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Presentation is everything
When I first finished college I thought I knew how to present: fire up a projector, give a few power point bulleted slides and then talk to those points. I was doing it wrong for years-I recently read a book entitled the Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, and I was skeptical a...
July 12th by chip
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It always starts with a song
I was looking at a friends Facebook profile and they had this song entitled, “Find My Way to Love” on their profile. It is such a great song by an artist named Chantae Cann and I was inspired to finish the last trailer for Jared and Anika’s wedding. It always ...
May 24th by chip
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JVC GY-HM100u Footage
Thanks to my friend, Bryant Taylor for sending me some test footage of the JVC GY-HM100U. I testing the editing with the camera and the native Final Cut Pro support. The camera worked flawlessly in the edit session. I exported the video using Compressor and it worked flawles...
May 13th by chip
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Plural Eyes for Audio Sync
I wrote in an earlier blog post about audio for the Canon 5D MK II and Canon 7D and my audio set up. I did a brief tutorial on PluralEyes, by Singular Software and how you can use the software to sync audio from multiple camera sources and line up audio tracks, like I did [...]...
April 25th by chip
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Apple iPad Review
All the hoopla has passed now since Apple’s iPad has been released. I was very skeptical in my first review of the iPad, but I have changed my views. (Sigh) The iPad is like leather interior on a car, you don’t need it, but it sure is nice if you have it. There ar...
April 17th by chip
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Starbucks and Standing Out
Recently I have become a Starbucks fan- I know I have come to the party late, but when I was in Southern California last year, a friend turned me on to what is now my favorite drink-Caramel Macchiato. One thing I like about Starbucks is the atmosphere-I seem to get accompli...
April 7th by chip
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Reasons to use a Content Management System (CMS)
Recently, I’ve had several conversations with clients on the benefits of moving their web sites to a web content management system or CMS. I currently use WordPress for my web site, but I have also used Joomla, Drupal, Expression Engine, and Simple Updates. For a list and...
March 17th by chip
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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
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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 where ...
February 17th by chip
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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
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