Yo, John! I've been far too busy and I heard from a mutual that something happened regarding a similar issue my father is facing. For the sake of privacy and not (hopefully) doxxing either of us --if you use nstagram follow me there and HMU. I'll do likewise in between juggling a bunch, including try to get to my long overdue content backlog on here and also doing a bunch of other things. Thank you for commenting and checking out this video. I really appreciate it and owe you one for STE. As circumstances continue to gradually improve in terms of my capacity for leisure time and I get financially in a more solidified state (it really is chaotic out there as I'm sure you know, bro) we should link up again either in Florida or somewhere else that's mutually amicable. I'm so glad we got to meet IRL back in 2017, even though it was all too brief and I'm looking forward to catching up as well as eventually crossing paths with you again. I still have you included in my "recommended channels" section on this YT and will keep you there since you're an OG (I still fondly look back to the Christmas of 2009 and when we used to Skype daily and we both were able to get the "other channels" box back when there was that crazy Firefox inspect element glitch, which I am sure you can also remember with a similar degree of enthusiasm). Best of luck in the meantime with your ongoing ventures and I promise, I'll do my best to not disappear as I am planning on trying to maintain and eventually build upon a base level of frequency in regards to regular video uploads and content publishing in general. I just wished I had more time and have been swamped to say the least, especially post-COVID. Stay safe and have a good rest of the weekend!
Hey, man. Hope you've been doing well over all these years and apologies for the overextended hiatus! Believe it or not, I still remember you and also the (way better) room tour you did on your side channel in response to my own. It really meant a lot then and now I finally have the chance to not only offer my sincere appreciation, but do so in a much more articulated capacity. Thank you so much for your support back then and staying subscribed long enough to comment on one of what I PROMISE is to be plenty more of these types of videos coming down the pipeline relatively soon! Many people especially those nowadays who are much higher up on the totem pole of social media than myself take the audience(s) they establish over time for granted (among other things, I guess it's just human nature, ha ha). It truly means a lot and I wouldn't be typing all this if I didn't want to express how comments like yours (which you took time out of your busy day to make) are why I am looking forward to being increasingly more active. In the meantime stay safe and I hope nothing but the best for you in your own respective ventures. Cheers!
@@bender844 Your most two recent comment did likewise and I apologize in advance for not being able to get back to your follow up sooner. It's been over a year according to UA-cam, but nonetheless, I appreciate the sentiment and the time you took to send feedback. I know the bar has been set pretty low for what an audience expects in terms of the most popular creators on here (and social media in general), there are some that incredibly prolific (for better and for ill, depending on the particular person and the content they produce) and were still in diapers or might have not existed back when I started this channel in 2009 when it was still "SketchTechThomas." Although I, myself, can't singlehandedly or any meaningful sense hope to change the standards as they exist for public discourse and the expected responsibilities (or lack thereof in many cases) that the biggest creators (I specifically refuse to consider myself an "influencer," not due to whatever influence or lack of it as of recent I have had, but because I'm old enough unlike Gen Z to not subscribe to the idea that someone should be worshipped or considered an authority simply due to some arbitrary level of fame or wealth they achieved through UA-cam (more power to them if they find success and meaning, but it's good to remember that everyone started with a blank channel and zero subscribers). Without viewers like you, the top dogs back then and now would be nothing as far as whatever presence and the benefits it affords them are currently enjoying. Things are the way they are (no duh, I suppose, lol) but as long as I can find the spare time, I will attempt to run my UA-cam and other content publishing ventures in a way where nothing is taken for granted and that includes remembering as well appreciating the interactions I get to have with awesome people like you and so many others. We're all on our respective paths but it's good to remember that at one point we all were just figuring out the basics and the older I get the more I realize how much more I have to learn but as I do I will make the effort to continue releasing content from my overdue backlog, but also work on fresh, original material like the unboxing of the new iPad Air I just did and also as I scale things and am afforded more leisure time --additional miscellaneous content both that I am brainstorming as well as worthwhile recommendations from others (particularly, I'm hoping to regain the setup and space to do live streams in the future but am still configuring when and how so it's still in the pipeline). As long as there's a will, there will be a way for TJCMN. Cliches and all, haha.
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Yo, John! I've been far too busy and I heard from a mutual that something happened regarding a similar issue my father is facing. For the sake of privacy and not (hopefully) doxxing either of us --if you use nstagram follow me there and HMU. I'll do likewise in between juggling a bunch, including try to get to my long overdue content backlog on here and also doing a bunch of other things.
Thank you for commenting and checking out this video. I really appreciate it and owe you one for STE. As circumstances continue to gradually improve in terms of my capacity for leisure time and I get financially in a more solidified state (it really is chaotic out there as I'm sure you know, bro) we should link up again either in Florida or somewhere else that's mutually amicable. I'm so glad we got to meet IRL back in 2017, even though it was all too brief and I'm looking forward to catching up as well as eventually crossing paths with you again. I still have you included in my "recommended channels" section on this YT and will keep you there since you're an OG (I still fondly look back to the Christmas of 2009 and when we used to Skype daily and we both were able to get the "other channels" box back when there was that crazy Firefox inspect element glitch, which I am sure you can also remember with a similar degree of enthusiasm).
Best of luck in the meantime with your ongoing ventures and I promise, I'll do my best to not disappear as I am planning on trying to maintain and eventually build upon a base level of frequency in regards to regular video uploads and content publishing in general. I just wished I had more time and have been swamped to say the least, especially post-COVID. Stay safe and have a good rest of the weekend!
what's up Tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, man. Hope you've been doing well over all these years and apologies for the overextended hiatus!
Believe it or not, I still remember you and also the (way better) room tour you did on your side channel in response to my own. It really meant a lot then and now I finally have the chance to not only offer my sincere appreciation, but do so in a much more articulated capacity.
Thank you so much for your support back then and staying subscribed long enough to comment on one of what I PROMISE is to be plenty more of these types of videos coming down the pipeline relatively soon!
Many people especially those nowadays who are much higher up on the totem pole of social media than myself take the audience(s) they establish over time for granted (among other things, I guess it's just human nature, ha ha).
It truly means a lot and I wouldn't be typing all this if I didn't want to express how comments like yours (which you took time out of your busy day to make) are why I am looking forward to being increasingly more active.
In the meantime stay safe and I hope nothing but the best for you in your own respective ventures. Cheers!
@@TJCMN Oh man, this comment made me so happy. Can't believe you remembered my video! Happy to see you on here again, excited to see what you make.
@@bender844 Your most two recent comment did likewise and I apologize in advance for not being able to get back to your follow up sooner. It's been over a year according to UA-cam, but nonetheless, I appreciate the sentiment and the time you took to send feedback. I know the bar has been set pretty low for what an audience expects in terms of the most popular creators on here (and social media in general), there are some that incredibly prolific (for better and for ill, depending on the particular person and the content they produce) and were still in diapers or might have not existed back when I started this channel in 2009 when it was still "SketchTechThomas."
Although I, myself, can't singlehandedly or any meaningful sense hope to change the standards as they exist for public discourse and the expected responsibilities (or lack thereof in many cases) that the biggest creators (I specifically refuse to consider myself an "influencer," not due to whatever influence or lack of it as of recent I have had, but because I'm old enough unlike Gen Z to not subscribe to the idea that someone should be worshipped or considered an authority simply due to some arbitrary level of fame or wealth they achieved through UA-cam (more power to them if they find success and meaning, but it's good to remember that everyone started with a blank channel and zero subscribers).
Without viewers like you, the top dogs back then and now would be nothing as far as whatever presence and the benefits it affords them are currently enjoying. Things are the way they are (no duh, I suppose, lol) but as long as I can find the spare time, I will attempt to run my UA-cam and other content publishing ventures in a way where nothing is taken for granted and that includes remembering as well appreciating the interactions I get to have with awesome people like you and so many others.
We're all on our respective paths but it's good to remember that at one point we all were just figuring out the basics and the older I get the more I realize how much more I have to learn but as I do I will make the effort to continue releasing content from my overdue backlog, but also work on fresh, original material like the unboxing of the new iPad Air I just did and also as I scale things and am afforded more leisure time --additional miscellaneous content both that I am brainstorming as well as worthwhile recommendations from others (particularly, I'm hoping to regain the setup and space to do live streams in the future but am still configuring when and how so it's still in the pipeline). As long as there's a will, there will be a way for TJCMN. Cliches and all, haha.