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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Using Levelator with Final Cut Pro

Max Murphy is a teen podcaster who produces a show called Mac News Weekly. He’s a HUGE friend of GeekBrief.TV. 
At the end of Max’s latest episode, the audio on the credits is a lot louder than his audio on the show. I used to do that all the time on Geek Brief. Levelator is an [...]

I Used to Sing Gospel Music

Tonight American Idol started with a worship song. I was a little blown away and a lot impressed because Simon doesn’t seem friendly to Gospel. When AI contestants have sung gospel songs in the past, Simon called it, “indulgent.”
I posted my surprise on Twitter. @KevinPorter asked if I thought there was something wrong with that. [...]

My Twitter Rules

Twitter is the first social Web phenomenon I’ve embraced without putting Cali Lewis in between me and the rest of the world. I’ve followed people conservatively, usually after they’ve added value to my Twitter experience through positive @ replies. There are some people I’ve followed on Twitter like Jason Calacanis and Robert Scoble who I [...]

Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is my favorite application because I learn something new almost every day. The app. does something, though, I’m not sure how to manage. It writes files to my scratch disk and then leaves them there.
Once every two weeks or so, I go into my Final Cut Pro Documents folder and delete, delete, [...]

The 4 Books I’m Reading on My Kindle

One of the best things about the Amazon Kindle is that it allows me to have several books with me at all times. Right now I’m reading four:
The E-Myth Revisited was recommended by my friend Paul Colligan. It’s about running a small business and the difference between the ones that succeed and the ones that fail.
The Big [...]

Operation Pixel Baby

Cali and I both grew up poor, but blessed. Cali grew up connected to an amazingly supportive Italian family and I grew up raised by Baptists who introduced me to Jesus and home grown tomatoes.
We’ve been married nine years and we’ve put off having a kid because we have an amazing relationship. We’ve never had [...]

Supporting The Big Trip

We’ve talked a lot on various channels about our plan to take GeekBrief.TV on the road for a year. We’ve named the road trip, The Big Trip, and the goal is to get started sometime this summer. We’ll be shooting GBTV as usual, but we’re also going to be producing travel stories like this one [...]

Collide Magazine

Collide Magazine is a relatively new magazine. They interviewed Cali and me last year and the interview was published in the January edition. The tag line is, “Where Media and the Church Converge.” I’m not sure the tag line is entirely descriptive, but I can’t offer a better alternative.
Rob Thomas, the publisher, gave us a [...]