Week 47/2025 YouTube Videos

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This week’s videos:

StoryLines

I talk about One Battle After which I didn’t really like. I think the movie stands as a good example for what Hollywood is doing: They are making videos for a world that only exists for those who don’t have to worry about making ends meet, while everyone else’s world doesn’t have anything to do with that anymore.

Brig

On my personal channel I talk about capitalism. It’s being used as a scapegoat to enforce ever more growing socialist policies. However, I don’t believe that we actually live in a capitalist society – maybe we never did.

I primarily make these videos for fun and myself. But if you like them, leave me a like and subscribe. It’s way more fun to make videos with an audience than without one.

Week 46/52 YouTube Videos

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Two more videos for this week:

StoryLines

On my movie essay channel I talk about Deep Water form 2022 this week:

Brig

On my personal channel, I’ll ramble about that gut feeling that we all have but can’t explain. It might actually be the lack of freedom in our current world:

Week 45/52 YouTube Videos

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Another week has flown by, here are the two main videos I’ve produced for Monday.

StoryLines

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I would’ve done with George Lucas’ Star Wars if I was given the reigns when Disney bought it. Here is the answer:

BRIG

I’m still in the process of figuring things out with this channel. For now, it’s a place to ramble:

Link Out to Others

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Before social media took over, everyone was chasing backlinks. Bloggers spammed the comment sections of bigger websites just to drop a link. Hustlers built entire networks of small “satellite” sites pointing to their main ones. You could even submit your site to directories just to get a mention with a link.

At some point, an entire industry grew around this — selling backlinks on sketchy (often Indian) websites for $5 on Fiverr.

Today, nobody really talks about backlinks anymore. As social media exploded, influencer shoutouts became the new gold. “Hit like and subscribe—and if you can, share my stuff on social media.” That’s how countless YouTubers end their videos. And it’s also the moment when many viewers click away, because they already know what’s coming.

I still believe links matter—not necessarily to get backlinks and please Google’s algorithm to climb higher in search results, but because links have a genuine human value.

Here’s a blog I enjoy: Chris Guillebeau – The Art of Non-Conformity
And here’s a YouTube channel I like: Nerdwriter

Both creators are far too big for me to expect anything in return for linking to them. They very likely will never share this post, give me a shoutout, or even notice my little blog. But what I gain from it is recommending something great to my readers.

I like reading Guillebeau’s blog, and I enjoy Nerdwriter’s video essays. I’m sure that some of my readers will too. Of course, many may already know them, but some might not—and for them, I’ve just shared two excellent links that make my site a bit more valuable.

Linking out also helps shape your online identity. The things you enjoy consuming reflect the kind of things you enjoy creating. These two links give my readers a clearer sense of who I am and what kind of content they can expect from me. It helps them decide whether they want to stick around.

So, if you want my advice: Link out to others as often as you can. Don’t expect anything in return. Don’t hope for a shoutout or a backlink. Do it for your readers—to offer value and share something worth their time.

My Week 44/52 2025 YouTube Videos

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I now run 4 YouTube channels. Here are this week’s videos on these channels:

StoryLines (Video Essay channel)

I talk about movies, shows, and stories in general on here. The idea is to have a new essay done every week, while I learn new video effects and tricks to make them look as good as I can.

This week, I talk about both Judge Dredd movies:

OnPaper (Author in Progress channel)

On this channel, I basically follow my author in progress project: What have I done to write, market, and sell books? The answers will be given in short 5-minute videos whenever something new happens with my project:

This week I talked about why authors need an Email list:

BRIG (Personal channel)

This channel is a personal one. I have this long-term vision about traveling, riding motorbikes, meeting cool people and filming myself doing it, while rambling into a microphone. For now, it’s just me with the microphone recording myself at home while throwing in some images and stock footage. But it’ll grow over time.

The first video on this channel explains why I’ve started BRIG:

Michael Brig (Tutorial channel)

The first channel I’ve created many years ago. I use it to post tutorials about video and photo editing. I cover Adobe programs (e.g., Photoshop) and also open source alternatives (e.g., CapCut, Inkscape, Gimp).

This week’s best video is:

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YouTube is fun, despite the overlords of the platform being annoying. But it’s definitely more fun with an audience. So subscribe if you want to follow what I do on these 4 channels, and say hi in the comments.