Product Update: Movable playhead, room search & QR download
Today's update is short and offers a few quality-of-life improvements. Now that my ever-growing list of small tasks became a bit smaller again, I'm off to work on the next big thing 😁.
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Get to know the latest features, insights into development and tips to use stagetimer.io to the fullest.
Product Update: Stagetimer 2.0 is here with improved design and audio chimes 📢 🎉
It's a complete redesign of the most important page: the controller. What makes it great? Why is it better than the previous version? When I started working on this project, I was completely new to the AV industry ...
Virtual Event Production Guide & Tools To Use
What tools and software to use on a virtual event production. Compare alternatives and learn how to run an online event.
What is a Call Sheet? Best Practices & Examples
What is a call sheet and why use it in event production? Free call sheet template that can be customised to suit your needs.
What is a Cue Sheet? Best Practices & Free Template
What is a cue sheet and why use it? Free cue sheet template that can be customised to suit your needs.
Run of Show Template & Best Practices for On/Offline Events
What is a run of show and why use it in event production? Free run of show template that can be customised to suit your needs.
Product Update: Rename connected devices & room log 🏷️
Update 1.21 is a bit smaller than usual but I wanted to push it out mainly for the improvements around connected devices. In short, the controller now offers some options for connected devices, there is a log of all activities in a room and the controller page got a bit de-cluttered.
Event Rundown & Show Flow Guide with Examples
Why you should be using an event rundown or show flow to run events effectively. Free tool to build a rundown with several timers and messages.
How to keep speakers on time
Countdown timer in the browser that can be shared via link and controlled from anywhere. No excuses for running overtime.
Product Update: CSV import and agenda page 💾
Instead of reading this post you can watch my photogenic self demonstrate the updates in a video. Besides a demo of the CSV import and the new agenda page, there's also a sneak peek of the upcoming controller redesign at the end.
Presentation Timer for Linux
Countdown timer that can be used with Linux and requires no download. Share the timer via a link with speakers and control it from anywhere.
Presentation Timer for Mac
Countdown timer that can be used with iOS and requires no download. Share the timer via a link with speakers and control it from anywhere.
Presentation Timer for Windows
Countdown timer that can be used with Windows and requires no download. Share the timer via a link with speakers and control it from anywhere.
Building stagetimer.io, and what we learned along the way
A brief history how it all started, the process of building it, what we learned along the way and what's next.
Product Update: Licensed rooms and new pricing 🌟
We are raising our prices for new customers and making rooms more useful when you share controller links. And, as we are nearing the end of the year, I'm sharing a few of our stats at the end 😇
Cloud-based Timer for Event Production
Build a rundown with multiple timers and messages in the browser, share it with speakers via link.
How to time speakers in different parts of the world?
Cloud-based timer makes timing speakers across time zones simple.
Product Update: New public API to remote control your timer 🔌
Stagetimer has a public API now. With it, you can remote control your timer with other software, for example, the Streamdeck with Bitfocus Companion.
Product Update: Schedule timers, Event rundown and 12h format 📅
This was by far the most requested feature and took me almost the entire September to implement completely. I focused first of all on making it work reliably.
Product Update: 7-segment font, +/- 10 minute buttons and other improvements 🔧
All the new things this month were requests from users like you 😁 Besides, a lot of time went into under-the-hood improvements, more about that at the end.
Product Update: Add your own logo, finally 🤭
Not only can you now upload your own logo. You can also conveniently change the size and positioning.
Product Update: Easy blackout button and black-on-white timer ⚫
You asked to add an option for blanking the timer. Because some speakers should not be timed. Well, now there is an easy button for that.
Product Update: Customizable Timer Backgrounds 🎨
The much-requested "Customize Timer" feature got its first update 🎉
Product Update: User Profiles, pro subscription and password protection 🔑
You can now sign up for a free user profile to keep track of the rooms you've created. Also, the first subscription plan is here and it comes with unlimited usage pro features.