Over the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with the process of perfecting online streaming live from meetings and conferences. I’ve been dreaming up different setups, and have come up against a few road blocks and challenges but not the type that I thought that I would have faced. I’ve been looking at a means to grow in to / build a system that will allow me to make purchases without the need to purchase things twice (once at a low end, to have to replace it later down the line.)

The choice of cameras has made me quite gun shy. My plan was to buy low end camera (AVCHD) that and stream via the USB / Firewire. This past weekend I was at the Conroe House of Pray (CHOP) and was streaming a meeting for Marty Gabler (who will be there the fourth Saturday of every month, as will I as schedule will allow!) He is the owner of a JVC Everio HD 30, which I later found out has no web camera function!

WHY!

Pass the USB Please – or even the 1394, you can set the output of the firewire (1394 / iLink) to DV – so that should pass images as a camera, but no!  So now I need to verify that the camera that I end up with will allow this function – or I’ll keep shooting with my trusty DSR PDx10!

This is a follow up from my last post, “What’s in a name…” – Quick re-cap, EVERYTHING!  I’ve been using twitter.com using the name @big_b_rad for a while now, but I’ve grown tired of trying to explain how to spell it, where to put the underscores etc. so I set out to change my name, and did so in the exact way that no one should ever attempt to do such.  I pray that my pain in learning will equip you in what NOT to ever attempt!

Step One

If you are going to change your name, don’t register the new account using a different email address.  This was my first main mistake thinking that I’d have my 3800 followers happly jump ship with me!  There’s a handy dandy little tool in your settings panel of twitter that allows you to check to see if a name is available – if it is, then you can change it and leave ALL of your followers in tact, along with all of your @reply’s, DM’s and Favorites…  What I did was the first stupid step in 48 hours of true pain.

Step Two

Never tell your followers that they should follow your new account, and then un-follow your old one…  Man, What the Heck was I thinking on that one!

Step Three

Beg forgiveness – and move on…

After some long hard thinking and frustration of hitting the Twitter limit and being dark on twitter for nearly 48 hours… (which sucked BTW) I decided to delete the @bradparler account on twitter – and change the old (@big_b_rad) account to @brad_parler until I can grab up @bradparler. If you are going to change your account – do so in the settings panel of twitter – and then go back and grab up the old one to point to the new one… I discovered that someone could have registered @big_b_rad only hours after my change… So “I” got it and pointed it to the new account.

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twitter icon (for Fluid) by seyDoggy

EVERYTHING!!!

After spending last night on The Free Monday Phone-in with Rich Currie (@RichCurrie on twitter) talking about branding, and also growing so very tired of trying to explain how to find me on twitter, “it’s big b rad with underscores between…  never mind. I decided to re-brand my twitter presence to be my name @bradparler.  This has proven to be more of a head ache than I thought and I’ve hit a following wall – most likely a safety guard from allowing people to follow 1,000 people in a 24 hour window, but when you have 3,700 followers that you’re trying to migrate like a huge exodus it’s not a fun wall to hit.

If you’re presently following @big_b_rad I humbly ask that you please follow @bradparler and unfollow @big_b_rad to help me get this migration done.  My hope is that they (Twitter Support) will extend some grace to me and convert my account for me as I didn’t do it correctly.  I by mistake when ahead and registered the new account with a separate email address, instead of going into my settings and making the change on the original account.  Lesson learned – don’t make the jump until you know what you’re doing!

Please learn from my mistake – Start with the Right Brand from the Beginning!

Also, why am I not using @poweredproduction – it’s too long for twitter.

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Power Breakfast with Bob Steel by James Willamor