When I deliver refurbished computers to families that need a computer, I find out how they are going to use the computer and then relay that information back to the computer donor. The computer donor is often grateful to find out how their previously unused computer is being put to use.
The thought occurred to me that it might be better if the recipient themselves created a short video (with their smartphone or with a webcam) and shared that video with the donor. In some cases, the donor might choose to donate their next surplus computer to that same family -- in two or three years time. Some people prefer not appearing in videos -- and that choice ought to be respected. But for those donated computer recipients that would like to thank their donor in video form, we need to come up with a word for what that is. One possible word might be: bytecycle Can anyone think of a better invented word? As it happens, I delivered a very nice Core i5 Windows 10 desktop this weekend and the recipient is quite open to making a thank you video. I might coach them to make a screencast using OBS Studio - the free screencasting program for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Here is a test screencast I made while I was setting up the computer last week. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVf0UCaNMNM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVf0UCaNMNM ] phil It's useful to know, too, that a video of this kind can be uploaded to YouTube, but kept unlisted or private. Unlisted videos are only viewable by people who have the URL for the YouTube video. See https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/10480825?hl=en A computer recipient might also choose to only share their video directly with the donor -- sending the video as a file attachment -- or, if the video is large, using a free file transfer service such as https://wetransfer.com/ -- -- Phil Shapiro, [email protected] http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro [ http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html | http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html ] He/Him/His "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness." "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki
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