What You Don't Always See: We Screw Up (And That's Okay) https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/d9585c1f-0428-4b4b-8f6f-6c7b53efdd64 We've noticed a lot of comments on recent videos in which people have expressed both excitement in seeing us roll up our metaphorical sleeves and build (or modify) things for our fleet of EVs. We've seen excitement as we've discussed open-source and alternative methods to regain control of our vehicles, charging stations, and data sovereignty. All of that is great - and it makes us smile every time we read a comment expressing those sentiments. But something we feel less happy with is when people assume they can't learn these skills themselves, that we're clearly trained in an area, or that somehow we've just woken up one day with the skills we have. That's far from the truth - which is that we're all self-taught. And yes, we screw up. And those screw ups? They make us better. Today, Nikki talks about some of her recent failures, missteps - and why she thinks it'll lead to a better final outcome. ⏱️ Chapter Breakdown: 00:00 - Introduction 02:38 - It looks good but… it was a mistake. 03:57 - Back to the drawing board 05:27 - Frustrations ahoy 06:16 - Yes, Nikki is self-taught 08:50 - It's never too late to learn 10:53 - Now's the time to enroll in a new course! 13:44 - OVMS? It was misbehaving - Now it's fine. 15:28 - A New Project! 17:00 - The effect of parasocial 'success' 19:36 - If we can do it, so can you! 20:02 - Thanks, and goodbye! πŸ‘₯ Today’s Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org ⚑ EnergySage - https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 β€” ✊ Get Involved πŸ—³οΈ https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources ❀️ Support the Show πŸ“° https://www.transportevolved.com πŸ”₯ https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved β˜• https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved πŸ“Ί https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved πŸ‘• https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ πŸ›οΈ https://amzn.to/40xOyjm β‚Ώ 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH πŸ’¬ Join the Conversation 🐘 https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show πŸ’¬ https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn πŸ’¬ https://fluxer.gg/mcj8aehg πŸŒ€ https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social πŸ” Subscribe to our 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 πŸŽ™οΈ Credits: Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation : Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music: via Artlist.io Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:08:31 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.tv What You Don't Always See: We Screw Up (And That's Okay) https://peertube.tv/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/d9585c1f-0428-4b4b-8f6f-6c7b53efdd64 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.