I was watching one of my favorite home-improvement shows the other night; Holmes on Homes. If you’ve not seen it, check it out. Mike Holmes is a contractor who gets called in by homeowners in trouble. Typically, they have hired a contractor to do a job and it’s either botched or abandoned. The homeowners are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘church technology’
What We Can Learn From The Opening Ceremony Fail
Last Friday night, with 66,000 people watching live and another few hundred million watching on TV, Canada presented us with a creative and well produced opening ceremonies. The environmental projection was quite stunning, and just as the producer hoped, the event felt much more intimate than many such events in the past. While it may [...]
Thriving in an Inter-Generational Setting
Today’s topic comes from a reader. At issue—how can a church with both a young, “hip” congregation peacefully co-exist with an older, more traditional one; at least from a technology standpoint. In this case, the “older” group is 35+, which I suppose makes me a senior citizen. But I digress. The younger group wants to [...]
Creating the Big Picture
Long-time readers of this blog know that I’m all about developing a well thought out game plan before starting any system upgrade. Perhaps it comes from my background in carpentry and construction–one would never (OK, at least one should never) undertake a new building or renovation project on without a well-developed plan. When trying to [...]
Asking for Help
I made a conscious decision some years ago that I was not going to be able to know everything. This may seem like an incredibly obvious conclusion to come to, but up until that time I was on a all-out quest for knowledge of all things audio/visual. But one day, I was reading about Albert [...]
Day 1 at Willow
I had a good flight in yesterday…except I got busted for trying to sneak more than 3 oz. of toothpaste on board. I am now a toiletries offender. Hopefully it won’t be listed on my permanent record!
Arrived at Willow Creek this morning at about 8:15. Was checked in by 8:20. They really have the process [...]
Get Your Geek On
Geek. It’s a descriptor I embrace. I often tell people I need to, “get my geek on.” My daughter sings, “geek squad…” whenever I start talking techie stuff at the dinner table. Our office manager, Emilie, is jealous of my geek-ness; “Why do you guys get to do all the cool stuff?!!” Yup, I’m a [...]
