Home Office

How I Use Streamlabs OBS for Streaming and Training Classes

May 18, 2020

I’ve written a lot about the hardware & gear I use for streaming, and now let’s talk about the software side. There are a few thousand words in here. Don’t think that you have to tackle all of this just to get started streaming, dear reader. I’ve been working on my streaming setup for months…

Starter/Good/Great/Bananas Live Streaming Setups

May 4, 2020

Brent Ozar

Home Office

For the next year or two, we’re going to be learning and sharing online rather than in-person. I wanna look and sound as good as my budget (and my face) will allow, so in this post, I’m going to lay out a starter ($220), good ($1,500), and great ($3,000) online video/audio setups and show you…

Upgrading My Training Game Again: My Home Office Studio Setup: Spring 2020

April 9, 2020

Brent Ozar

Home Office

When I last blogged about my home office setup in December, I’d just invested in a new massive beast of a desktop: a Mac Pro with a 16 cores, 96GB RAM, and a AMD Radeon Pro Vega II 32GB. Now it’s time to put that horsepower to work. In the past, I’ve used GoToWebinar for…

My Home Office Studio Setup: Winter 2019

December 23, 2019

Brent Ozar

Home Office

I run a lot of online training classes, and some of you who do webcasts from home might be interested to see how all this works. I did pretty well this year, so I upgraded my home office setup to sneak some expenses in on my taxes. Here’s what I’m running at the moment: Desktop:…

Training Class Update: Fancier Audio/Video Setup

July 11, 2019

Brent Ozar

Home Office

I’m constantly looking for ways to raise my game, so I made some investments this month to take my video class audio & video to the next level. I’m now doing green screen effects on the recordings. I picked up an Elgato retractable green screen that mounts to the wall so that I can pull…

What Gear Do I Need to Make Technical Videos?

November 24, 2015

Doug Lane

Home Office, Writing and Presenting

Today, I’m going to answer the #1 question I get when it comes to making technical videos: “What gear do I need to make my own videos?” I’ve put together three lists based on different levels of experience and production quality. These lists cover gear only, not essentials of producing a high-quality video, so keep…