To Stock or Not?
Posted on December 24, 2009 - Filed Under Equipping, media, software | 5 Comments
I posted a tweet recently and it triggered that thought process in me.
The one that said “weren’t you meant to write a blog post about this?” one. So here I am. And what I want to discuss is twofold; whether we should use stock photos in church material and if so, where can we source [...]
Simple Copyright Solutions
Posted on November 23, 2009 - Filed Under Church IT, Uncategorized, media, software, video streaming | 14 Comments
I get more questions about copyright and the legal use of copyrighted materials in church than any other topic. Sadly, most of those conversations start with music pastor or tech director looking for a loophole, or trying to justify a copyright violation. So we walk through that conversation, but it ends up here.
Honoring [...]
Why a Mac in Church?
Posted on October 12, 2009 - Filed Under media, software | 15 Comments
Well, I’m glad you asked. Up until about a year and a half ago when I bought my first Mac, I was very against the whole idea. I thought Macs were just overpriced, hard to use, and incompatible with the rest of the world. But then, after playing with a few of my friend’s Macs, [...]
Read More..>>New CTM Writer – Chase Livingston
Posted on September 21, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized, media | 3 Comments
I am really excited to introduce to you someone I have followed on Twitter for a few months. He is a tech volunteer at his church and has been for quite some time and he struck me as someone who has a story to tell. To begin this story, I thought I would interview him, [...]
Read More..>>EasyWorship 2009: Display Foldback Overview
Posted on September 20, 2009 - Filed Under Church IT, Presentation, Tech Arts Team, easyworship, media, software, support | 4 Comments
If you’re an EasyWorship user, there’s a new version available for you. EasyWorship 2009 was released recently, and it has several new features. One of the features that is causing some interest and even confusion is Display Foldback.
I’ve been using EasyWorship 2009 at our church for a few months now in its beta form, and [...]
Build a Website – Part Three
Posted on September 19, 2009 - Filed Under Equipping, media | Leave a Comment
Part 3 is all about Content Creation. Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here.
As project lead I was quite happy that this burden wasn’t on me. However it was down to me to drive the provision of it and to keep advising, suggesting, etc. Of course the type of site and target [...]
Build a Website – Part Deux
Posted on July 24, 2009 - Filed Under Equipping, media | 1 Comment
In part one of this series I laid out the basics of project mgmt as I see them and briefly mentioned my use of FreeMind to do some brain storming / mind mapping. There are of course many resources and utilities out there that can be used instead of FreeMind – but this is the [...]
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