Which books, leaders or other individuals? What events shaped how you think about policy issues?
What media types (books, conversations, blogs, radio/podcasts, tv shows) are you drawn to for political information?
I don’t care what your politics are, I just want to know how you got the way you are! Chime in.
14 comments / Posted in Life, Politics, Reading & Listening
Readers of this blog will recall my fascination with Robert Hodgin’s Magnetosphere visualizer. He’s a true genius when it comes to tastefully visualizing music (so few visualizers actually look good). The story of its purchase by Apple for iTunes was broken right here on this blog last year.
As part of my role at the Palau Association, we needed to find some ways to webcast content generated on a Mac. I found the excellent, free and deep CamTwist to excel at taking the output from one region of the screen or application and routing it into “fake webcam” (essentially a QuickTime component that acts like a DV/Firewire source). Heyyy… ProPresenter will take a Firewire DV input! Let’s make some music, then…
7 comments / Posted in Art of Presenting, Tools, Toys, and Geekery, Worship Media
I post this more as a photographic or cinematographic study than anything. One of the things on my shot list at a festival is to film the pre-event construction. I was drawn to the geometric lines, the huge cumulus in the background, the dark silhouettes deftly working at a steady pace. And then, enjoying the sunset!
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2 comments / Posted in Film & Video, Photography
1Back home after a season of intense travel & projects, I'm trying to regroup and reconnect.
Connecting to the projector on-site at your presentation can be the most stressful point in your presentation process. Smooth the way with these tips.
If you're involved with evangelism or are a missionary, join Luis Palau, Miles McPherson, Dinesh D'Souza and Matt Redman this Nov. 10-13.
In part one here, we'll configure the Mac for presentations.
1Trinity went to work with me today; among other things, she learned the basics of editing.
Some interesting avatar names from my kids, a window into their strange minds.
3A quick update for you feed-readers.
1In this post, I'll have a look at what could be a really dry subject: economics.
2Here's some podcasts that have expanded my brain and sent me back to school.
2After several edits, here's a version I feel good about showing you all.
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It's a mouthful, but it allows Java apps like CatDV to use better quality FFMpeg video libraries to handle MPEG2 playback and more.
A simple Applescript Application for automatically sending tweets from Apple Keynote during a presentation
Loop editor is a simple (and free) audio loop editor. It supports all audio file formats that support loop markers, including every type of looping available for any given format. Loop Editor is one of the only applications available that manages multiple loop makers (within files that support multiple loops). Nice crossfading tool, also.
Many pitfalls in moving your music - read this first!
From Joel Spolsky - working with vendors means you have to master the details, and make sure they do as well.
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