June 29, 2008
By: Rick
Category: Worship Confessional
I’ve been away from worship team for a few weeks, so it was good to be back on keys this morning. Here’s our set:
- Praise You All My Life, written by our very own Dave Florea.
- Let Your Mercy Rain, by Chris Tomlin, Ed Nash, and Jesse Reeves
- Holy Is The Lord, by Chris Tomlin
- Worthy, You Are Worthy, by Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin
- Above All Else, by Vicky Beeching
- Keep Me, by Andy Park (offertory)
- Come Holy Spirit, Hear Us Calling, by Mark Foreman (benediction)
As you can see, that’s quite a worship set. Our worship service tends to run a little longer than other churches where I’ve played. I’ve mentioned before that we have rotating members of our worship team, and I hadn’t yet played with this particular lineup today. It’s always fun to listen to individual players and get to know their tendencies and be able to play off of them. This was probably the tightest group I’ve played with yet.
I’ll be off again for the next few weeks, but I’ll be back for the last two weeks of July and first two of August. Things change, though, and who knows? I might fill in on bass at some point.
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June 26, 2008
By: Rick
Category: Evernote, Technology
Last time, we looked at the basic functions of Evernote and discussed a general overview of this powerful software. Today, it’s time to actually open up the software and take a look at the dashboard.
First of all, you’ll need to sign up for an account at Evernote.com. It’s fast, and the basic plan is free. After that, download the software and install it to your computer. Once you open it up, you’ll see a series of menus and commands:
Most of the menus don’t need a lot of explanation. “View” lets you manipulate your layout and workspace, including an interesting “Time band” feature that graphically shows the dates when you posted items to Evernote. You also have the option of expanding or collapsing individual notes. “Tools” has a couple of features that I really find useful. The first is “Launch Universal Clipper”, which allows you to take a screenshot of what you’d like to save, and then add it to Evernote. We’ll look at this more when we discuss ways of adding content. The second feature–and one I haven’t utilized yet–is “Install Evernote Portable.” Apparently, you can also keep a version of this software on your USB stick, just like any other Portable App. I’ll check that one out and get back to you.
Below the menu bar is a series of buttons you’ll need. “Synchronize” links up the data on your computer to the database on the web. “Email” lets you select all or part of a note and email it to somebody. Conversely, Evernote has a feature that allows you to email information directly to the web itself. I’ve tried it and it works as advertised. “Tag” allows you to give a note a label, in addition to the folders that you set up. For example, you might have several notes tagged as “technology”, but in different folders such as “work”, “home”, “school,” etc… I don’t use this feature much, but I can see where it would come in handy when I get a large database filled up. The last button in that row toggles your note list off and on, allowing you to take a quick glance at your note titles when you’re doing a search.
That’s about it for the dashboard. What I like is that it is reasonably intuitive, and allows me to hide features I don’t need all the time. The web version is laid out a little differently, but you can find the basic functions you’ll need. Just about any feature you need on your computer is also available on the web.
Next time, we’ll take a look at the variety of ways to add notes to Evernote.
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June 26, 2008
By: Rick
Category: del.icio.us links
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June 25, 2008
By: Rick
Category: del.icio.us links
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June 24, 2008
By: Rick
Category: Evernote, Technology
Think about the software that you use day in and day out, the ones you absolutely couldn’t live without. If you’re like me, that list probably includes an e-mail client, an office productivity suite, browser, and a messenger service of some type. I might also throw Windows Live Writer in there for my purposes, and you might have some other apps you use daily in your professional life. Next, on the useful-but-not-100%-essential list, I have things like image editing/storage programs (I’m partial to GIMP and Picasa), music software (iTunes) as well as some other fun goodies (Google Earth and Dreamweaver on my computer).
Evernote is software that is quickly moving from my second list and making it’s way onto the first one. It’s job is a simple one, but it does it quite well: Collect tidbits and snippets of information from a variety of sources, and archive them for later. This is a niche that has proven to be essential for me since I first signed up for the service a couple of months ago. Evernote sweetens the deal by allowing for multiple installs on computers and handheld web devices and providing syncronization to their web service. Find something at work, clip it to Evernote, and it’s waiting for you at home when you power up. Or, if you’re away from your own computer, you can simply log into your account via any web browser and access it from there. What’s more, Evernote indexes all of your information so you can quickly search for it later on.
Evernote contains some other powerful features as well, including the ability to recognize writing in an image file. In the coming days and weeks, I’m going to be publishing a series of posts on this impressive application. We will take a look at each of it’s features and run it through some examples.
I rarely get excited about a software title, let alone devote a blog series about it. This is one of the rare exceptions. Just today, Evernote moved from the invitation-only stage and opened it up for the public. Give it a shot, and follow me while we explore this together.
Next up: We examine the dashboard and operating environment.
Technorati Tags: Evernote, education, technology
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June 23, 2008
By: Rick
Category: Blogworthy
Sunday morning, we slept in, got ready to go, grabbed a Starbucks, and began to trip back down the freeway towards home. About thirty miles down the road, we stopped at Multnomah Falls. If you’ve ever picked up some travel literature from our state, or even if you’ve just received a postcard from somebody here, chances are pretty good you’ve seen a picture of this place. And for good reason, too. Not only is it one of the most beautiful places in the state, but it’s proximity to the big city and easy access from the freeway make it a popular place for tourists. It’s just a couple hundred yards or so from the lower falls to the upper falls, so it makes for an easy hike as well.
We enjoyed a Sunday brunch in their historic lodge and then spent the rest of the morning at the falls. We snapped some pictures, which I’ve linked below, and then got back on to the freeway once again for the trip home. It was a quick three days, but we had a blast.
Next up on the agenda: Finish up this bathroom project (worth a blog series in and of itself) and get ready for our coast trip with the whole family in two weeks.
Technorati Tags: Vacation, Multnomah Falls, Oregon
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