Media Outreach

Facebook Stories Around a Campfire

This past weekend I was a leader for a Disciple Now camping weekend for a friend’s church. The rain cleared off just for the weekend, so it was perfect camping weather…cold at night, which resulted in everyone talking around the campfire. I listened to the high school girls talk about Facebook and their parent’s lack of [...]

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Virtual Assistants?

So, we’ve created all these social networks to make us feel “connected” while we’re running around doing all the normal daily tasks.  We send a tweet to notify our followers that our flight was delayed and that the person next to us is singing out loud. Then we login to Facebook to feed the cows [...]

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Text to Help

In light of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, I have been amazed at how technology has made it quick and easy to make donations. Time magazine reported (Jan. 18th issue) that within the first 24 hours after the earthquake, the Red Cross raised $800 thousand via text message donations. Since then, Fox news reported on January 15th [...]

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Mobile Web sites…Does your church have one?

Did you know that 55% of adults in America use a handheld device access the Internet on a regular basis? (Pew Research Jan 2010) In 2009, nearly one-fifth (19%) of Americans used the Internet on their mobile phones, up from 2007 when only 11% used their mobiles to connect. These statistics are just for connecting on wireless [...]

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Patience in a “Now Generation”

I recently bought the new Black Eyed Pea’s CD- The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) and was listened to the full CD before deciding on my few favorite songs. This one song called, “Now Generation,” caught my attention, and I replayed it a few times as I pondered how a “Now Generation,” can learn patience…especially in [...]

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Seesmic and Ping.fm join forces!

Two of the most popular sources for updating all of your social networking statuses, Seesmic and Ping.fm have made a deal. Seesmic is buying Ping.fm. Both applications allow you to send, say a tweet, which will also send the same information to your Facebook, Myspace, Blog…you get the point. It’s a lot quicker than updating each [...]

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Top Terms used in Facebook Statuses in 2009

Facebook’s data team recently posted some information about the most popular words and terms used in Facebook status updates in 2009. In short, they took all the status updates and analyzed the phrases that used the same words or combinations of words. They divided them into categories by length of the phrase, and then they counted [...]

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10 signs you’re a Facebook addict:

You spend more time thinking about the content of your next status post then you do about your work. You walk by someone and physically “poke” them and it doesn’t phase you or them. You were up until 2 a.m. waiting for your international friends to update their statuses. You make your grocery list based on what others [...]

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Google Wave…

I received a little surprise in my inbox on the last day of November. I don’t consider myself a computer nerd…but there’s been a little bit of talk about Google Wave lately that made me want to find out what it’s all about. Over a month ago I requested an invite to join Google Wave [...]

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Lesson on Tweeting from Junior Highers

I’ve been working with the junior high youth group at my church for the past few months. I’m not really an expert on kids…ok, I know nothing about kids, but have enjoyed learning about junior-high-aged kiddos. If I had to describe them in three words they would be: Random (fun!) Insecure Hyper I sat in on the Sunday morning [...]

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