About Doghouse Digital Media

Motto

Media with Meaning

Mission

Doghouse Digital Media produces digital media in the areas of video, audio, still photography, print, presentation, live production, and the web. Doghouse strives for excellence and meaning in all productions.

History

Having met in college as computer science majors, Les and Joanne Wilson have always enjoyed technology. They bought their first home computer -- an original 128K Macintosh -- in March 1984, two weeks before their first daughter Joy was born. It was love at first sight: with both the Mac and the daughter. Their second lovely daughter, Faith, arrived in 1988. When they added a second computer they realized that, just like the children, it would be simpler to give them catchy names rather than refer to them as “the big one ” and “the little one.” Being astute readers of humor columnist Dave Barry, they named the computers after Dave Barry’s main dog Ernest and his emergency backup dog Zippy. Since that time they've owned many different Macintosh models, most having dog names: Ernest, Zippy, Rover, Buster, Max, Cookie, .... thus the name Doghouse.

Meanwhile, the Wilsons began producing videos as a family hobby. Each family member developed their own areas of expertise: Les in cinematography and production, Joanne in web design and still photography, Joy in music and digital audio, and Faith in video editing and live production. Somehow the name Doghouse became associated with the family projects, and on January 1, 2001, the Wilsons created Doghouse Digital Ministries with the purpose of reaching out to others through digital media. On January 1, 2006, they established Doghouse Digital Media, Inc. as the commercial arm of the Doghouse. So far the Doghouse has completed more than 200 digital productions, all using Macintosh computers.