Time, a precious commodity to all of us. Something that for some is more precious than others. We all have responsibilities that require our time and attention and then we all would like to spend some time doing the things we enjoy!
Today I want to address how I have found my time seems to be vanishing faster these days. I spend a fair amount of time keeping up with the creative community on YouTube, ning sites and blogs and even Ustream now (if I have the "time"). My subscriptions have grown and I enjoy every minute of each creative juicy moment. Unfortunately the videos have become longer and longer. I have about 200 different YT channels that I am subscribed to (a lot of which do not post regularly or at all anymore so I am unsubscribing to some of them) however, those that do post I like to watch.
Back when videos were 5 to 10 minutes long it was still challenging sometimes to keep up with all those I like, but now people are uploading videos that are 15 to 20 or more minutes long. This makes it impossible to keep up with and in turn I miss some really good stuff because I end up "skimming" the video or skipping it all together. I can't imagine what it must be like for those who have full time jobs and families to find the time to keep up with all the creative talent out there.
I personally make it a goal to keep my videos under 10 minutes... no matter what because I want people to feel like they have the time to watch them. I spend a little time editing and "speeding up" my videos for that reason, or fading from one point to the next.
I LOVE to watch the process of creation, but in real time it can be too much. Sometimes bits and pieces need to be shown in real time, that's understandable, but watching, in real time, someone paint six sides of a box all black, then cover six sides of the box with the same paper, then distress each side the same etc, takes up a lot of view time in the video. I would love to see more people show the creative process but using some "fast forward" and fading to keep the videos at a length that we can all enjoy.
People with full lives become quite intimidated by videos that are long because they want to support the artist and they want to watch the video but life and TIME just doesn't permit it. I think more people will start "skimming" the videos instead of watching and that takes from why we post them in the first place.
