theLAB

theLAB is a collection of people skilled in the areas of design, technology and analysis.

Each of us has been captured by the call to turn lost students into Christ-centered laborers.

Whether it is creating a video to cast vision, building a website to equip students for ministry, or offering tech support to our field staff, each of us is making a unique contribution to help fulfill the Great Commission.

Do you Twitter?

A very funny look at Twitter.

YouTube – Mr Cheeses Stop Motion Show – Episode Twenty


This is alternative way to do something like what we saw Common Craft did with their instructional videos.

That’s Clever

A talk from SXSW on the clever things designers put in their design to add pleasure to the experience. I listened to the audio but look forward to viewing the slides since this was a very visual presentation. I would like to think more about the ideas presented here. It goes on usability to adding value to people’s experience and I am really motivated by that in design.

The Future of the Web?

The Crisis of Credit

This video I am told inspired ITG to do a visual presentation of their giving report. I have also learned that creator of the ITG piece was Terry Daffron a Java programmer who is also a graphic designer.  I think he did a great job. However, I was really surprised to hear that he did it in one of the Apple’s iWork software tools called Keynote! Pretty neat huh?

Back to the Crisis of Credit video. This video represents another way to communicate with motion graphics. I think you would enjoy seeing it for the inspiration value, but also for the educational value. It helped me understand the economics woes we currently are experiencing.

ITG Creates Video

I was surprised by this. It is very well done and it comes from our friends upstairs. It is about a subject of interest to you and me as well. Please take a look.

This is another way I would love to serve our mission in presenting information and reporting.

Compassion “Think Smaller” Video

I have talked about this video before, but someone said I should post it again. I like how this communicates a lot of great information humorously, pithy and relatively simply. I think it would be so good for our mission if we could present SLICE and Success Criteria like this.

cardstore.com

CardStore Website

CardStore Website

I have used a service for years to send out cards and specifically thank you notes to friends. That service shifted their business and discontinued the services that I used. They referred users like me to a new company called cardstore.com. A flat 7×5 card is $1.29. Their customer support told me that they will be coming out with a 4×5 card shortly that will take the postcard postage and be slightly cheaper. What I like about the service is that I am able to send a high quality card to my friends, but not spend any time on production. You might give it a look.

Cardstore.com

Dropbox File Sharing

On Friday, I downloaded Dropbox. I have heard many Web designers talking about it and Mark Sutherlin had also mentioned it.

What is Dropbox? It is a folder that sits on your computer that allows you to share files with other people. It works on Mac, Windows and Linux.

You can share up to 2GB with a free account. You can get up to 50GB of space for $9.99/month or $99/year.

getdropbox.com

Paint The Town

Three LAB team members, David & Heather Nagy and Greg Wiedle, will have their art on display at the CityArtsFactory from March 19 through April 11 as part of Orlando Magazine’s 7th annual Paint the Town exhibit. Some their works are also published in the March edition of Orlando Magazine. They even featured Greg’s photo on their Web site.

Orlando Magazine: Paint the Town

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