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2017-11-08 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:56 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: calendar ritual, self promotion, on location

Hank takes John through a Pizzamas workday: an unfinished song, DFTBA and events-team staff meetings, shooting SciShow, SciShow Psych and How to Adult, the monthly all-staff meeting, bedtime for his baby and late editing, which he says he loves.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Morning: a day in the life, after baby duty; a song meant for Song Wednesday goes on Tumblr

  • ★★ Hank takes John through a day in his life, starting once he has done his morning baby duties and comes out to the office. — 00:00:05
  • ★★ Hank works on a song for the first time in a while; it was meant for Song Wednesday but isn't happening, so he put it on his Tumblr though it still has problems. — 00:00:15 · Song Wednesday, Tumblr

00:00:27 — Pizzamas shirt; late to the DFTBA warehouse staff meeting; Rachel; candy corn M&M's

  • ★★ At the DFTBA warehouse staff meeting, Hank explains DFTBA.com makes cool stuff for online creators and gets it to people; they pitched ideas, reviewed current products, and everyone is excited about Pizzamas. (hedged) — 00:00:47 · DFTBA Records, Pizzamas
  • ★ Hank introduces Rachel at DFTBA, who also designs the socks. — 00:00:57 · DFTBA Records
  • ★ Hank and his colleagues find candy corn flavored M&M's disgusting. (playful) — 00:01:11

00:01:23 — Events team meeting on VidCon and PodCon (Anaheim Convention Center, BlizzCon); burrito; a badly spaced painted sign

  • ★★ The events team (mostly VidCon, also PodCon) met about the Anaheim Convention Center's new space, PodCon marketing to sell more tickets, and a trip to see how BlizzCon uses the center. — 00:01:23 · VidCon

00:01:59 — Studio shoots for SciShow, Crash Course, SciShow Psych and How to Adult

  • ★★ Hank really enjoys shooting SciShow and Crash Course, even though it is pretty draining. — 00:02:05 · SciShow, Crash Course
  • ★★ Hank says the scripts are really good these days and the writing staff is legitimately one of the best in popular science writing. (hedged) — 00:02:08
  • ★★ Hank shot scripts including one on animals thought extinct that weren't, for SciShow, and one on why gratitude is good for people, for the new psychology channel SciShow Psych. — 00:02:13 · SciShow, SciShow Psych
  • ★★ Hank shoots a video for How to Adult, one of their less well-known channels, on making and sending good thank-you cards, to come out around Thanksgiving. — 00:02:26 · How to Adult

00:02:39 — Emails and the monthly all-staff meeting of VidCon, DFTBA and Complexly

  • ★ Hank says writing good emails is a learned skill and praises a well-done email that brought him bad news. — 00:02:47
  • ★★ At the monthly all-staff meeting the VidCon, DFTBA and Complexly staffs update each other on the big picture at each company. — 00:03:00 · VidCon, DFTBA Records, Complexly
  • ★★ Hank says staff meetings could be super boring but are actually very entertaining, one of his favorite times of the day, unusually for staff meetings. (hedged) — 00:03:11

00:03:19 — Home for the baby's bedtime, late editing; Pizzamas creative pressure is fun

  • ★★ After putting the baby to bed and dinner, Hank returns to the office for a call and editing; his days are usually lots of meetings, shooting and some creative process. (hedged) — 00:03:32
  • ★★ Hank doesn't usually edit at 10 at night but it's Pizzamas and he isn't complaining: the creative pressure is hard but fun, he loves Pizzamas and can't wait for John's video tomorrow. — 00:03:36 · Pizzamas, John Green

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Mentioned

People: Rachel

Projects: Complexly · Crash Course · DFTBA Records · How to Adult · Pizzamas · PodCon · SciShow · SciShow Psych · VidCon

Organizations: Tumblr

Rituals: Song Wednesday

Places: Anaheim Convention Center

Events: BlizzCon

Products: M&M's

Only in the description or credits: Andrew Huang

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