VidHive – Turn video into lasting insight Highlight. Resurface. Remember.

That's what VidHive does. Tutorial series coming soon. Try it free at vidhive.io

Be honest - how many videos are in your "Watch Later" graveyard?
Mine had 200+. Podcasts I "meant to revisit." Tutorials I "definitely needed."

I watched them. I enjoyed them. I forgot them.
This week I'm going back through the best ones and actually capturing what matters.

Over the next few weeks, I’m watching:
→ Alex Hormozi
→ Ali Abdaal
→ Diary of a CEO episodes

And I’m documenting the whole process.

Why? Because I built VidHive to solve my own problem - forgetting everything I watch.

Time to use it for real.

#buildinginpublic #vidhive

I’m creating a tutorial series for VidHive.

But I’m not using fake demo content. I’m using real podcasts I actually want to remember.

Day 9 of 30 of using my own product in public!

It feels good to invest to your future self and have your studying efforts compound over time!

The skill of the future is definitely to learn, unlearn, and relearn 👌🏾

#buildinginpublic #vidhive #indiespotlight

VidHive – Turn video into lasting insight Highlight. Resurface. Remember.

vidhive.io

Highlighting isn’t just remembering. It’s curating what you want to *become*.

#AmReading #VideoHighlights #LifelongLearning

2 weeks using Wispr Flow.

51,504 words dictated. Roughly a book chapter.

I use it for everything - coding, strategizing, ideas, messages. Anywhere I used to type, I now just talk.

Voice is 3-4x faster than typing.

Free month of Pro: ref.wisprflow.ai/charles-ogar

Building collaborative learning tools is tricky.

Everyone has their own tags. Their own system. Their own vocabulary.

Shared Tags solve that. Now a whole Space can organize highlights together.

Full video coming. It's live now at vidhive.io

#buildinginpublic #vidhive
#spotlight

Day 8 of using my own product daily.

VidHive resurfaced a NDT clip I saved:

"The coolest thing is seeing what everyone else has seen, but thinking what no one else has thought."

He calls wisdom "the juxtaposition of connecting new dots."

That's why I built this. 🔥

vidhive.io/hl/EoP03APrAdA

VidHive – Turn video into lasting insight Highlight. Resurface. Remember.

Still early, still building.

What kind of videos would you highlight? Dance practice? Tutorials? Meetings? Lectures?

If you want to try it out: vidhive.io
#buildinpublic

But here’s the part I’m most excited about:

These highlights don’t just sit there. They auto-resurface in your daily review.

You do the work once — clipping, tagging — and it keeps paying you back. Knowledge compounding.

Building VidHive — a tool to create highlights from your videos and actually remember what’s in them.

Here’s what it looks like after you’ve marked the key moments. Tall video? Horizontal? Doesn’t matter.

One click and you’re right back at that move, that insight, that rep.

Locking in on this 30 day challenge of using my own product VidHive IO and will be ramping up for sure!

This is the power of @notion.com, even more so with Notion AI Agents!

Yes I'm a bonafide Notion nerd! 🤓

#contentplan #notion

7 days down!
21 more to go!

30 days challenge of using my own product daily! 💪🏾

Try the Readwise of video free!

vidhive.io

Day 5 of 30!

I got 99 problems, but a highlight ain't one! 😄

I'm challenging myself to use VidHive every single day for 30 days.

If I built it, I should use it, right?

5 down. 25 to go. ✅

🔥 5-day streak | vidhive.io

#buildinginpublic #30daychallenge #vidhive #videolearning #indiemaker

97 days on Readwise.
3 days on VidHive.

Readwise changed how I retain what I read. But I kept asking: why doesn't this exist for video?

So I built it.

VidHive: Daily Review for your video highlights.

The heatmap is mostly empty right now. But that's how every streak begins.

→ vidhive.io (free)

vidhive.io

Your highlights map the evolution of your curiosity.

A highlight is a promise to your future self.
But what good is a promise you never keep?
I wrote about why video learning is broken—and what I’m building to fix it.
vidhive.io/blog/thought...

CODING WIN OF THE DAY!

Got my first notification working end-to-end! 🎉

Built event approval notifications that reach admins, submitters, and organizer users - both in-app and via email.

I lead a talk for parents to navigate the digital world along with also taking some photos courtesy of Ogarocious Media!

There was also a great key note speech by Nicole S. Cooper!

Thank you Ecleamus Ricks Jr & Natalya Polite

Charles Ogar

Throwback to the National Society of Black Engineers Fresh Start for the Austin Chapter NSBE Professionals | National Society of Black Engineers

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Visionary or Dreamer?

So I’m curious… how do you tell the difference between a visionary and a dreamer?

Is it about action? Clarity? Persistence? Something else entirely?

Happy to have attended my first in person Ruby event thanks to XO Ruby Flagrant Jim Remsik !

Really enjoyed the presentations, conversations, and the unexpected gesture of covering everyone's lunch!

I, of course, had my camera on me and offered a professional group photo! 📸

@xoruby.com @cecy.ai

We’ve all been there — offering help and not knowing if it’s actually helping. Or struggling and not knowing how to ask for what we really need.

This piece is for both.

For the times we need more than just an ear.
✍🏾 open.substack.com/pub/ogarocio...
#HoldingWeightNotJustSpace

If you aren't using the Text Replacement feature on your iPhone or Mac in today's modern world, what are you waiting for?