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Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that?
Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that?
== Recommendation from the Hive Mind / Brain Trust ==
* Use Zoom to stream to YouTube as a first test.
* <span class="highlight">[[Streaming for Dummies]]</span>
== Video Casters ==
Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc.
* https://zoom.us/ - Ability to stream to [https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115001777826-Live-Streaming-Meetings-or-Webinars-Using-a-Custom-Service Facebook, YouTube, Custom] Possibly easiest to set up and to stream to multiples service. Has screen sharing and white board.
* https://streamyard.com/ - Ability to stream to [https://streamyard.com/ Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Periscope, Twitch]
* https://obsproject.com/ - Difficult to use, but people use it.
* https://restream.io/studio - Ability to stream everywhere. Monthly subscription to consider. Advanced features but easy to use.


== Video ==
== Video ==
* https://www.youtube.com/ - Should be considered the canonical stream. Could be linked to your existing YouTube channel.
* https://www.twitch.tv/ - Could be simulcast here, too. Why not?
* https://www.pscp.tv/ - Since, you're announcing on Twitter, it makes sense to simulcast here.
* https://facebook.com/ - Access to normies.
* https://jitsi.org/
* https://mixer.com/


* Twitch
== Video Tools ==
* YouTube
* https://streamlabs.com/
* Periscope
* https://obsproject.com/
* Jitsi
* https://obsproject.com/ - Dual stream youtube twitch


== Not Video ==
== Not Video ==
 
* WordPress - If you're going to create a website, you should use this. Highly configurable and very widely used by devs.
* Medium
* Medium - Easy to get up and running, but not configurable.
* WordPress


== Community ==
== Community ==
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePortal/ Reddit]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePortal/ Reddit]
* Discord
* Discord
* [https://mightynetworks.com/ Mighty Networks] - costs money but allows you to provide courses, organize topics well, and users can find people near them to build local community.


== Pros and Cons ==
== Pros and Cons to Consider ==
* Technical overhead
* Technical overhead
* ability for people to ask questions live
* ability for people to ask questions live
* audience/reach
* audience/reach

Latest revision as of 02:49, 19 May 2020

Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that?


Recommendation from the Hive Mind / Brain Trust[edit]

Video Casters[edit]

Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc.

Video[edit]

Video Tools[edit]

Not Video[edit]

  • WordPress - If you're going to create a website, you should use this. Highly configurable and very widely used by devs.
  • Medium - Easy to get up and running, but not configurable.

Community[edit]

  • Reddit
  • Discord
  • Mighty Networks - costs money but allows you to provide courses, organize topics well, and users can find people near them to build local community.

Pros and Cons to Consider[edit]

  • Technical overhead
  • ability for people to ask questions live
  • audience/reach