1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,060 Alright, bye. [DOOR CLOSES] 2 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:02,380 [INTRO] 3 00:00:03,980 --> 00:00:04,480 Hello. 4 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:09,660 So, Buffer Festival is officially over which is kind of sad. 5 00:00:09,660 --> 00:00:12,140 It was my first Buffer Festival. 6 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:15,100 And I kind of invited myself. 7 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:18,440 Or I tried to invite myself and then I got the invite. 8 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:24,720 My friends Laur, from LaurDIY, and, well my boyfriend, Devon, told me that I should e-mail 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:31,060 them and see if I could possibly become a featured creator at Buffer and at first - 10 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:32,320 At first, I didn’t want to. 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:33,420 I was too nervous about it. 12 00:00:33,420 --> 00:00:38,180 I was like, “No, they’re not gonna want me to come over ‘cos I’m practically nobody 13 00:00:38,180 --> 00:00:39,340 on YouTube, but, uhm… 14 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:41,500 Yeah, they wanted me out there because - 15 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:45,540 I’m one of the more “unique” and “interesting” YouTubers, if you will. 16 00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:49,399 So, I did end up on two screenings: one of them being the - 17 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:54,139 One of them being the Science and Education and the other being Women of YouTube. 18 00:00:54,140 --> 00:01:01,360 On Science and Education, I was with Matthew Santoro, Jake from Vsauce3, Hannah Witton. 19 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,640 Sabrina Cruz, who is already a friend of mine. 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,049 A couple other people who I wasn’t very familiar with. 21 00:01:06,049 --> 00:01:11,189 And then on Women of YouTube, I was with Hannah again, my friend, Meghan Tonjes. 22 00:01:11,189 --> 00:01:17,020 Uhm, Estee was on there and a couple other people that I wasn’t familiar with. 23 00:01:17,020 --> 00:01:20,570 I think that’s what makes me so nervous about being on events like these, like with 24 00:01:20,570 --> 00:01:22,810 VidCon or Buffer Festival. 25 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:29,299 I don’t watch YouTube much anymore and if I do, it’s always a select number of people, 26 00:01:29,299 --> 00:01:32,299 probably people that wouldn’t make it to these things. 27 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:38,260 So before we get into the actual screenings, we can backtrack a little bit and talk about 28 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:40,510 the events that happened before the actual screenings. 29 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:45,130 I did get to stay at a hotel and it was a pretty nifty hotel. 30 00:01:45,130 --> 00:01:50,620 There were hospitality suites and you could get free snacks and pizza and stuff. 31 00:01:50,620 --> 00:01:52,560 We actually did eat out a lot. 32 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,840 When you have so many YouTubers in one tiny room, sometimes, it’s just better to eat 33 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:04,020 out than to try to fight people for food because the “real food” came when everyone would 34 00:02:04,020 --> 00:02:07,400 go up there and then they would stay there and it was just so crowded. 35 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:15,460 So the first day of the event was the Gala, the Red Carpet, and we did dress up pretty nifty. 36 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:19,980 I actually got to borrow my dress from Laur so, thank you, Laur, for lending me the dress. 37 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:25,480 Food was good and we had to wait for our limo to come pick us up. 38 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,900 And that was one of the things that kind of - 39 00:02:27,910 --> 00:02:29,450 That actually bummed me out - 40 00:02:29,450 --> 00:02:36,520 Was I was the last featured creator, I believe, to actually get a limo, so by the time that 41 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,820 we went to the Red Carpet, pretty much nobody was there. 42 00:02:39,830 --> 00:02:41,550 Like, all the interview people and everything. 43 00:02:41,550 --> 00:02:44,760 Nobody was really there so it just wasn’t as fun. 44 00:02:44,770 --> 00:02:51,130 The Red Carpet was something that I was really looking forward to and that just was a bummer, but oh well. 45 00:02:51,130 --> 00:02:54,599 If there’s one thing that I’ve learned about this stuff, is that next time, if there 46 00:02:54,599 --> 00:02:55,319 is a Buffer, 47 00:02:55,319 --> 00:02:57,319 I am wearing a pantsuit because it’s warmer. 48 00:02:57,319 --> 00:03:01,219 October is just way too cold of a month to do red carpet events. I - no. 49 00:03:01,220 --> 00:03:03,280 And then moving on to the actual screenings - 50 00:03:03,290 --> 00:03:06,030 Like I said, I was on two screenings. 51 00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:07,860 And there were actually meet ups. 52 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:10,020 For them, but I did not go to any of them. 53 00:03:10,020 --> 00:03:15,220 One, because I did not think it was really necessary for me to go because I didn’t 54 00:03:15,220 --> 00:03:16,780 think there would be anybody there. 55 00:03:16,790 --> 00:03:21,620 I only knew one person for sure was going and we ended up meeting somewhere else. 56 00:03:21,620 --> 00:03:26,360 But, actually, what was kind of funny about it was that - I - I don’t know why this 57 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:32,500 happened, but Buffer staff - I believe it was Buffer staff - called my hotel room with 58 00:03:32,510 --> 00:03:33,860 a voice phone. 59 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:37,360 I’m not the one you call using a voice phone to. 60 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,400 But, yeah, they called and they told me that the meetups were actually mandatory, but then 61 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,280 we were like - 62 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,920 But then they said that because the meetups were not captioned - they did not have a captioner 63 00:03:46,930 --> 00:03:50,930 for me - I was the exception and I didn’t have to go. 64 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:57,430 Buffer did provide me with a live captioner so I had a computer in front of me or an iPad 65 00:03:57,430 --> 00:03:58,349 in front of me. 66 00:03:58,349 --> 00:04:04,239 I had different live captioners on both days so the way that we went about it was a little 67 00:04:04,239 --> 00:04:05,059 bit different. 68 00:04:05,060 --> 00:04:09,500 For Science and Education, it was a little bit more private for us and everybody went 69 00:04:09,510 --> 00:04:12,430 up on stage one at a time and then we all went together. 70 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:17,859 And so we were in the back during the actual video previews so I was, you know, reading 71 00:04:17,859 --> 00:04:20,319 all the captions, like, in my own little corner. 72 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,039 Whereas with Women of YouTube, we were all on stage together sitting down so I had the 73 00:04:25,039 --> 00:04:29,889 computer to my left and while everyone’s kind of looking this way or this way, I’m 74 00:04:29,889 --> 00:04:35,589 that person mostly looking this way as I’ll show you a picture over here where you’ll 75 00:04:35,589 --> 00:04:37,189 be able to see that. 76 00:04:37,189 --> 00:04:41,949 I was very, very nervous about the screenings because one, I’ve never done this before. 77 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:44,119 Two, I wasn’t by myself. 78 00:04:44,119 --> 00:04:48,409 And you would think that if you had other people with you, it would take the nerves 79 00:04:48,409 --> 00:04:54,439 away a little bit, which it kind of does, but if you’re like me and you can’t understand 80 00:04:54,439 --> 00:04:59,119 the majority of the people there, it’s kind of like you have to constantly ask questions 81 00:04:59,119 --> 00:05:03,519 over and over and make sure you have all the information so you don’t screw up. 82 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,640 Because if something happens, it’s probably - 83 00:05:05,649 --> 00:05:07,219 Gonna be because of me. 84 00:05:07,219 --> 00:05:09,569 And I don’t want that, but it all went really well. 85 00:05:09,569 --> 00:05:14,409 I think most people premiered the same video if they had multiple screenings. 86 00:05:14,409 --> 00:05:18,869 I, however, did a different video for both screenings. 87 00:05:18,869 --> 00:05:24,920 For Science and Education, I did another closed captioning video, basically. 88 00:05:24,930 --> 00:05:31,539 I just did a brand new one and I made it shorter, more to the point for the people on the screening 89 00:05:31,539 --> 00:05:34,379 with me and for the people in the audience. 90 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:39,060 It’s pretty much the same thing as the other you-need-to-closed-caption-this-is-how-you-do-it 91 00:05:39,069 --> 00:05:45,979 videos on my channel, so I’m not going to put that video on my channel like other people 92 00:05:45,979 --> 00:05:46,919 will with their videos. 93 00:05:46,919 --> 00:05:48,859 Like, it’s just the same thing. 94 00:05:48,860 --> 00:05:50,860 But what was really awesome is - 95 00:05:50,869 --> 00:05:58,229 When we all had our Q&A, the very first thing that was mentioned was from Jake from Vsauce3 96 00:05:58,229 --> 00:06:03,719 and he talked about how he already captioned all his videos and I knew that because when 97 00:06:03,719 --> 00:06:10,729 VidCon was coming, I had tweeted him thanking him to - or for - captioning his channel and 98 00:06:10,729 --> 00:06:14,809 he talked about how important it was and that made me feel really good. 99 00:06:14,809 --> 00:06:21,059 Like, the first thing that gets talked about is a subject that a very small YouTuber brings 100 00:06:21,059 --> 00:06:21,619 up. 101 00:06:21,619 --> 00:06:25,419 A YouTuber that nobody really knows. 102 00:06:25,419 --> 00:06:30,099 So that made me pretty happy and I think I might’ve cried on stage just a little bit. 103 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:37,179 And then Matthew Santoro who was also on the screening also mentioned how he was looking 104 00:06:37,179 --> 00:06:39,999 into it and that he was going to start doing it. 105 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,399 And what was really awesome is, today, he left me a - 106 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:52,439 Post on my Facebook telling me that he had already got in 225 caption files from Rev 107 00:06:52,439 --> 00:06:59,149 and put ‘em all on his videos so his entire channel is captioned now which is totally 108 00:06:59,149 --> 00:07:04,039 freakin’ awesome because I think the only person to do something like that with that 109 00:07:04,039 --> 00:07:07,219 many videos was Tyler Oakley back in January. 110 00:07:07,220 --> 00:07:14,240 So, thank you, Matthew, for captioning your entire channel so quickly and inviting me 111 00:07:14,249 --> 00:07:16,160 to that party on Saturday. 112 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,160 That was pretty awesome. Thank you. 113 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:24,659 So not only did Jake talk about it and then Matt started captioning, uhm, Leah Rifkin, 114 00:07:24,659 --> 00:07:30,550 I believe is her name, she was on the screening as well and Out of Frame TV, I believe is 115 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:32,819 what it’s called, is being captioned. 116 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:39,519 And then we move on to the Women of YouTube screening which was just… wow. 117 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,500 There were so many people on Women of YouTube. 118 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:48,820 And I did a more general video, like, being a deaf woman on YouTube, blah blah blah. 119 00:07:48,820 --> 00:07:52,820 More misogyny, more - different kinds of misogyny. 120 00:07:52,820 --> 00:07:56,920 And, uhm, that’s not going to be premiered on here either. 121 00:07:56,929 --> 00:08:02,209 I don’t have the file, but I might redo it because both videos were kind of last minute 122 00:08:02,209 --> 00:08:06,489 and I would rather redo it and make it better to put on my channel. 123 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:09,000 But that went really well, uhm… 124 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,040 Leigh… 125 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,559 I’ll put her name here. 126 00:08:11,559 --> 00:08:16,159 She, uh, premiered a video there and it’s captioned on her channel now so I will link 127 00:08:16,159 --> 00:08:18,159 that down below because it was pretty awesome. 128 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:24,220 And Estee is looking into it as well so I have to e-mail her at some point so we can 129 00:08:24,229 --> 00:08:24,979 get that going. 130 00:08:24,979 --> 00:08:30,029 I’m not sure what the rest of the YouTubers are going to do, unfortunately. 131 00:08:30,029 --> 00:08:34,420 But, hopefully, they will get on the captioning train as well. 132 00:08:34,420 --> 00:08:35,380 That would be pretty awesome. 133 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:38,100 And Estee and I got a selfie together which was pretty awesome. 134 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:41,340 Well, the good thing with Estee was we both relate. 135 00:08:41,349 --> 00:08:46,259 We wanted to step out of the beauty world because we kind of felt trapped in that little 136 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:48,339 beauty bubble because - 137 00:08:48,339 --> 00:08:49,720 It - It - It’s a thing. 138 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,300 A lot of, you know, women on YouTube, when they’re just starting on YouTube, they don’t 139 00:08:53,309 --> 00:08:53,310 - 140 00:08:53,540 --> 00:08:58,620 They think that you should probably just stick to being a makeup person on YouTube because 141 00:08:58,620 --> 00:09:00,680 they tend to be more successful. 142 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:06,079 And not only that, if you stick to the beauty bubble thing, you kind of hide away from - 143 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:09,879 The comments that you would get if you were more of an outspoken kind of person. 144 00:09:09,879 --> 00:09:12,959 If you talked about social issues, feminism or whatever. 145 00:09:12,959 --> 00:09:18,420 It was - It was pretty awesome to see that another person on the panel felt the same 146 00:09:18,420 --> 00:09:23,670 way as me and wanted to, uhm, you know, move out of that and work on to something else 147 00:09:23,670 --> 00:09:28,079 regardless of the fact that other people have kind of made comments about how you shouldn’t 148 00:09:28,079 --> 00:09:30,290 do this or do this, do that, so - 149 00:09:30,290 --> 00:09:32,170 Or should do that. Yeah. 150 00:09:32,170 --> 00:09:35,040 Other than that, Buffer was pretty fun. 151 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:41,629 The parties were so-so, but parties, you know, me, we don’t really mesh very well. 152 00:09:41,629 --> 00:09:48,519 I met a lot of awesome people that became friends, became acquaintances and, you know, 153 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:52,360 people that asked me about captioning outside of panels and - 154 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,260 I would definitely want to do this again. 155 00:09:54,260 --> 00:10:00,600 So, thank you, Corey and Sam and everybody else from Buffer Festival for doing this thing 156 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,560 and, you know, for inviting me to come over and - 157 00:10:03,569 --> 00:10:08,949 And fingers crossed that we will have another Buffer Festival next year because it was really fun. 158 00:10:08,949 --> 00:10:09,829 It was really awesome. 159 00:10:09,829 --> 00:10:14,909 It’s a great way to find out about people and I would definitely want to go. 160 00:10:14,909 --> 00:10:16,809 I will see you later. Bye.