...

The comment that Lucy Ramirez wrote is pretty much my issue, also. I have friends who like my page and share it. I have 50 likes on my page, yet I get around 60 to 80 people out reach according to Facebook.

Lucia Ramirez link

8/22/2014 08:26:47 am

Hi Cory,

What is the name of your Facebook site? I have been curious of your content since it was mentioned. Are you using the "promote my page" option? I found out that it was a fraud. When you pay Face Book to "promote" your page they have people in teams click like not because their spreading the word but just solely to boost up your numbers. It's the job of those teams to boost numbers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/10/this-blogger-paid-facebook-to-promote-his-page-he-got-80000-bogus-likes-instead/

Zane Harnish

8/21/2014 01:24:45 pm

I feel like you generalized a bit when you talked about PCs being slow. I use Windows and when I press the power button I can be using it 6 seconds later. I think Windows gets the short end of the stick because people compare cheap PCs to costly Macs. Spend as much money on a PC as you do on a Mac, and 9 times out of 10 the PC will be faster. Macs do tend to be a bit more stable, simply because the hardware and software are both made by Apple, whereas Windows is running on hardware from an array of manufacturers. Even with that said, if you do your research and pick up a good Windows PC, it can be just as stable as a Mac.

All in all, I recommend Windows, but I can understand why some people prefer Macs. One huge advantage when you buy a Mac is that you know you will get a quality product, whereas you have to be more careful with Windows PCs.

Nathan Higley

8/22/2014 09:52:20 am

Yeah, he did generalize. The fact is, your pc probably has a SSD in it which is super fast in comparison to a HDD. The reason Josh said this is because almost all Macs these days come with SSDs. All the Macbooks do, and its an option for the iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini. If you build a PC, put a SSD in it, it speeds up the computer ALOT.

Josh Taylor link

8/22/2014 02:31:42 pm

Hey thanks for the comment Zane! I would have loved to include this on this next week's podcast, but we already recorded it. Anyway, I agree with you. I think that makes a lot of sense.

Darias Alexandar

8/22/2014 04:01:46 pm

I have a PC and do video editing on it and it is slow and you do have to reset it every once in a while if you don't want it to be slow and when I was doing video editing on a MAC at a church and really enjoyed it and now want a MAC really bad especially since I'm starting a channel soon.

Nathan Higley

8/23/2014 01:50:59 am

Whats the specs of your PC?

Darias Alexandar

8/25/2014 10:43:30 am

I have a Compaq Presario CQ57
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition · 15.6 in Display · 2 GB RAM
Dimensions: 14.8 in (W) : 1.4 in (H) : 9.7 in (D)
I got it for school then started doing video

JD Sutter link

8/28/2014 09:46:08 am

I have been creating online content for nearly a decade including producing multiple audio podcasts and other audio productions, all on a Windows PC. And it works just perfectly. (By the way, it's Mac vs. Windows, not Mac vs. PC. PC stands for Personal Computer, which would also include Macs.)

It really doesn't matter what operating system you're using as long as you know what goals you are trying to accomplish and stick with it. Just create good content with whatever tools work for you.

023: Buying a Computer on a Budget, Alienating Your Audience, & Promoting Web Comics

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