<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div> When I deliver refurbished computers to families that need a computer, I find out how they are going to use the computer<br></div><div>and then relay that information back to the computer donor. The computer donor is often grateful to find out how their previously unused</div><div>computer is being put to use.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> The thought occurred to me that it might be better if the recipient themselves created a short video (with their smartphone or with a webcam) and <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>shared that video with the donor. In some cases, the donor might choose to donate their next surplus computer to that same family -- in two or three years time. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Some people prefer not appearing in videos -- and that choice ought to be respected. But for those donated computer recipients that would like to thank their donor in video form, we need to come up with a word for what that is. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> One possible word might be: bytecycle<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Can anyone think of a better invented word?<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> As it happens, I delivered a very nice Core i5 Windows 10 desktop this weekend and the recipient is quite open to making a thank you video. I might coach them to make a screencast using OBS Studio - the free screencasting program for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Here is a test screencast I made while I was setting up the computer last week. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVf0UCaNMNM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVf0UCaNMNM</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> phil<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>It's useful to know, too, that a video of this kind can be uploaded to YouTube, but kept unlisted or private. Unlisted videos are only viewable<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>by people who have the URL for the YouTube video. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>See https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/10480825?hl=en<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>A computer recipient might also choose to only share their video directly with the donor -- sending the video as a file attachment -- or, if the video is large, using a free file transfer service such as https://wetransfer.com/<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div>He/Him/His<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></div></div></div></body></html>