As a part of the changes that are going on with Volt, I thought I’d take some time to talk about some changes that are coming to the blog that will affect the audience going forward.

Starting later this month I will be transitioning to self-hosted content management, meaning that once this transition has begun, content will no longer be posted here on Medium.

The reason for this change, like all changes that have been made in the past is to provide a seamless experience across the site, which right now is staggered.

Since the creation of this blog here on Medium, it has provided users with an experience for both web and mobile, and now that Sevan is optimized for both, there is no need to continue providing an experience on here.

Medium is a great platform for publishers, that is a fact, but has outlived its purpose in the Sevan workflow.

I really appreciate the community that Medium has helped provide, and look forward to new endeavors.

Phase II: Blog Transition was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Today I am pushing out a minor update to the website, most of the changes are backward-facing, and won’t really impact most of you.

But because I’m making a habit of posting changes to Volt, I thought I’d make a post about it.

This release addresses some pages that were missing on the 9.1 release last week, things I just didn’t have time to finish.

You’ll notice that I’m working towards a SSO option to sign into Sevan, it hasn’t been fully implemented yet, so stay tuned for that.

Keep the feedback coming folks, lots more to come!

Volt 9.1.1–09.24.17 was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Volt was launched back in May with a lot of new changes and additions from Photon 4, today I am proud to announce the next service release for Volt, version 9.1 which addresses a variety of issues regarding page rendering.

But instead of rambling on about all the changes, here is a changelog:

New, Shiny Stuff

• Content from YouTube will no longer be displayed on the site going forward in favor of HTML5 web standards, also, it makes more sense.
• Disqus integration has been added for commenting.
• Navigation bar on the top has been added for easier navigation (this bar will be used for further navigation soon!)

Known Issues

• There is a weird issue where on mobile, when refreshed, the “Featured Video” card doesn’t fill the entire box, not sure what’s going on there seeing as it is the same size as the box. I’m looking into it!
• On the frontpage with the “lit Sevan” backdrop, the image doesn’t move based on the screen/window size on smaller devices

NOTE: Upon consideration, I have decided that videos from “s03-vep15” onward will have video pages, anything prior to that episode won’t have a page.

If you have any feedback, please let me know, I’m always improving the site!

Volt 9.1–09.13.17 was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Just thought I’d let all of you know about the changes regarding video posts here on the bog.

The new system is setup so that a post (like I have traditionally done in the past) is no longer necessary. So going forward, links will be posted on my social feeds, instead of on here.

Comments are provided through Disqus, if you do not have an account, you can register for one through there.

This change will also allow me to post more traditional content, such as tech tidbits, reviewws, how to guides and more.

I appreciate all of the support you guys have given me over the past few years, and hope to see some of you soon.

I’m on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Video Post changes — 09.12.17 was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

For the longest time I have been an advocate of posting content on YouTube because it is a great platform for exposure, but lately that montra has changed because of Advertising Issues, and lack of support for small “YoiTubers” such as myself.

Today I regret to announce that going forward, I will no longer be using the platform to publish my work. Before I get in to the reasoning, I would like to thank everyone directly, and indirectly involved in the community that has supported me since day one.

• YouTube, as a platform, is crowded, it is hard for small players like myself to get the conversation going.
• Content ID is a joke, seriously. I’ve had more issues with Content ID over the years. Keeping in mind I OWN the rights to all the music I have in my shows.
• YouTube Ad Revenue is a joke, it is designed to work better for people who have a bigger following, and even then, those who do have a large following don’t get paid enough.

With that said, since my last episode, “Let’s talk about CD Baby”, future episodes will be provided using my own code, and infrastructure. I will make an announcement when that is ready.

Also, before I wrap things up, I would like to add that I might be moving my entire collection over as well, for now, the channel will remain open until I have worked out the semantics for that.

I regret making this decision, but I have to do what is necessary for my content.

Thank you all for being a part of the community, and I hope to see all of you soon.

It’s time for a change was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

I’m kind of stumped, the past several videos (or at least one in particular) I have had issues with disputing the copyright claim. Should I let it go, or find an alternative.

“Let’s talk about CD Baby” was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

In case you haven’t seen the changes YouTube has made to their branding and site design, I voice my opinion on these changes.

“Let’s talk about YouTube” was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Had a little bit of fun being an idiot in BF1! This is the very first official Walking Idiot Episode, hope you enjoy!

“Testing Waters” — Walking Idiot was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Yesterday in Beatrice we had an Eclipse (from what was visible anyway)!

“Eclipse of Lack Thereof” was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Just wanted to throw this out there before I get started, I have reason to believe that Lance Stewart (lance210) is faking everything that has been going on in his videos lately.

Got a bunch of computer stuff going on, and I shaved my head!

“I lost my hair” was originally published in Sevan on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.