Comments for Dave Courvoisier's Blog

Comment on Demos are Portraits by Daniel Dorse

Daniel Dorse — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:06:26 +0000

I love the variety, the energy, the humor, most of the selections, & the over-all “grab-em-by-the-lapels” pizzazz of it. But, while I appreciate that you use them mostly as punctuation, I’m not a huge fan of the highly-compressed & distorted screaming DJ bits. I feel they demonstrate your engineer/producer more than you. As you so astutely observe, though, so much is a matter of personal taste–& there’s no doubt it’s not just an attention-getter, it’s an attention-CLUTCHER.

Comment on Demos are Portraits by Jodi Krangle

Jodi Krangle — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:12:01 +0000

LOVE it, Dave. SO MUCH PERSONALITY in there. Fantastic! :D And you’re sounding *really* good. I may just have to talk to Bill when I’m ready to update mine… ;)

Comment on Pro or No? by Constantino

Constantino — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:11:16 +0000

Thanks Dave for that very relevant article. As you rightly suggest, journalists do face the same kind of situation. I would say any activity that involves creativity poses a boundary problem: where does the amateur crosses a line and becomes a professional? I guess that when someone’s services are in demand for a prolonged period of time and the person earns enough money with it he becomes a professional, recognized or not by a yield, union or the like. If the amateur is hired once and again is because the customers recognize him as professional. But being professional means to be consistent in terms of voice and technical quality, provide customer service, provide real value for the money. Experience and commitment make you a professional. Amateurs might be hesitant, probably not reliable, not consistent and are free , so probably they don’t issue a correct legal invoice for instance. Having said that suggesting that a professional is a guarantee of success is wrong, because you have professional journalists who have lost the passion for writing or have never had a desire to go deep inside a story… With talents it happens the same.
Well this is a great debate… because we know who is and who is not… but from client’s perspective is not easy to make a difference… More ideas on that are welcome, because we are launching DirectVoices soon and we want to group together real professionals… We want to avoid that cattle call syndrome of many sites… Thanks Dave

Comment on Why Adobe Should Talk to CenturyLink by CourVO

CourVO — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:59:34 +0000

Jeremy,

You’re right. The need to fill the gap is rare, but doesn’t it always seem to hit at the worst possible time? Check out the mention Craig made, and my response to him too. Another solution is making your smartphone a hot-spot…that works well for a lot of VO’s I’ve talked to.

I appreciate your stopping by!

Dave Courvoisier

Comment on Why Adobe Should Talk to CenturyLink by CourVO

CourVO — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:58:14 +0000

Craig,

Great insights. Thanks for the clarification. That’s different than the new MS Office suite and MS365 Office, which Enteprise programs actually run from the cloud. I’m not sure which is better, considering all angles.

As far as the wireless option, I’m like you…I keep an AT&T card handy. It’s $40/mo…but it’s saved my bacon more than once on the road.

Thanks for stopping by and contributing to this conversation… love it!

best,

Dave Courvoisier

Comment on 22+ Ways to Send Large Files by CourVO

CourVO — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:55:15 +0000

Keith,

Thanks for this. I added the link to that article’s list.

I appreciate your stopping by to comment.

Dave Courvoisier

Comment on Taking Command of Your Contacts by CourVO

CourVO — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:52:16 +0000

Michael,

‘Glad you found something of value, Michael… I really researched this area… and feel I was giving out good info. Good luck with it!

Dave C

Comment on Why Adobe Should Talk to CenturyLink by Jeremy Ryan

Jeremy Ryan — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:31:13 +0000

Thanks for the reminder Craig! I’ve been meaning to set-up Verizon as a backup internet “Hot Spot”. I’ve been with Charter Business Internet for over 5 years now, and they’ve been great! They have only gone down 3 times (Due to wildfires… yes, I’m in California). I had to drive all around town looking for a free wi-fi location. I actually ended up transferring files from the lounge of a local bar. Sure the beer was cold, but the whole process was a pain. I appreciate the tip. Cheers!

Comment on Why Adobe Should Talk to CenturyLink by Craig Burnett

Craig Burnett — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:03:06 +0000

Dave,

I’ve been using the Creative Cloud Suite for almost a year. The software actually lives on your computer…it’s just downloaded (and updated, when necessary) from the cloud to your computer. An internet outage would only prevent you, as you mentioned, from uploading the completed work to the client…the software doesn’t actually run from the cloud itself. And when your laptop gets stolen (as mine did, in Vegas on Sept. 11, 2012 [I ended up getting it back...thanks, Metro PD!]) you simply have the cloud re-download all your Creative Suite software to your new machine. It’s a brilliant system, and it works flawlessly.

I travel with a Verizon aircard, and have it set up so it can function as my home Internet system as well, for when Time Warner goes down. It’s happened twice in the last couple of years, and of course I was desperate to get work out to a client on both occasions. I think anyone whose livelihood depends on Internet connectivity should absolutely be spending $50 per month for a wireless Internet solution that isn’t provided by their main Internet carrier…it just makes sense.

Comment on 22+ Ways to Send Large Files by Keith Massy

Keith Massy — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:41:17 +0000

Thru managed file transfer allows companies to securely send and store files of any size in the cloud.

Find them here.

http://www.thruinc.com/products-services/managed-file-transfer/