It’s hard to believe that 2008 is almost over. It doesn’t seem like it was a year ago that our family was celebrating our first Christmas in the Twin Cities. So much has happened, yet the time has flown by. Overall, I’d say it was a good year, though the second half was significantly busier than the first. For [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Cutting the Budget
As most of you know, we’re in the throws of getting ready to launch Upper Room out on it’s own as a new, independent church. And that means new gear. A lot of it, potentially. As we look for new worship space, we’re coming to the conclusion that wherever we end up, we’ll be doing some sound, [...]
What Do You Recommend?
Anthony Coppedge has a good post at his blog about the way people ask for equipment recommendations. I laughed when I read it because just the night before, I had used the exact same illustration. As I talked about in Asking for Help, I get several requests for advice on equipment a month (sometimes several a week). [...]
A Few System Design Principles Pt. 2
OK, we’re back to looking at some principles of system design. If you missed yesterday’s post, here is the Reader’s Digest version: First find the real needs, next determine your timeline. That’s it, you’re caught up. On to principle number three. Don’t be afraid to re-work the plan. Blow it up if needed. Last Friday, [...]
A Few System Design Principles
This might seem like an IT specific post, but stick with me. I think there are principles that can apply to any type of system you’re designing and be helpful. First, a little background. Upper Room started as a sub-minisry of Christ Presbyterian Church. As a sub-ministry, we’ve been utilizing the IT resources of CPC [...]
Easing the Pain of the 700 MHz Relocation
In case you’re not currently aware, if you are using wireless microphones or IEMs that are operating in the 700 MHz range (698-806 MHz), you’re going to have to power them offer permanently sometime after Feb. 17, 2009. How soon is still up in the air, but they’re going to have to go away. For [...]
Keeping up with the FCC
This is coming a few weeks after the fact, and some of you may already be aware of this but it’s important to note that on November 18, 2008, the FCC finally released it’s official ruling on what had been called White Space Devices (WSDs). They are now called TVBDs (TV Band Devices). While there’s [...]
Updated ProPresenter Workflow
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll know that I’ve been using ProPresenter at Upper Room since about March ’08. In that time, I’ve gone from running it on my MacBook Pro to having a dedicated iMac in the video booth. So up until a few weeks ago, my workflow for building [...]
Interviewed…
While this might fall under the category of shameless self-promotion, my intent is to draw your attention to another useful blog. Chris Huff, writer of Behind the Mixer recently “interviewed” me (in quotes because it was totally virtual…love that technology stuff!). You can read my responses to his questions here. Chris has been putting together [...]
Kinetic Type
Garr Reynolds over at Presentation Zen has had a few great posts on Kinetic type over the last few days. There are several examples posted on his site, but this is my favorite. Drop on over to Presentation Zen and check out the first article and the second article on Kenetic Typography. Some really creative [...]
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