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Jon Acuff: Keynote 1 – Echo 2011

Jul 28, ’11 10:42 AM

Jon is well known for his satirical site stuffchristianslike.com. As his sight got popular he felt like he bumped up against a wall. He still had his 40 hour a week job, but was feeling like he was starting to do what he was supposed to do with his life.

Situation: Day job vs dream job. We’ve become the “I am, but” Generation. “I am a mechanic, but I want to be an artist.”

What do you do with the gap that exist between who we are and where we want to be? What do you do with the gap between where our project is and where we want it to go? What do you do when you find yourself on the edge of that big change?

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From the Trenches: Being Flexellent

Jul 8, ’11 8:00 AM

A large part of what we do at Vintage 56 is run the Audio and Video elements of events. Maybe it is over the top to call these experiences “the trenches of war,” but nonetheless we learn a lot from being out of the office and interfacing in with our fellow man in these semi-intense scenarios. One such lesson has come to the forefront at an event we recently ran; I like to call that lesson: being flexellent – both flexible and still excellent. This may sound like an easy thing, but very often it can be quite a bear depending on your personality type, and how truly prepared you are. Le’me explain.

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Lions, and XSANs, and Thunderbolts! Oh, my!

May 11, ’11 6:12 AM

The following is an overview of the amazing possibilities that Apple has recently introduced with Thunderbolt. I will be talking about Apple XSANs and RAID arrays. For the uninitiated, I will do my best not to send you “too far down the rabbit hole” (I am apparently going to mix as many movie references as I can in this posting). This will be of value to anyone working with lots of media or collaborative teams that need to access chunks of data / media.

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SXSW – the Aftermath

Apr 9, ’11 9:20 AM

I had the wonderful pleasure of experiencing SXSW Interactive in Austin this year. Jeremy (the Creative Director at Vintage 56) and I drove to Austin and stayed in the Hampton North for the entire event. What follows is an stream of consciousness, post-perception of it all [streams of consciousness can't be held accountable for their grammar and punctuation....;)...]

Amazing amounts of people. Truly. How do you pull off something this immense? All the workers like millions of ants independent and still coordinated. I really like Austin. More than I realized. I love the restaurants and the streets and all of the people talking, learning, moving, thinking, growing. The culture is really diverse. Throngs of nerds interacting with scores of artsy hipsters. It’s crazy.

How do you digest this much information? Intense sessions about almost anything. Brain fried by end of day 2. Tired and exhilarated all at once.

Finally got it (by day 4). This is how you are supposed to do SXSW. It is about learning, but it is also about the flow. The culture. The ability to take in what you can and not just pushing to do everything. Walking up and down Sixth street and talking to my peers / possible colleagues is every bit as vital.

So glad to have gone. So glad to come home also. Need to rest and digest before next year.

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Echo 2010 – Reworking Church Communications

Jul 29, ’10 10:27 AM

Breakout Session 3: Tim Schraeder – Reworking Church Communications @timschraeder

Adapted from the book Rework. These are statements that you need to unpack.

No one cares about your church.

  • While this is scary for some, it is really exciting. Now we can reenter the culture.
  • We have the opportunity to show them we care.
  • We assume that people just automatically care, but they really don’t.

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