January 2010
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MediaCore: An Open Source Media Publishing... →
MediaCore is a free open source video, audio, and podcast publishing platform. It is built for organizations who wish to distribute media in a variety of formats on their website while maintaining the ability to control the user experience.
The purpose behind MediaCore was to make a central media library that could pull media from any source, track statistics, enable commenting, and provide a...
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Roll Your Own Digital Signage 2.0
A while back, I wrote a series of posts detailing how I created a digital signage solution of Henderson Hills Baptist Church using modified AppleTV.
While the hacked AppleTV worked well enough, it was not quite as robust as I wanted, could not play video well, and would not auto-scale for different display sizes. So I’ve been working on a new solution.
Now I have something ready to show....
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Introducing Stage Time (or How to Reign in Those...
Tired of the announcements dragging on at church? Need to give the guest speaker a subtle hint that his turn at the mic is over? If you’re looking to manage your stage better, check into Stage Time from the same mind that brought you Countdown Maker!
Stage Time is an app for Macs that let’s you create a “show” consisting of a list of elements that will be happening on...
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Vimeo to get 1080p and Mobile Support →
It’s been discussed before that Vimeo is a fantastic deal for churches looking to offer video online on the cheap. Now, if you’re a paying customer ($60/yr.) you can expect support for 1080p and mobile playback (as in, your Vimeo content on an iPhone). That’s a pretty sweet deal!
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Church Community Builder Introduces Twexting!
Oh tight! One of my favorite ChMS companies and the one I use at my home church has released a rad new feature that smashes together Twitter ans SMS text messages into one, rad communications tool! Here’s the release from their website:
CCB’s Twext™ feature combines the convenience of Text Messaging with the reach of Twitter™ COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, JANUARY 4, 2010—Church Community Builder...
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What The Church Can Learn From Canabalt
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you might have noticed me tumbling to my death or being blown into a fine mist every now and then. The source of my destruction is a very simple game called Canabalt. In a nut shell, Canabalt is a game where the goal is to jump from roof top to roof top for as long as possible before dying. Only one button is used to jump. That’s it.
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