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What's your isolation project? Mine is producing television.

A long, long time ago, I earned a BA in Journalism, with an emphasis in television production.  Before I could find a job in broadcasting, I started selling computers; a seductive business I am still in. About 2003 I bought two consumer video cameras and Adobe Premiere, a professional grade video editing application. . I was astonished at what I could do on my PC. I shot videos of my son's plays, productions done at the local Senior Continuing Care facility, a documentary  for my church, and even a few weddings. The cameras are now 17 years old. I cannot trust them to get through an event, so I no longer use them. For these last few weeks, I've been exploring the ability to do live television productions from your home. A lot of us are working from home, and using Zoom and other video conferencing systems.  What I'm looking about goes beyond.  I found a a free, open source program call Open Broadcast Studio (OBS).  It doesn't refer to itself this way,...

Family Tech: Cord Cutting, Again

I revisit cord cutting with a discussion of some new trends, the Google Chromecast, and some comments on Comcast. A new Family Tech column

Family Tech: Cutting the cord

Ever thought about cutting your cable's cable?   This Family Tech  discusses letting go of everything but your internet.

Family Tech: Second Screens

Using your tablet to interact with other TV viewers.   The Second Screen , this week's Family Tech column.

Family Tech: Stream Every Olympic Event

Follow an obscure sport?  Know an Olympian likely to be wiped out in the first heat?  From a country US television ignores in its Olympic coverage? Now you can see every Olympic Event, if not on your TV, then on your computer. (Warning: Must be a cable subscriber anyway). This is the topic of this week's Family Tech column . Remember, all Family Tech columns are  listed on their own page

Family Tech: TV Websites

A roommate once laughed at me because he noticed I read TV Guide cover to cover each week.  I haven't taken TV Guide in many years, but I still follow TV pretty closely.   This week's Family Tech column tells you how I keep up on missed episodes when I don't have the time to watch, see what others caught in an episode I did see, but may have missed some details, or even follow shows I never watch.

Family Tech : Television in Changing

TV is changing again.  Users have more choices, including doing away with cable.  This is the topic of last Sunday's Family Tech column .