out how they are going to use the computer
and then relay that information back to the computer donor. The computer donor
is often grateful to find out how their previously unused
computer is being put to use.
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
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.
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.
One possible word might be: bytecycle
Can anyone think of a better invented word?
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.
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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
by people who have the URL for the YouTube video.
See https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/10480825?hl=en
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/