August 21st, 2008
Gauravonomics TV Episode 2: Maybe, You Already Have Everything You Need
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After a year of thinking about doing a vidcast, I’m finally doing one.
I haven’t done a vidcast so far because I didn’t have the right camera, the right microphone, the right editing software, the right studioesque setting. It’s a little ironic, then, that I’m finally doing my vidcast when I don’t even have a laptop, or a room I don’t have to share with someone.
I record my vidcast on my Nokia E71 mobile phone, during the few moments I have the room to myself either at my office, or my hostel. Then I upload it to YouTube from my mobile phone itself, whenever I have access to a fast enough wi-fi connection.
I see my vidcast as a lesson. To do something we really want to do — write a book, make a movie, start a business, travel the world — we need fewer resources — time, money, energy, gadgets — than we think we do.
So, what is it that you really want to do? What is stopping you from doing it? Think about it. Maybe, you already have everything that you need.
[…] I have been prodding Chhavi into doing a podcast for a few months now, and I’m delighted that she has taken the plunge at a moment when she is struggling with putting together the rest of the Sonologue website. Chhavi’s podcast is another lesson for me that we need fewer resources than we think we do to do something we really want to do. […]