It appears my first blog post comes after a whole quarter year has passed and amidst a global pandemic. Alas, the Winter was brutal for business and we were really coming out of Winter with some work lined up and heading into the major building season. All hope is not lost but it'll make for some excruciating long days in the Summer to make up the difference. We were on a formidable earnings projection path when this all screamed to a halt. So I though I'd take this time to revisit the blog since the blog was originally the birth child of the Great Recession and one of my outlets into writing, documenting and diversifying.
With that being said, as an entrepreneur it's me default to immediately look for some positive spin, "the play". After the Great Recession I took many lessons from that experience and looked to incorporate them into my future plans. I guess it's the logical progression along with my running injury posts that an injury will always heal but the scar shall remain. With that being said (yeah, that saying gets on my nerves a little bit too, but it's a verbal segue) I've tried to diversify my revenue streams as much as possible. I'm still working on taking the YouTube channel mainstream so please Subscribe to that and help me get some numbers up, we've done a couple of small brand deals and are getting into tool and equipment reviews, and we should have some brand deals coming down the line. I've divided the channel by labeling the titles as they would appear in a playlist (they're also arranged by playlist) and we're going to be uploading more Home Renovation videos as we complete our projects. Those will have a long video and a short explainer video, the short explainer video will also be placed on our new channel through Spatial Recognition. I hope to take both channels in similar directions but with slightly different intentions. JasonMichaelKotarski will continue to be broadly defined and random as my interests and Spatial Recognition will be both explanatory and showcase our business of Residential Commercial Design | Build, Planning, and Historic Preservation. The goal is take the Spatial Recognition channel into a transition as we visit Cultural Sites, Historic Preservation Projects and launch our non-profit foundation for traditional building practices for both historic sites as well as home owners. Spatial Recognition will also be launching an Environmental Planning element for Natural Resources as well as Landscape Design.
This hiatus has also given me the chance to get back to The Farming Prospectus and start building up inventory for the Nursery. The goal is tri-part, 1) to establish a plant nursery for sales that offsets the costs of product acquisition for the Orchard (the Orchard offers Market Grade produce but more importantly on site product for WellHaus Winery, 2) create a native plant inventory for Spatial Recognition clients, 3) serve as a future Educational Events Centre.
My goal has been to use our current property as a prototype and upscale that as funding and land becomes available. I am creating analysis on scaled increments of 5 acres (current land costs have our ceiling at only 20 acres, best case scenario)
So keep up to date, I'll be adding inventory to my Amazon store as I finish them, creating content on YouTube, adding merchandise including logo shirts and hoodies.
Hopefully, we'll rebound from this and get financing for some property development so we can transition into a Development Corporation as well as Professional Services.........
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Showing posts with label #YTPP. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Thursday, October 4, 2018
New Computer Build "GearGrinder"
Finally getting the pieces together for a new computer that can handle the amount of data I have with video editing in 4K HD with the Nikon D5600. Going to try and keep everything listed and up to date as possible as I acquire the various components.
Since I have been planning this for over a year I was able to keep my eyes open for some deals. Having my Google News preferences set on the list below I started seeing rumours that AMD was about to release a new, next Generation ThreadRipper 2990X. This means the last Gen should start being discounted to make room on shelves for the latest and greatest! I was able to score a combo pack on NewEgg that was exactly what I was after for a nice little discount! That takes care of the CPU with a AMD Threadripper 1950X and the ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme X399 Motherboard.
The Fractal Design Define R6 Full Tower Case happened to be on sale as well so I figured a little savings is better than no savings! Now for those pesky (and expensive) graphics proccessor unit! With Nvidia releasing the RTX 2080ti I thought I'd get a good deal on the GTX 1080Ti but alas, everyone else had the same idea and with the general specifications between the RTX and the GTX being close enough the cost savings on the older model are great, except there aren't very many left in stock.....
Now......to get some more parts.... Sponsorships or Discounts anyone????!??!!?!?!?!
GearGrinder on PCPartPicker
| Component | Selection | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU |  | $699.99 | GOT IT!!!! | |
| CPU Cooler |  | $159.99 | Buy | |
| Thermal Compound |  | $6.57 | GOT SOME!! | |
| $6.57 | Buy | ||
| Motherboard |  | $537.00 | GOT IT!!!! | |
| Memory |  | $276.99 | Buy | |
| Storage |  | $167.99 | Buy | |
| Video Card |  | $704.98 | Buy | |
| Case |  | $109.99 | GOT IT!!!!! | |
| Power Supply |  | $201.00 | Buy | |
| Operating System |  | $124.79 | Buy | |
| Sound Card |  | $149.99 | Buy | |
| Case Fan |  | $19.34 | Buy | |
| Monitor |  | $893.94 | Buy | |
| Total: | $4059.13 | |||
Thursday, September 27, 2018
YouTube Partner Program Back Up and Running!
Well, it appears I have not blogged on this site since February when YouTube announced the demonetization plans. I'll admit I do the majority of my writing and video editing during the dark cold months so it's only fitting that I restart with entry at the beginning of Autumn! After a long hot summer my Channel finally hit 1000 subscribers and the requisite 4000 hours of Watchtime per past 365 days. While this is by no means a windfall in the grand scheme of things, it is a good feeling.
A double wammy on the YouTube channel struck as the demonetization went lock and step with the laptop absolutely imploding. I put in a new motherboard, usb board, power button, 8 G ram stick, battery and power supply, NOTHING! the only thing left that was original is the fan but even with that unplugged I get no lights. I'll probably continue tinkering with it as I hate to give up when I'm defeated but we'll start the HP Pavilion 15 obituary soon. The more important thing is the next phase. I'll be adding some random tech entries (as if I know what the hell I'm talking about) as I build the next generation computer. Editing video shot with my new Nikon D5600 brought the laptop to a standstill reminiscent of my college days trying to render video, computer animation, and autocad files. We only had one computer in the lab for rendering and you had to sign up for a timeslot with your anticipated final files size! A stack of sticky notes was always handy to jot down your name and location (ie, coffee shop, bar, couch...) as we didn't have cell phones!
Stay tune and check out the build, I'll have some YouTube videos coming up as well and a list of parts still waiting for funding on over on my Patreon page!
A double wammy on the YouTube channel struck as the demonetization went lock and step with the laptop absolutely imploding. I put in a new motherboard, usb board, power button, 8 G ram stick, battery and power supply, NOTHING! the only thing left that was original is the fan but even with that unplugged I get no lights. I'll probably continue tinkering with it as I hate to give up when I'm defeated but we'll start the HP Pavilion 15 obituary soon. The more important thing is the next phase. I'll be adding some random tech entries (as if I know what the hell I'm talking about) as I build the next generation computer. Editing video shot with my new Nikon D5600 brought the laptop to a standstill reminiscent of my college days trying to render video, computer animation, and autocad files. We only had one computer in the lab for rendering and you had to sign up for a timeslot with your anticipated final files size! A stack of sticky notes was always handy to jot down your name and location (ie, coffee shop, bar, couch...) as we didn't have cell phones!
Stay tune and check out the build, I'll have some YouTube videos coming up as well and a list of parts still waiting for funding on over on my Patreon page!
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Youtube Partner Program #youtubesucks
Well they did it, today is D-Day, Demonetization Day.
As of today, your channel, Jason Michael Kotarski will no longer have access to monetization tools associated with YPP because it doesn’t meet the new threshold of 4,000 hours of watch time within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers.
A whole lot of channels out there with horrible useless content ruined it for the majority of folks actually trying to share some skills and knowledge.
My channel is not political, uses no curse words, is family friendly, and instructive. It's sad that all Youtube cares about are the numbers. 4000 hours and 1000 subscribers? Why would that solve the problem if your problem is with the top tier of your content?
This blog, however, does use curse words, Assholes.
#Youtubechanges, #YTPP, #Youtubesucks
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