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My Windows 7 review

February 12, 2010

I’m an avid Mac user, but I can’t help but be impressed with the new Windows 7 OS.  I’ve currently loaded Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit (boot camp on a MacBook) and 64-bit (boot camp on a MacBook Pro).  And I have to say that I am impressed with the OS on both machines, especially when [...]

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VNC shortcuts in OSX Leopard

October 27, 2009

If you are using a Mac computer running OSX Leopard 10.5 or higher, then you need to know about the new Screen Sharing application built-in to the OS.  (reference the image above for the filepath to this feature on your machine) I use this feature on almost a daily basis to access all of our [...]

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Enhance your media experience now…

October 15, 2009

It’s now really affordable to upgrade your multimedia to a quality HD experience utilizing Renewed Vision’s ProPresenter software and the new Mac Mini from Apple.
ProPresenter gives you the ability to project user scalable media at almost any resolution that your equipment can output.  With the Mac Mini, you now have two completely independent display ports.  [...]

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Tech Personnel: Volunteer or Paid?

October 14, 2009

Working with volunteers is obviously a constant struggle in the church.  We love volunteers and I’m blessed by those who serve alongside me, but let’s be honest.  There are times whenever having a volunteer in place can simply drain the energy right out of you or cause the team to lose synergy.
This is not uncommon [...]

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No time like the present for HD…

October 13, 2009

If you are currently looking at how to implement IMAG into your weekend environment or you are considering upgrading your IMAG system from SD to HD, there’s no time like the present.  HD is now affordable and in some cases, more affordable than even a traditional SD system.
Costs for professional HD cameras continue to go [...]

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Being Technologically Relevant

October 12, 2009

As most of today’s church leaders are aware, there are a lot of buzz words roaming around our books and blogs that tell us who we should and shouldn’t be.  One of those words is relevant.  This word has several implications, some positive and some maybe not so much.  For me, being relevant is mostly [...]

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New AV-HS450 from Panasonic

July 30, 2009

I’ve been using the Panasonic AV-HS400 8-input switcher for some time now and love it.  I’m a huge advocate of this product.  Well, I had the opportunity to demo the new AV-HS450 20-input switcher directly with Panasonic.  And I have to say, I’m so excited about this product and if you are in any way [...]

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Use SugarSync…it’s the bomb!

July 4, 2009

Just wanted to plug a new system that I’m using to synchronize our weekend file needs at the church.  We’ve been struggling for some time with Windows Live Sync.  I don’t even know where to begin to enumerate all of the challenges that we’ve faced with the Windows product.  Perhaps a large part of the [...]

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Have a conversation with the world!

June 22, 2009

The Digerati staff at LifeChurch.tv is at is at it again.  The same guys that created one of the coolest online Bible tools available, YouVersion, have now introduced a chat engine that allows you to have a conversation with people across the globe in up to 45 languages.  I haven’t gotten a chance to use [...]

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HaiVision video over IP

January 18, 2009

We started preliminary testing this week for utilizing video over our FIOS internet connection to replace our live satellite uplink to our offsite campuses in Keller and Denton, TX.  And I have to say that I’m pretty impressed.  There are a lot of bugs to work out.  One being that utilizing a multicast senario seems [...]