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What is your Work Philosopy?
Workshops, NAB and Failure
Until the end of April I'll be sharing what I want to do each week and what actually got done.
You can join this public accountability clan via LinkedIn or Threads
This week April 8-14 I wanted to
✅ Pitch my heart out at the Media Innovation Hub
The pitch was a success - more on that next week
❌ Edit the next full length video
Post pitch I needed two days of recovery time
❌ Publish Podcast with Rick Bebbington
Will be released next Monday instead
✅ Catch up with Luke Himmelsbach
The call is later today
✅ Have a coaching session with Nick Himowicz
✅ Spend time outdoors
At least that’s the plan on the weekend
✅ Write and publish the Orbit newsletter on Friday
Next week April 15-21 I’ll pick up the slack
⭕️ Publish Podcast with Rick Bebbington
⭕️ Pre-Interview with a new Guest
⭕️ Finish the next full length video
⭕️ Go on a hike with the boys
What about you? What do you want to get done next week?
💛 Valentin
The Philosophy of a Workshop
In the realm of creativity, the workspace is more than just a physical location—it's a reflection of one's philosophy on work and innovation. This week, three distinct workshop stories caught my attention, each offering unique insights into the minds of their creators.
Not only did Gerald Undone visit Adam Savage’s Cave, but I also discovered that Thomas Burns has a New Workshop in the US, and Even Monsma revealed his “Apartment Studio” before moving out.
Adam Savage was the first to make me think about the WHY of a workspace, and I had already watched him rearrange tools many times over. However, Gerald Undone’s visit to the cave revealed completely new perspectives on the space. He is one of the few creatives that has a solid footing in both traditional media and YouTube. Although After finishing Mythbusters Adam still saw TV as the main thing, and it wasn’t until the Pandemic that his gears started to shift. Now the Tested YouTube channel gets the same care and attention as a new TV show would.
One core work philosophy of Adam is to make getting started as easy as possible, so they ditched the big cameras and shoot most of his videos on an iPhone with just the built-in audio, and even Apple was surprised to hear that.
This just goes to show that bigger isn’t always better and no one cares about camera quality as long as you can keep an audience engaged.
Or as Adam puts it:
"I realized that every shop as set up is an externalization of a philosophy about how to work. The shop exemplifies who built it thinks about how to get work done."
Meanwhile, Thomas Burns embarked on a journey from building weird contraptions in Tbilisi, Georgia, to inheriting a workshop at a university in the US. Through his video documentation, he revealed the transformative process of shaping a space to foster future creativity—a testament to the forward-thinking nature of workshop design. In his words:
"The thing about building a workshop is that you don't build a workshop for who you are today you build a workshop for where you'll be tomorrow or a year from now or 5 years from now how do you do that how do I come home after so many years and build a workshop for a person I haven't yet become."
Lastly, Even Monsma is one of those creators whose thumbnails I’ve seen floating around but never actually watched one of his videos until his last video, revealing his studio “apartment”. It is more a workshop he lives in rather than an apartment he works at, but again, that just goes to show the priorities of Even. It is a space that enables him to create and it’s a huge step up from living in a cellar that is 3 inches shorter than him. As he describes it:
"What this studio represents for me is the sacrifice and taking a leap, setting my life up in a way that's maybe less comfortable in the short term but puts me in a better position to seize the opportunities when they arise."
Show Me All The Gear!
NAB is the the highlight of the year for camera nerds and gear heads. It’s where a lot of new video production gear is announced and has become a meeting spot for traditional media and content creators alike.
This year CineD is not just doing traditional show floor coverage but also has two dedicated teams creating vertical content that goes straight to the cloud and is remotely edited to give you the full show experience in your feed.
If you want to see all the new toys this is the best place to follow along.
Is Failure Mandatory?
No one likes to fail but can you even succeed without it? Are there examples of successful people that “made it” without having a setback first? That’s the question Jay Alto asks in his recent video.
Unsurprisingly failure is a constant companion for people striving for greatness but some of the greats even failed at the very thing they are known for today. So even if today feels like a struggle—it might be worth pushing through to the next day and try again.
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