My Go Pro is very straight forward. Out of the box it's set up to be turns on, then one button to start recording, then again to stop.
As for uploading, just plug the USB cable into your computer and turn the camera on. It'll show up as a harddrive (Win xp and newer should ask you how you want to view it, choose as a folder) and then you just copy/paste the videos onto your computer. For uploading to the internet, log into You Turbe and upload them directly.