{"id":7235,"date":"2015-01-19T11:02:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T10:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:45:02","slug":"video-blogging-for-embedded-software-should-you-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/2015\/01\/19\/video-blogging-for-embedded-software-should-you-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Video blogging for embedded software: should you use it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a great fan of video, as a medium. If I want to learn something, I am more likely to turn to the printed word. It is only when something is intrinsically visual that I turn to YouTube. Like the time I unexpectedly needed to gut some fish &#8211; there I was, working in the sink with two slippery fish and a sharp knife, with my wife holding an iPad showing a video of a rugged looking man doing the job more proficiently than I aspired to.<\/p>\n<p>I think, however, that video may feature more strongly in my life this year &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Although I spend considerably more time reading and listening to the radio than watching TV, I know that I am somewhat unusual in my preference. [Actually, even I do enjoy going out to see the odd movie.] As a result, I am intending to produce some video content in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>My first plan is to create some video blogs, which will be posted here. I am not sure yet to what extent the medium will help enrich the content. Will it be a better way to describe aspects of embedded software programming, for example? I would appreciate any feedback here, by comment, or on my social media accounts &#8211; are you likely to watch any video blogs, or do you [too] prefer the written word?<\/p>\n<p>I really do not like to hear recordings of my voice. Maybe it is because it sounds like my father &#8211; at least like he sounded at my age. Worse still is seeing myself on video. I guess I need to get used to it and I thought that I might share an example with you.<\/p>\n<p>About 18 months ago, the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.arm.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARM Connected Community<\/a> was launched. Late last year, to mark its first birthday, the organizers made a video from contributions provided by a few dozen people around the world. I was one of them. Here it is:<\/p>\n<p>In case you blinked and missed me, here is a still to see what I look like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2015\/01\/ScreenClip.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7236\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2015\/01\/ScreenClip-520x351.png\" alt=\"ScreenClip\" width=\"520\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I look rather serious. I clearly need to loosen up. Another contributor is an old friend and colleague [I can hear his voice saying &#8220;not so much of the old&#8221;], who looks more relaxed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2015\/01\/ScreenClip1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7237\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2015\/01\/ScreenClip1-520x376.png\" alt=\"ScreenClip\" width=\"520\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a great fan of video, as a medium. 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