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Google Fiber in Baltimore

I am a big fan of Google. I think the services they make are rock-solid. I learned about a new movement in my home city to get Google to bring broadband low cost internet to Baltimore. I recently filmed Dr. Andrés Alonso, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools about this end...

February 25th by chip 0 Comments

Best solution to run Windows on a Mac

If you are a Mac user like me, there are some programs like Microsoft Publisher and Access that you still need to run on your computer. Prior to apple switching to an intel chip, you could not run these programs. Here are the options Bootcamp– a feature in OS X wher...

February 17th by chip 0 Comments

Use ustream.tv to stream live to Facebook

Here is a short tutorial on how to use uStream.tv and Facebook to live stream sermons and other special events. All you need are two things: 1. A pretty decent internet connection (Cable/FiOS/DSL will do) 2. Web cam or camera that can hook up to a Firewire port or USB port 3. If ...

February 4th by chip 2 Comments

Is the iPad as good as it gets?

Sometimes Apple can’t really out do itself. It’s like going to see an M. Night Shamalyan movie hoping that it will be as good as the Sixth Sense and then leaving the theater disappointed once again. The iPad is Apple’s latest announcement (since three years ag...

January 28th by chip 5 Comments

AJA at the DC Final Cut Pro Users Group

I attended my first Final Cut Pro User Group, it was the District of Columbia chapter that was founded a few years back by Rodney Mitchell. This meeting featured AJA , they have been a leading manufacturer of high-quality and cost-effective digital video interface, conversion a...

January 27th by chip 1 Comment

Top Ten Reasons You’re Addicted to 24

Ok, another Season of my favorite show “24” has begun and I came up with a top ten list. 10. When you talk to other fans you ask them what season are they on. 9. You think Jack Bauer should run TSA, FBI, CIA and any other three letter government agency. 8. You viewed ...

January 19th by chip 0 Comments

Johns Hopkins/Baltimore City Public Schools Partnership

Here is a video that was produced for Baltimore City Public Schools and for the Johns Hopkins partnership. This video was the first in the series of videos produced for Johns Hopkins. ...

January 14th by chip 0 Comments

Kodak Zi8 Review

I just picked up the Kodak Zi8 and my first impressions are very good. I shot this in low light on 720p at a Starbucks so it’s not that great, but a start. I will share my workflow with Final Cut Express/Pro/iMovie soon. I am a unabashedly fanboy of the Flip Cameras, plu...

January 13th by chip 1 Comment

Giving it away for Free

I came across a good article in Web Worker Daily, entitled “When is Free too Much of a Good Thing?” This is something that I have been wrestling with my blog in 2010. When you look at my stats, the most visited pages are those in which I am giving away somethingR...

January 2nd by chip 0 Comments