Over the past few years I have spent a lot of time studying the art of film making. What makes a great film and the techniques of making it happen. One of those techniques is mastering the art of depth of field. Making sure your subject is in focus and making everything else out of focus.
Tag Archive - Technology
Woops! They Stole Your Email Address… Again
This past weekend TripAdvisor discovered that “an unauthorized third party” had stolen part of their member email list. A vulnerability in their system has been fixed,
but how many of its members are about to receive a spam storm of new junk mail? Continue Reading…
Technology is Only As Good As how You Use It
How many times do we tech people show up at a conference or major event and we make a b-line for the tech booth. It’s OK to admit, I do it too. We wonder what kind of console are they using? Is it ProPresenter or MediaShout? What about the lighting board, is it a standard two scene board or is it the Grand Daddy of all smart boards? It’s a very natural reaction, more intelligent then moths to a light, but still something subconscious about it.
How to Get More Done by Reading Less Often
A week ago one of our Youth Pastors and I were chatting over lunch while we waited for an amp to be repaired. As is common our conversation circled around new technology, how the church can utilize technology, and how some technology has taken a strong grip on our lives. I have come to believe that email is the poor mans instant messaging; or at least there are a lot of people out there who think so. Often I walk across the church and someone will invariably ask me “Did you get my email yet?” So how do we regain control of our lives and put the MAIL back into email?
Would the Real Facebook Please Stand Up
Over the past several weeks I have been doing a lot of research into Facebook in preparation for a presentation that I will be giving to the parents of our youth programs at Lakeside. I’ve done a lot of reading, listened to other speakers, both critics and advocates, as well as some research into Mark Zuckerberg himself. What I have learned is that many of the 500+ million users on Facebook don’t understand what it really is.
Internet 101 for Parents of Today’s Teens
When Dumb is Better Then Smart
Last week I posted about my public WiFi upgrades and mentioned the fact that I had put in a smart switch
to share and prioritize our internet connection. I’m here to admit that smart wasn’t that smart of an idea; or at least that I screwed up when putting it in. Continue Reading…
The Lord said “Go and Give My People Free WiFi”
Okay maybe it’s not exactly from the Bible, but I think if things were a little different back then Isaiah would have been sitting under a tree with his Netbook desperately trying to find an open WiFi connection so he could update his Facebook status with “back soon. gotta run some errands for the Lord” Continue Reading…
Would the Best GTD App Please Stand Up
For those of you that hate three letter acronyms, GTD stands for Getting Things Done. The latest buzz term for the age old task and time management programs. Continue Reading…
Spotlight: Likewise Open – The easy way to join Macs and Linux to Windows Domains
