Jason Powell - Church IT and Other Musings

Church IT TalkCast - Dec 1 @ 2pm Eastern

Mark your calendar for our next Church IT discussion - Friday December 1st at 2pm Eastern.

NOTE:  I'm dumping SkypeCast and moving over to TalkShoe (thanks for the tip Matt).  TalkShoe has the features I was looking for that SkypeCast does not ... threaded chats, auto-record and publish mp3 of the "show", listen to the live show without needing to download any software, etc.  TalkShoe simply blows away SkypeCasting.

So ... if you want to just listen in you don't need to download nothin' ... just click the TalkShoe icon at the bottom a little before 2pm Friday and click the listen icon.

If you want to participate in the discussion you'll need to create a TalkShoe account and then download the TalkShoe application (both mac and windows).

The TalkShoe app has a nice built in chat engine where you can interact with both the host and other participants.  Threads are color coded for easier tracking.

THE BIG DIFFERENCE between skypecasting and talkcasting, is that with TalkShoe you have to dial in if you want to voice chat.  There is no extra charge aside from what it will cost you to make a call to the (724) area code.  If you're too tight to make a call, you can still call using skype (which is free) ... but, for better audio quality I'd recommend using your phone.

Click this icon to go directly to the Church IT TalkCast Friday afternoon.  You can sign-in 5 minutes before the event starts.

Topics to discuss?
Leave a comment if you have suggestions.  I'd like us to each briefly talk about one or 2 of our favorite tech tools.

Today's Skypecast - cancelled

Sorry everyone ... an ultra high priority project today is going to keep me from being able to do the IT skypecast today :-(
I thought I might be able to swing it, but it's now very apparent I will not.

1000 apologies ... I feel like scum.

We'll get another setup very soon.

Church IT Skypecast - Nov 17 2pm (Eastern)

OK ... let's take another stab at this skypecasting.  November 17th at 2pm (Eastern) ... moved the time back to better serve our East Coast homies ;-)

Please do not use the built-in microphone on your laptop ... picks up all the background noises.

Leave a comment on things you'd like to discuss.

Church IT Skypecast - test - Oct 13 11am Eastern

Just a reminder for those interested ... We're having a short (~15min?) discussion Oct 13th at 11am Eastern to mainly test whether skypecasting is a good vehicle for future use.

To participate you'll need to install/configure the Skype client ... then click this link https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=44150
If you plan to talk please have either a headset or at least headphones to eliminate feedback and echos.  Thanks.

If you have something you really want to ask/discuss during this time please leave a comment.

Hope to "see" a few of you Friday to help kick the tires on this skypecast thang.