A few weeks ago at WWDC, everyone got excited about the new iPhone 3G S. And while it’s something to be excited about, I was more interested in the tweaks to the MacBook Pro lineup (personally, I’m holding out for the iPhone on the Verizon network, announce that, and I’m stoked). As almost always happens [...]
Posts Tagged ‘networked’
Off-Site Remote Controlled Servers
This one falls right near the line that separates “pretty darn useful” and “because I can.” Since I’m now charged (for another few weeks anyway) of administering a Leopard Server, I need some way of running said server from home. Mainly because I don’t like driving to the office at 9 PM to run software [...]
The Big News
OK, I’ve been promising this for days on Twitter, it’s time to spill the beans. I’ve been on staff for about 18 months at a really cool church outside of Minneapolis. We’ve gone from being a sub-ministry at an older and larger church to a church plant. That transition has been a lot of work, and [...]
Reaching Out
I’ve written about this before but this is a subject that bears repeating. Being a Tech Arts Director is a pretty lonely job sometimes. You might be the only one on your church staff who has any technical knowledge at all. Even if you work at a larger church with a tech staff, it’s hard [...]
Recruiting Tech Team Members
There are few activities that tend to strike fear into the heart of a technical arts director quite like recruiting for the tech team. Large-scale productions for Christmas & Easter? No sweat. Running ProPresenter and TD’ing the weekend (’cause my volunteer didn’t show up)? I can do that. Programming moving lights on the fly? In [...]
Exciting News from Roland Systems
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that the RSS V-Mixing system is on my very short list for a new digital mixer when Upper Room relocates in a few weeks. I have been holding off on making a final decision pending the official release of an accessory that I [...]
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, I met [...]
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 [...]
Continual Knowledge Upgrade
Most of you have probably guessed by now that I’m a geek. I thoroughly enjoy being around technology, talking about technology and figuring out how to use technology to enhance the mission of the Church. That’s why I have the job that I do. Every day is different, and I’m always learning new things. Some [...]
Remote Mixing with Yamaha’s Studio Manager
If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a month, you know that we currently mix on a Yamaha M7CL-48 at Upper Room and CPC. I can’t take credit for putting it there, but it’s what I would have put there if someone asked me. For all but the largest churches, that desk hits [...]
