What a 34-year-old man thinks while doing housework and childcare. A childcare leave column that spells out mistakes and impressions that do not appear in so-called daddy's textbooks as honestly as possible.
I'm Ryo Morita (34) from ASCII Home Appliances, good morning. It's time for the childcare column "Men's Childcare Leave" on Wednesday. From March to April this year, I took a total of eight weeks of childcare leave and did my work. Now I'm back to work and I'm short of sleep. I'm investigating how much the removal costs are different between dermatology and cosmetic surgery because I have more moles because of lack of sleep, but his wife says, "I don't have to worry about that."
● I want to send a video to my parents
Since the baby was born, the camera roll of the iPhone is a baby. The sleeping face and smile are cute, but the funny and crying faces are good to laugh no matter how many times you look at them. I am rejuvenated when I am tired. In the People column, newborn babies and recent babies are categorized separately. It seems that the baby whose face recognition on the iPhone has grown is judged to be another person. It's a tremendous change.
I want to show my parents how the baby is growing at an amazing speed, so I make and send one photobook every month with a service called "Nohana".
One free photobook every month Nohana https://nohana.jp
Nohana is a service that allows you to create one free photobook every month, and the app is light, easy to use, and convenient. There is also a paid high-quality version of the photobook, but I don't feel any shortage, probably because I have never seen a photobook made with the high-quality version. If you see the high-quality version even once, your heart will be shaken, so I think it would be a good idea to set up a "trial high-quality plan".
The photos are still nice, but the videos are awkward to send.
Emails are rejected at the capacity limit (Gmail is up to 25MB), and LINE cannot send videos longer than 5 minutes. There is a way to upload it privately to YouTube and let it know the URL, but it is troublesome to do it one file at a time. File transfer services are difficult to explain. If your parents don't have a PC, smartphone, or tablet in the first place, it's a pity. I just burn it to a DVD and send it.
I think there are people who find it bothersome even with photos. My wife is an editor, so it doesn't seem like it's a pain to make a photobook, but it's time to put the photos in the app, select them, write captions, think about the order, and so on. I need to be motivated.
That's where a tool called "Mago Channel" comes into play. It was made by Japanese venture company Chikaku, and I thought it would be interesting, so I decided to borrow a sample.
Mago channel price 19,800 yen (including monthly fee for 2 months) Monthly contract 1480 yen or annual contract 15,000 yen (equivalent to 1250 yen per month) Chikaku https://www.mago-ch.com
The Mago channel is like a mobile phone that can be connected to a TV. It is connected to the Internet via a 3G line * . The videos and photos selected by the child on the smartphone are automatically delivered to the Mago channel, and the grandchild can be watched on the TV connected with the HDMI cable. It's smart.
* At the time of the interview. LTE compatible as of 2020 (Added on December 7, 2020)
A recording medium (storage) is included in the main unit, and it can store about 50,000 photos and 2000 1-minute videos. The capacity is not disclosed, but if you think that the photo taken with the iPhone is about 2 to 3 MB, it is 100 to 150 GB. It seems that you can add capacity with a dedicated USB memory if you run out. Commercially available external HDD cannot be used. The communication line is NTT DoCoMo. I am using a SIM from a venture called Soracom.
Operate with the TV remote control. Basic operation is play / stop with the enter button. Press the "Up" button to add your photos and videos to your favorites. You can see only your favorites from the menu.
The contents.Main unit, HDMI cable, power cable, remote control
Mago channel body.cute
HDMI, USB, power supply
When a new file arrives, it will shine in the shape of a window.
When I connect it, it looks like this
Operate with the TV remote control
The question is, can parents use it properly?
You can have the shop staff install it for a fee, but the point of the service is that you can use it easily without being asked by your parents, "How do you use it?" I gave my parents a "Mago Channel". I have already sent videos and photos from my app to the Mago channel.
What will happen now?
● TV itself is difficult
Righteousness of opening
Father? yeah? yeah? (Open the box and take out the main body)
Mother There are cables under this ... Oh, I'm watching "Mago Channel". Is it like a videophone? You can watch your grandchildren's videos on TV. Hmm?
Father what do you do with this?
Mother What if you read the "Installation Guide"?
Father That's right. (Do not read)
Father who gets things right away, mother who reads the manual
Mother Does this mean that it is received by this (main body)? It's not "Internet on TV".
Father This (power cable)?
Mother, put it in there. That's the power supply. Next is the cable for connecting to the TV.
"What is this?" "It's a power cable, isn't it?"
Father What is this (main body)?
It's something my mother receives. Send what you receive to the TV. It's the same as that (set-top box) of Kawagoe Cable (local cable TV).
Father "The tip is trapezoidal, so let's put the long one up."
I will connect the HDMI cable etc.
Mother If you press the input switch with the external input of the TV, ...
Father Mago Channel!
Mother Well ~~~, wonderful!
I finished connecting the cable in about 3 minutes
Well, it was like this. For the time being, it will proceed smoothly.
I was confused because the instruction manual says "I will use your remote control" even though there is a dedicated remote control, but I have proceeded to the point where I connect the HDMI cable and power cable to the main unit.
However, there is some confusion when connecting the HDMI cable to the TV.
My father said, "Where do you connect this?" And looked into the back of the TV, but I couldn't find it because the terminals were lined up with a dust cover.
"See, where the recorder is connected ..."
I gave a hint, but it seems that I didn't remember when I connected the recorder, so I couldn't find it easily.
"I know if it's a PC, but I've never used a line (cable) on a TV."
Said my father.
Certainly, the audio terminals are often hidden behind, and if you're just watching TV, you rarely see them, so it's hard to tell what you can do, unlike the terminals on a PC. I also connected the top and bottom of the HDMI terminal while worrying about "the longer trapezoid ...".
Father who connects the power to the back of the TV
The most difficult HDMI. "The longer trapezoid ..."
In an atmosphere where input switching is not well understood,
"No. 6 is the Mago Channel"
I understood. "External input 5" is the recorder and "external input 6" is the Mago channel, but it is difficult to understand because the name does not appear at the stage of connecting. This area is difficult to understand on TV, not because of the Mago channel. My father,
"The cable TV person set it for me, it's free for the first month, and then I think it's okay to deduct it from the license fee."
He said. So that's it. Not only cable TV sales, but also suburban home electronics mass retailers and mobile phone shops are likely to come near.
Father who gets caught a little by switching input
When you connect the main unit to a power source, a window-shaped light turns on and off. Evidence that a new file has arrived. When I chose the external input, a picture of me holding the baby came out, and my dad was delighted, "Oh!". It's true that I am, but the point that surprises me is not there.
● I want a free version with ads
The basic operation was just to press the enter button on the remote control, and my father got used to it immediately.
It seems a little difficult to understand that the OK button doubles as the "Back" button. When I wanted to see a new file, I was a little confused to press the OK button, move to the main menu, move it to the left and see "New".
However, once I got used to it, it seemed to be enjoyed. I watched the videos I liked over and over again, and he said, "Ehehe, it's cute!" However,
"Where is this?"
"What kind of person is this?"
I was asked, "This is a baby massage teacher," and so on, so I decided to answer next to each other. Certainly there is no title, so it is difficult to understand. When shooting a video, it seems necessary to include a reporter-like announcement such as "I'm going to a baby massage!".
There is no explanation for the photos and videos, so it was "Where is this?"
We talked about what to do about paying the charges. I think it's possible for parents to pay if they can see their grandchildren's photos.
"I'm disappointed when it comes to children not sending me at all."
My dad said, and I thought that was the case.
I'm wondering if it's okay because you can see the web on your smartphone or tablet, but the Mago Channel is just a box that costs money if we don't send files. I also feel the pressure to send the video because I have been paid a monthly fee.
On the contrary, when my child pays the communication fee, my parents are afraid, so I was wondering what to do. About this, my father and mother
"Isn't it okay to put an advertisement in this case? I don't care so much on TV. It's easy for people to see, so" wooden toys that are perfect for grandchildren's gifts "or" measures against aging odors that grandchildren don't dislike. " I should put out such an advertisement. "
And so on. Smart.
The basic design of the Mago channel starts with a premium plan without ads, but if you make a freemium plan with ads and no ads for a fee, the population parameter of users will not increase further. I thought. For chickens and eggs, if the number of contracts increases, I think we can negotiate communication charges with Soracom (NTT DoCoMo), so I think it would be better to try a trial with a limited number of people.
● The joy of sharing time
Children, on the other hand, only upload photos and videos.
Since I am using a 3G line, I thought it would take time to send the file, but the video of about 30 seconds to 1 minute arrived in less than 5 minutes. It's unexpectedly fast.
What was interesting was that the app was notified when parents saw it.
"My parents started watching the Mago channel."
It's a little stupid announcement, but it makes me feel a little happy because I feel like I'm spending time with my parents. When parents put a photo or video in their "favorites", they will be notified, so it feels like they like Instagram, which is done only by their family.
Notifications come to the app when parents watch the Mago channel
What I feel on the Mago channel is the joy of sharing time.
When you start living away from your parents or have a baby, you feel that time is relative. It's not "elephant time, rat time", but the time you live depends on where you are in your life. We usually think that we live in the same world and at the same time, but in fact we live in completely different times.
It's a very precious moment for us to spend time together with my father who is connecting the HDMI cable while saying wow, and my mother who is holding a baby and looking at him from behind while feeding milk from a baby bottle. I feel that it is. I'm more enthusiastic about taking videos than photos, but I thought I should do my best to increase the amount of time I can spend with my parents.
Born in 1983, his hobby is housework. I am a father of a 0 year old child. Looking for news on Facebook.
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