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what stuff everyone John Breton gherkin TechnoBuffalo here yesterday was June 7th 2011 which marked the four-year anniversary of my first video getting uploaded to YouTube it was an unboxing of my very first Mac it was a MacBook Pro at the time there weren't all that many tech reviewers out on YouTube I had no intention of being a tech reviewer or even trying to become a tech reviewer I had never used a Mac before I didn't know how I thought that it would sort of force me to learn to use my computer if I made videos I thought maybe one or two people might watch a bit of a back story I had been watching a guy out of the UK his name was Danny as ace I don't think he's even making videos anymore he had done such an awesome job talking about computers that I figured it would be a fun thing to sort of have someone in the US do it so I very much in mimic to style you can see the video playing over my shoulder I was so nervous I remember I set up the camera I set up the products in front for probably a good 30 minutes I filmed about 10 takes I just I wasn't confident I was nervous the video it wasn't obviously wasn't HD it wasn't even widescreen YouTube wasn't even widescreen I didn't know how to edit a video I really knew nothing and I was so incredibly nervous to make a video I thought that I was going to get absolutely ripped apart the people were going to just make fun of me I was just extremely self-conscious and the audience police initially the ones that watch my first videos were so incredibly supportive it meant it just a tremendous amount to me and this is where I'm probably gonna get a little bit sentimental I look back from where I was in 2007 when I started making YouTube videos you guys might not know this I was a marketing guy before I became a tech reviewer technology has always been my passion but I could never make a living out of it so marketing is what I was doing I was running a marketing department for exhaust where development firm and I really hated my job I hated my job so much to the fact that I would hope that I would get in just like a minor car accident on the way and not worried it would hurt anybody but ride have an excuse to not go into work oh my god right into a stop sign or something that would be my hope I never actually did I was just I was miserable of what I was doing a slaving away you know working 50 60 or more hours a week at a job I didn't enjoy I had pretty much already hit my ceiling there and the tech videos were an outlet for me it was a chance to express my passion to have an interaction with folks that shared my interest and YouTube the audience grew and you guys in particular have given me a chance to live my dream and you might have heard me say that quite a bit but I mean it every time what would I look back four years how unhappy I was with my life and where I am right now it's just it's so wonderful and I'm not always the most emotional guy in the world but talking about this really really gets me emotional I I've shared so much with you guys over the four years I've gotten married obviously engaged before then bought a house you guys have met my cat you have even seen my parents show up in videos you're gonna have to look back to some older catalogs find that you guys have grown with me going back you know four years and I was 26 now we're in 30 I feel like we've both grown together and I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the opportunity to to really live my passion and it's I wake up with a smile on my face even on my worst day when I read comments people are saying you suck what are you doing I hate you I hate you you know YouTube comments can be a little bit tough I can always smile and I can't be happy because I get to review technology for a living and it's something that I don't take for granted I will never take for granted and for as long as you guys will watch me I will be here doing this it's what I love it's it makes me happy and there aren't that many times when I'm at a loss for words and you guys would know and talking about this something that really puts me at a loss for words I just want to say thank you it's been such an amazing four years and I'm so happy with what I get to do now and I hope that I could continue to grow and hope that I can look back on my eighth year anniversary and say wow look look look look what I've done look how much better my videos are look how much more confident I am on camera just wanted to say thank you guys and to celebrate a little bit of a four year milestone if you guys want to check out that first video again links gonna be down below and to all of you out there who are thinking about starting websites starting YouTube channels I hope that my story can serve at least is a little bit of an inspiration because you can do it you have to stick with it and you have to get past the hate comments there are some days when is actually early on that it was really hard to keep going into videos because the comments get tough but bear through it and something that you guys want to do and you stick with it and you find your own voice and you find your own style you can make a career and you can be successful and most importantly you can be happy so I've said this a million times guys thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart thank you my family thank you my wife thanks you my cat Mercedes thanks you everyone and just thank you thank you a million times over for giving me the opportunity to live my dream to start TechnoBuffalo and have a platform to get my voice out to give other people a voice is just a truly wonderful opportunity that's an opportunity that you guys have so before I embarrass myself more on camera and get a little more emotional I'll see you guys a happier more upbeat less emotional perhaps wasn't misty-eyed the show