Peggy K's Creator News

 Join me and some of my fellow Google Product Experts live with Michael Daniels and Heather Kraafter on the Tinkering with Tech show, Wednesday, July 13, at 6PM Eastern.  This week's Tinkering with Tech show is a very special episode filled with a whole panel of special guests and fun surprises. Join the discussion live to enjoy the fun or watch the replay, your choice. I have been a Google Product Expert (formerly Top Contributor) since 2010, which seems a lifetime ago.  My own journey through the program started in the AdSense help forum. From there I started answering AdSense questions in the YouTube and Blogger forums, along with account and other product questions. From YouTube I ended up in the Google+ forum (RIP), helping with Hangouts when that launched, and then with Google Fi and Google Meet.  I'm especially interested in the issues that involve the integration between products, like AdSense linking to YouTube, Google...

I hope you are all enjoying your summer! There are few updates this week, but if you need something to keep you entertained at the beach, you can watch YouTube’s sessions at VidCon, learn about Reddit’s “Collectable Avatars” on the blockchain (yes, NFTs), or set up a new Meta account to disconnect Facebook from your VR headset. And there’s news for YouTube, social media, web publishing and productivity. Or maybe just read a good book! If you would like this newsletter in your email inbox,  subscribe here . Google PE Program On Wednesday, July 13, I’ll be joining a panel of my fellow Google Product Experts on the Tinkering with Tech show. If you are interested in the Google Product Experts program or just want to join in a chat with current PEs, be sure to join live! In a related note, I made a 60 second highlight reel of my recent trip to NYC and the Google PE Program Americas Summit. Watch the Short here . Hangouts to Google Chat migration Are you trying to access your Hangout...

I spent the first day of the new year reflecting on the past year and making plans for the coming months. Looking back, I had a pretty good year. I hiked in the mountains, and dipped my toes in the ocean. I grew vegetables in my garden. I saw beautiful works of nature and thoughtful works of art. I worked just hard enough, created videos, wrote tutorials, and  did my best to keep up with changes in technology . I was honored to win the Creator Award at the Google Product Expert meetup in Boulder, Colorado. I work hard at creating my tutorials, in the hope that it will help people find the answers to their questions that aren't well-addressed in the official help forums. It feels great to have my efforts acknowledged. And I was pleased to be highlighted as one of the "people who make YouTube better" on the  YouTube Contributors page . But I have also felt like I'm having trouble focusing. I have multiple partially started projects, goals I haven't m...