David L. Jones (video blogger)

{{Short description|Australian video blogger}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox youtuber | name = David L. Jones | image = David L. Jones EEVblog In Electronics Lab.jpg | caption = David L. Jones in his electronics lab in January 2016 | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Video blogger | pseudonym = {{ubl|Dave Jones|"The Crazy Aussie Bloke"}} | website = {{URL|https://www.eevblog.com}} | youtube_handle = EEVBlog | youtube_display_name = | youtube_years_active = 2009–present | youtube_genre = Video blog | youtube_subscribers = 993 thousand | youtube_views = 217 million | stats_update = 14 April 2026 }}

'''David L. Jones''' is an Australian video blogger.<ref name="makersatwork">{{cite book|last=Osborn|first=Steven|title=Makers at Work: Folks Reinventing the World One Object or Idea at a Time|chapter=Dave Jones, Host, EEVBlog|date=17 September 2013|publisher=Apress|publication-date=17 September 2013|isbn=978-1430259923|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXjiAAAAQBAJ&dq=makers+at+work+dave+jones&pg=PA229}}</ref><ref name="EEWeb2011">{{cite web | title = Interview with David L. Jones | author = | work = EEWeb | date = 2011-04-03 | access-date = 2015-10-23 | url = http://www.eeweb.com/spotlight/interview-with-david-l.-jones | quote = I started by taking stuff apart and trying to figure out how they worked. }}</ref> He is the founder and host of ''EEVBlog''<ref name="CCiview">{{cite journal |last= Price|first= Nan|date= April 2012|title=Electronics Engineering for the People: An Interview with David L. Jones |journal= Circuit Cellar |location= Vernon, CT, USA |publisher= Circuit Cellar Incorporated |url=http://circuitcellar.com/community/interviews/interview-engineering-for-the-people/ |access-date= 2015-05-10}}</ref> (''Electronics Engineering Video Blog''), a blog and YouTube channel targeting electronics engineers, hobbyists, hackers, and makers.<ref name="makersatwork" /><ref name="eevblogyoutube">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog | title=EEVBlog | publisher=David L. Jones | date=4 Apr 2009 | access-date=28 October 2015 | author=Jones, David}}</ref> His content has been described as a combination of "in-depth equipment reviews and crazy antics".<ref name="makersatwork" />

==Life== Before becoming a full-time blogger, Jones worked on FPGA boards for the EDA company Altium.<ref name="Leung2011">{{cite web | title = Altium relocates from Sydney to Shanghai | first = Isaac | last = Leung | work = Electronics News | date = 2011-04-06 | access-date = 2015-10-23 | url = http://www.electronicsnews.com.au/features/altium-relocates-from-sydney-to-shanghai | language = | quote = | archive-date = 1 February 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160201203247/http://www.electronicsnews.com.au/features/altium-relocates-from-sydney-to-shanghai | url-status = dead }}</ref>

According to Jones, he began publishing electronic design project plans in electronics DIY magazines like ''Electronics Australia'' in the 1980s.<ref name="makersatwork"/> In recent years,{{When|date=January 2020}} several of his project articles appeared in ''Silicon Chip''.<ref name="siliconchip">{{cite web |url=http://archive.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_111243/article.html |title=µCurrent...a precision current adapter for multimeters |publisher=Silicon Chip |author=Jones, David L. |date=18 Apr 2009 |access-date=22 Jan 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129094212/http://archive.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_111243/article.html |archive-date=2016-01-29 }}</ref>

Jones is also the founder and co-host of ''The Amp Hour'',<ref name="CCiview"/> an electronics engineering radio show and podcast.

==''EEVBlog''== Jones' ''EEVBlog'' YouTube channel was created on 4 April 2009.<ref name="eevblogyoutube-about">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog/about | title=EEVBlog About | publisher=David L. Jones | date=4 Apr 2009 | access-date=28 October 2015 | author=Jones, David}}</ref><ref name="makersatwork"/> The channel features in-depth equipment reviews and electronics commentaries.<ref name="makersatwork"/> Jones has posted over 1000 episodes.

==Batteriser incident== In a mid-2015 video, Jones disputed the claims of an unreleased battery life extender called Batteriser (later called Batteroo Boost after a lawsuit by Energizer). Batteroo, the company behind the product, disputed the arguments put forth by Jones and others, and published a number of demonstration videos in response.<ref name="SMH1">{{cite web|last1=Francis|first1=Hannah|title=Batteriser battery life extender: scam or saviour?|url=http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/batteriser-battery-life-extender-scam-or-saviour-20150915-gjmrql.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 September 2015 |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> In the wake of Jones' video about Batteriser, his video was "disliked" by a torrent of IP addresses located in Vietnam.<ref name="Russon2015">{{Cite web | title = Hackers spamming YouTube videos with dislikes using hijacked Vietnamese IP addresses | last = Russon | first = Mary-Ann | work = International Business Times UK | date = 7 September 2015 | access-date = 22 October 2015 | url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/we-dislike-you-vietnam-hackers-give-youtube-videos-thumbs-down-1518821 | language = | quote = ...received hundreds of dislikes on his 30 August video debunking a product called Batteriser, which claims to greatly extend the life of alkaline batteries. }}</ref> Other bloggers with related videos experienced similar activity from addresses in Vietnam. The bloggers involved have suspected that either a click farm in Vietnam was engaged to harm the reputations of those attacking the claims about the product, or that a single computer with many fake or stolen YouTube accounts utilized proxied IP addresses to cover its tracks.<ref name="Stewart2015">{{Cite web | title = Negative Feedback - Attack on a YouTube Channel | first = Joe | last = Stewart | work = Dell SecureWorks Security and Compliance Blog | date = 3 September 2015 | access-date = 22 October 2015 | url = http://www.secureworks.com/resources/blog/negative-feedback-attack-on-a-youtube-channel/ | quote = Dave Jones' EEVblog, came under attack after having published a series of videos debunking a product claiming to vastly extend the life of alkaline batteries. | archive-date = 8 October 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151008064744/http://www.secureworks.com/resources/blog/negative-feedback-attack-on-a-youtube-channel/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Due to the anonymous nature of the attacks, it remains unknown who was responsible.<ref name="DislikeDDOS">{{Cite web | title = Youtube Dislikes for Sale, DDoS Style | first = Martin | last = Anderson | publisher = The Stack | date = 4 September 2015 | access-date = 26 April 2016 | url = https://thestack.com/security/2015/09/04/youtube-dislikes-for-sale-ddos-style/ | quote = Neither can one blame Batteriser, whatever one thinks of the circumstantial evidence... | archive-date = 28 April 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160428015109/https://thestack.com/security/2015/09/04/youtube-dislikes-for-sale-ddos-style/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.eevblog.com}} * {{YouTube|channel=UC2DjFE7Xf11URZqWBigcVOQ |title=EEVblog}}

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