If you are new to YouTubing, you do not need to invest vast sums of cash on every gadget imaginable for your filming.  First hone your skills in creating material of interest to you and your audience.  Start off with some of the basics.  Those basics also work well, really well, as a compact filming […]

If you have ever thought about starting a YouTube channel, you should.  Why not start this week?  There are many approaches to being a “YouTuber” or a content creator, and the frequency of releasing material will be up to you.  For me, this Better Preparedness channel is an extension of my work in emergency management […]

In the 1980s, tech travel accessories meant batteries for my Walkman as the Commodore 64 stayed at home, enter.  Fast forward (or auto-reverse) decades later, travel with tech requires complex kit and items, and we can be unable to run our essential devices without certain cables, plugs, mounts, or thingies.  Here are my must-have tech […]

We all know about solar panels, but do you actually need one?  How well do compact solar panels work?  I review the ECEEN 10W Folding Solar Panel.  The strengths: You can use the solar to charge phones, iPads, and battery power banks, and you it could help save you if stranded or in a disaster.  […]

Becoming a YouTube creator and producing regular video episodes can seem daunting but it’s not.  You can do it!  Video by video, you will develop your rhythm of how you work and keep refining it to release content more swiftly and produce better quality.  I get asked what goes into producing my episodes, so here is […]

Easy. You can do this. You can avoid the stress and consequences of a dying or dead mobile phone battery. For the same weight as an apple, you can have a robust mobile and emergency phone charging kit. I’ll show you how a small dedicated kit can help you through many cell phone scenarios and […]

#BetterPreparedness Please subscribe if you haven’t already.  If you have already subscribed, thank you!  There are new videos each week and plenty more great material. In this video, I celebrated a small milestone for Better Preparedness and then unboxed my new Canon EOS SL2 which is called the Canon 200D outside of North America.  I’ve […]