Staying in touch with family members who live 1,000 miles away is easier than you think. I live in Vermont. My family lives in Michigan. Thanks to an inexpensive video recorder and video sharing sites like YouTube we feel much closer.
Push the Big Red Button
The Flip Mino helps my family in Michigan see what I’m up to here in Vermont. Since it fits in my pocket I take it everywhere. Whenever I plug the Mino into my computer it automatically opens a page with step by step instructions for uploading video to YouTube.
I created a YouTube Channel to give my parents a central location to watch all the video I shoot. For my sister I share videos via Facebook. My father never knew what to make of sites like YouTube.
He thought it was a place were college kids recored stupid pranks to send in emails to friends. While he’s partly right, social media can be used to ‘Broadcast Yourself’ to family anywhere on the planet.
Password protecting your video is allowed too, so if you’re ready to start making homemade video to send to family, sign up for a YouTube account and purchase a Mino.
