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This blog exists to encourage, challenge and explore how media and technology can be responsibly and effectively utilized in the Church today. I'd love to hear your thoughts and have you join in the conversation.

2 October 2008 7 Comments

Video Production at NCC

I wrote this up for a handout that I gave out a conference this past week so I thought I would share it here. Here is a quick and dirty look at our video setup here at NCC.  Definately leaving out a lot of details but this covers the basics.  Let me know if you [...]

21 August 2008 0 Comments

Hello from Scotland

Hello from Scotland

Just wanted to check in and say hi from Scotland. What a beautiful country. There is so much history here. It’s absolutely amazing to look around and almost every building you see is older than the United States.  I’m having a great time here hanging with a few members of the NCC team and hanging [...]

19 August 2008 3 Comments

Huge List of Resources

Here is a huge list of resources that I snagged at the Echo conference. I figured out would help spread the word on some of these. Enjoy! Open Source Software Inkscape- vector graphics inkscape.org Gimp – raster graphics gimp.org Audaicty – audio editing audacity.sourceforge.net Neooffice – mac office alt. neooffice.org Open Office – off. Alternative [...]

4 August 2008 0 Comments

HDTV Broadcast Quality – What are you really watching?

Ever wonder why one HD channel looks so much better than another HD channel?  Well, basically its because they are operation at different bitrates. One channel may be pumping in a 720p signal at 12 Mbps and another might be pushing a 1080i signal at 7 Mbps. So your 720p channel is probably going to [...]

23 July 2008 1 Comment

Echo :: Church Media Conference

Echo :: Church Media Conference

Excited about going to Echo in a few weeks. I really love there graphics and promo materials.  They really have done a great job. The whole media team is coming down to Texas for this one. Pastor Mark will actually be speaking for the first keynote. I am really grateful for a Lead Pastor who [...]