Free Digital Signage from MediaSignage.com
I like digital signage. I enjoyed coming up with a solution for HHBC last year (check it out at getsignboard.com) and I’ve been dreaming of putting more time and resources into further development but I just haven’t gotten to it.
Now it looks like I might not have to.
The very talented designer and fellow Oklahoman, Brandon Knight, just made me privy to MediaSignage.com. MediaSignage.com offers a free software as a service (they also have an enterprise option) that, in short, offers free digital signage, in the cloud, with browser and desktop applications available. It looks like this solution is super easy to customize and it even supports streaming video.
That’s tight.
I’m going to give MediaSignage.com a more in-depth look this coming week, but it certainly looks like a good solution if you don’t feel like messing with the, admittedly, technical installation required by what we’ve got going with Signboard.
Thanks for the tip, Brandon!
Mobile Giving Options for Churches
Lauren Hunter has a great writeup at Church Tech Today about ServiceU’s new mobile features for giving. This is a great addition to a well established service. If you’re not moving your church into the mobile space, now is the time and with tools like these, you’re running out of excuses;-)
Evernote introduces Sponsored Accounts!
Well I guess teams is the name of the game in tech today! Evernote has announced sponsored accounts for groups!
What’s a sponsored account? In a nut shell it means that your employer pays the bill for your Evernote account. Then you can create a corporate Notebook or any other sort of shared notebook to stay in colab with everyone you work with. Nice!
Dropbox for Teams!
Dropbox has announced Dropbox for Teams! This is welcome news for design teams like ours! We’re always needing to share files with each other and have access to files while away from the office.
Dropbox for teams includes shared quotas (nice!), centralized administration for managing users, adding administrators and billing, plus the security and versioning you already enjoy!
Pricing starts at about $800/yr. Not bad but definitely not negligible for smaller churches and businesses.
We Need More Tools Like Missionify « MEDIA SALT
It’s like About.me but for people on mission. Awesome!
Vimeo Releases Universal Player
Oh yes! This is what I’ve been waiting for. Now I upload to Vimeo and my content is delivered to mobile and desktop browsers looking all rad and stuff! I wonder, do I really need my own media server at this point?
Snipplr: Code Snippet Repository
Whether you’re a cut-and-paste coder, student or just need to keep track of all your bits of HTML, CSS, Javascript and more, Snipplr.com is for you.
VideoLobby.com: Custom Webcasts
This could be cool. VideoLobby.com lets you bring your own streaming video provider and helps you smash together a slick looking website that delivers your video content and integrates Twitter and Facebook and facilitates moderated comments. Awesome! It’s also free.
