Category: video

  • How to get a free transcript for audio or video

    How to get a free transcript for audio or video

    As of September 1, 2024, there are 3 completely free web services that will create a text transcript from audio or video files: Yes, these services will convert audio to text or convert video to text by having you upload the file via a web browser. No registration required. If you search for AI transcript…

  • Using iPhone in a case for continuity camera, not MagSafe compatible

    Using iPhone in a case for continuity camera, not MagSafe compatible

    How to use continuity camera with your iPhone that has a case, by using a mount or stand, instead of MagSafe

  • Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health

    Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health

    Thanks to Chinese Bible Church of Maryland (in Rockville) for hosting its first Asian American Community Mental Health Conference on November 4, 2023. I was honored to share a keynote message titled, “Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health.” Also, you can watch the entire morning session with opening remarks from Tim Tang, and another keynote from…

  • Netflix’s Beef with Church Life and Mental Health

    Netflix’s Beef with Church Life and Mental Health

    The streaming TV series on Netflix called BEEF, starring a prominent cast of Asian Americans, headlined by Ali Wong and Steve Yuen, has the pop culture zeitgeist abuzz with chatter on social media and mainstream outlets like CNN, NBC News, Mashable, Collider, Slate, Looper, Christianity Today, and RELEVANT Magazine.  Note first, a content warning for…

  • my first time doing standup comedy

    my first time doing standup comedy

    I had a quiet little dream since my teenage years as a comedian wannabe. 40 years later, on October 26, 2022, I found that 20 seconds of courage and stepped up to an open mic in San Juan Capistrano, California, and did my first stsandup comedy gig. Here’s the raw video of how it went…

  • Top Churches and Pastors on YouTube

    Top Churches and Pastors on YouTube

    For the curious and competitive, though we know church is not supposed to be about competition or numbers, some people do look at numbers for many different reasons. Here’s what the numbers say (at the time of this post)— Churches and Pastors with the Most YouTube Subscribers Joel Osteen (Lakewood Church) youtube.com/c/joelosteen Elevation Church (Steven…

  • KevJumba Interview on Asian America Podcast

    KevJumba Interview on Asian America Podcast

    KevJumba has entered a new season of life and a lot has happened since his quick rise to fame on YouTube. KevJumba was one of YouTube’s first stars who happens to be Asian American, Chinese  ethnicity, to be specific. He started his channel in 2006, got featured on the YouTube homepage in 2007, and was…

  • Great Music from The Piano Guys, 2Cellos, Simply Three, Brooklyn Duo

    I’m digging this new style of music popular on YouTube: classical covers of pop songs, some even call it “classical pop.” You might have seen and heard the most popular one, The Piano Guys, but these other 4 I found are very awesome too. Let me introduce you to these classical pop musicians and their most popular…

  • 8 easy to use group video chat web apps

    Here’s 8 web apps I’ve found to quickly and easily connect over a group video chat. You’d think with the internet maturing that there’d be more options for web-based no-download no-frills multi-user video conferencing. Granted, multi-point more-than-two livestreamed-duplex video feeds does raise the degree of technical difficulty exponentially. Of these free web apps, some are…

  • Rick Warren interview aired on Easter Sunday 2012

    ABC News’ This Week featured on Easter Sunday 2012 this 18-minute exclusive interview with Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and a shorter interview with Kay Warren, wife of Pastor Rick, with mention of her new book, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough. Interviewer was Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) described Pastor Rick as the “most powerful…

  • Lessons from YouTube Channels Making Money

    YouTube has become quite the pop culture shaper and launched a little cottage industry for thousands. I’d anticipate that will only continue to grow. That’s entertainment! Wired magazine recently featured a dozen or so Partners in The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video (December 2011) and distilled these 5 rules for getting noticed according to…

  • ramping up for Verge Conference 2012

    Thanks to Stew, I’m happy to be a part of the social media convo’s around Verge 2012, the ultimate missional church conference on February 28 – March 2, 2012 @ Austin Texas. Group registration discounts end on November 30th, rates are awesome for groups of 6 or more, even more awesome for groups of 30…