Blog de Joe Freeman

I wanted to use a green cloth as a video backdrop for video calls and videos. This stand is actually a portable wardrobe rack like the ones you buy when you live in an apartment with no closets. It makes a decent green screen stand with a couple minor additions. This rack looks like https://www.target.com/p/adjustable-single-rod-garment-rack-black-room-essentials-8482/-/A-51688630 The product description says 64" high which is 5'4". That is shorter than I guessed in the video. I added a couple pipe extensions to make it wider and a couple clothespins to temporarily fasten the cloth. Video Description Video created on an iPhone SE with DoubleTake https://apps.apple.com/app/doubletake-by-filmic-pro/id1478041592# Note: Camtasia and other software can remove the green background so you can stand "in front of" anything you wish to show wall talking.

My pitch here is that you should find a good wired headset for corporate videoconferencing.  It is embarrassing when you waste people's time because your mic doesn't work, your wireless set ran out of battery power or someone wrings you on your multi-paired device and it switches you out of your meeting. Watch the YouTube video! There are a bunch of different microphone speaker combinations you can use when in your many video meetings. We all want comfort and convenience without the hassle of microphone malfunctions. I like the wireless experience but tend to use a wired setup if I have back to back sessions or am involved in more than 4 hours of sessions per day. They are super reliable and inexpensive compared to many wireless solutions. It seems like people with wireless headsets have to do more fiddling with their sound settings. Inexpensive  USB / headphone adapters Computer speaker jacks are often missing the extra connector for an integrated microphone. This means we ne...