lukestein’s avatarlukestein’s Twitter Archive—№ 8,351

    1. …in reply to @judy_chevalier
      @judy_chevalier Stand by everything in the earlier thread @lukestein/1236462325663584257 , with caveats that (1) “in-stock and shipping” are potentially problematic, (2) “look & sound professional” and “huge fortune” mean very difft things to different people, and (3) I hadn’t touched lighting. So…
  1. …in reply to @lukestein
    @judy_chevalier Webcams seem to have gotten hard to find. If you have one built in to a good laptop, it’s probably actually OK as long as you get it positioned right (so will need an external keyboard) and have good lighting. Good lighting will make even a mediocre webcam work OK.
    1. …in reply to @lukestein
      @judy_chevalier I wanted some more light so I'm using a gold reflector by the window and bought this cheap video light amzn.to/368lWk8 (actually the version with a rechargeable battery, but it seems to be out of stock).
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
      1. …in reply to @lukestein
        @judy_chevalier My beloved Samson Q2U microphones seem to be out of stock (more on my audio setup here @lukestein/1259141835450011648 ). Part of what I love about "dynamic microphones" (of which the Samson Q2U is an example) is that it basically only picks up right in front of the mic. So there is...
        1. …in reply to @lukestein
          @judy_chevalier ...minimal room noise—most mic reviews seem geared towards people with acoustically treated studios rather than offices—AND I can use speakers instead of headphones w/o getting an echo. If I had to shop now, given what seems to be in stock, I'd get this: amzn.to/2WY8afG