Brooke Geery

Media

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
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How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
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Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
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Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
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How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
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So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
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My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
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QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
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Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
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Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
Read More

Amazing Internet Opportunities!

It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts putting people on blast, since I'm pretty busy these days running a website that is apparently quite successful. But along with the success of Yobeat has come an influx of incredible offers, opportunities and suggestions of ways for random start-ups and other bad ideas to involve themselves in the site. Without further adieu, I present some of my favorites from the last week. Subject:     Free Professional Writer for Yobeat Hope keeping well. I'm just getting in touch to ask if you're open to reviewing content from freelance writers at Yobeat - if so, I'd love to put together a…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More