Yesterday, Sara Dietschy from That Creative Life Podcast had invited Marques Brownlee (MKBHD), the greatest tech YouTuber of all time, discussing the expansion of his “Tech Empire“, reaching 10 million subscribers and if we reached the “peak smartphone” era.
The full timeline of the interview (timestamp):
1:20 What cameras and codecs does Marques use?
2:31 Does he ever use Adobe Premiere Pro?
4:45 His camera robot
8:28 The decision making process behind videos
10:01 Did he feel nervous before his interviews?
11:51 How does Marques go about structuring new content? New channels?
12:42 Is he enjoying his podcast?
13:32 His early days and where he grew up
14:19 How useful his college degree it turned out to be
15:30 At what point did his channel explode in popularity?
17:07 How his family reacted to him making videos
18:48 MKBHD’s channel before tech videos
20:43 How MKBHD became tech savvy
21:24 Sports & Marques
21:53 What it’s like to also be a pro Ultimate Frisbee player
23:32 Evolution of Ultimate Frisbee
25:37 Was there ever a moment where he had to choose between sports or YouTube?
26:58 His involvement in the video making process
29:35 Dream camera
30:58 Cameras (C100, C200, 5D Mark III, T2i, T3i) & video making process
35:16 Early audio recording techniques
36:17 How his approach to CES changed
41:00 Are we at “Peak Smartphone”? (peak car comparison)
47:23 Apple’s quality control issues
48:30 His thoughts on YouTube’s Retro Tech show
49:40 Biggest challenges with Retro Tech
51:37 Can Marques ever let go of the editing process?
54:14 Biggest challenge over the last 11 years
55:29 Advice to content creators starting in a saturated space?
