Peggy K's Creator News

Here's a quick look back at my 2024, with a few stats, this year's top tutorials and achievements. Note: You can find my post about Creator Trends in 2024 here. Milestones Creator Weekly blog and newsletter turn 10 on January 5, 2025. Creator Weekly Live on YouTube turned one in April. I started using Blogger 20 years ago ! I reflected on my social media 5 years after the demise of Google+. And yes, that makes me feel old.  Thank you for reading, watching, commenting and chatting! A special thank you to my regular readers and viewers. It means a lot to me, and I appreciate every comment and tip. Newsletter Readers A special shout-out to my top 25 subscribers who opened up more than 92% of my emails. I assume you are reading this, so thank you! Having regular readers makes writing worthwhile. Some of you reached out by email and I appreciate that too!   Blog Commenters Constructive comments, observations and questions are always we...

It’s hard to believe it, but 10 years have passed since I launched what is now Peggy K's Creator News. I set up the blog originally as a place to post easily linkable tutorials on the integration of Google+ and YouTube. It was pretty confusing and the ins and outs were not well docume,nted in Google’s help centers, so this started as a reference guide. The first post on peggyktc.com was a tutorial on how to unlink your YouTube channel from Google+ and how to create a channel using something other than your real name. What’s in a (domain) name? I chose the peggyktc.com domain for this blog to give my main Google+ Page a memorable custom URL, which was based on the linked domain. PeggyK(dot)com was sadly already taken, and no, that Peggy K is not me. The “TC” referred to the fact I was a “Top Contributor” in the Google Help Communities. And I still am, although it’s Google Product Experts now. I eventually added more tutorials about using Google+ (even withou...

Here's where I'm currently active on social media (as of April 2024), at least occasionally. Where I currently can be found:  * Web: PeggyKTC.com (you're here!) * YouTube: @PeggyKTC * Twitter/X: @PeggyKTC * Threads: @peggykolm  (follow in the fediverse: @peggykolm@threads.net) * Bluesky:  @peggyk.bsky.social * Mastodon: @peggyktc@mas.to I have dormant profiles on a bunch of other platforms. If you are wondering if a profile is me, just ask! Subscribe to the Creator Weekly Email newsletter -- Last updated April 2024

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...