On today’s Tech, No Babel: Video Codecs What’s a Codec, what types are there and when should you use each? What’s a wrapper format and why do QuickTime movies sometimes not work, even though you have Quicktime or Windows Media Files refuse to play in Windows Media Player? We’ll talk…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches — Google Analytics So you’ve got a website, good. Now, do you know how people are interacting with it? That’s where a free service from Google comes in. Google analytics lets you measure traffic, bounce rate, traffic sources, language, country, and so much more….
On today’s Tech, No Babel: Vimeo vs. YouTube Two of the biggest players in the online video space are YouTube and Vimeo. Neither is perfect. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. On today’s show we’ll talk about them and give you reasons for using one over the other. Subscribe for…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Free Podcast Media Hosts and Their Limitations The ideal podcast host would have a business model that pays for it, be free, have unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, and not rename, not reencode, and not delete your files (after a certain time). While I prefer…
On today’s Tech, No Babel: Director Tips for Camera Ops Having been spent time in both the director’s chair and in the camera operator seat, I thought I’d share some of the tips I’ve picked up so that camera ops can be as helpful as possible to their directors: 1….
On today’s Tech Help for Churches, Making an Audio Podcast: Your church might not be podcasting yet, but we’ll talking about the basics today. For any audio podcast, you need three things: 1. The audio file 2. The delivery mechanism (RSS feed) 3. The media hosting Links mentioned: Subscribe for…
On today’s Tech, No Babel — Shotguns, Handhelds, and Lavs…oh my! What are the differences between these mics? When should you use each? What should you buy? We’ll talk about it all on today’s show. Subscribe for free: RSS feed iTunes one-click subscription and don’t forget to rate the show…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches — Landing Pages: Today we’ll explore how churches can redeem one of the post potent weapons in the aresenal of the internet marketer. Hint: it doesn’t involve 200,000 words of sales copy and an annoying autoplaying video. Links mentioned: My latest landing page: 5…
On today’s Tech, No Babel: Still Image Formats. When you’re working with stills, there are tons of formats. Today we look at TIFF, PNG, JPEG, and GIF to see when you would use each (and how to pronounce GIF). Links mentioned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_formats Subscribe for free: RSS feed iTunes one-click subscription…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: What to do if your domain is taken. If you’re getting ready to launch a website for your church or upgrade from your denomination’s hosting, you might need to get a new domain, but they’re harder and harder to find. Here are some strategies….