Hello, welcome back to Cortex. On this episode at the State of the Workflow series, I have the

absolute pleasure of being joined by Alec from the Technology Connections YouTube channel.

Alec has become well known for his incredibly detailed and thoughtful videos, where he digs into

how everyday technology works, from things like air conditioners to Christmas lights to, of course, dishwashers.

I really love that through his incredible writing and presentation style, Alec can make me

interested in things I never would have actually thought that I could be interested in.

He has this unique way of being able to draw out a story from these unexpected places.

I wanted to find out how Alec chooses the things that he wants to talk about, how he writes the scripts, how he decides

if something really is worth a video, and also how the growth of his YouTube channel affects

the decisions that he makes, and also how he thinks about YouTube as a platform at all. And we're going

to get into all of that

and more in today's episode. But before we get started, considering it is a new year, it is a

tradition around these parts that we would have a yearly theme. In the absence of having a dedicated

episode this year, I have made a YouTube video where I talk about my year of fatherhood from 2025 and set my theme

for 2026. I'm going to add a link in the show notes to this video, which you should go and watch.

It is on the Cortex YouTube channel. I'll also add a link to a blog post that I wrote if that's more of your thing.

But for now, please enjoy this episode, the State of the Workflow series with Alec from Technology Connections.

Alec, I want to get started by asking the question I ask all of my guests.

What is the most important device to you for getting your work done?

I mean, it's either my computer or my teleprompter.

Interesting.

Okay, so the teleprompter, tell me about that. It's a my computer or my teleprompter. Interesting. Okay.

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