UnSummit: Private vs. Public
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Internet | 1 Comment »On Saturday I went to the UnSummit in Minneapolis, a kind of counter-conference. It was on a Saturday. It was free. It involved more conversation than declaration (kind of like Idea Camp). I wanted to summarize some of what I ...
The Crusades Were a Bad Idea: Let’s Not Do It Again
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Books, Daily Grind, God, Church & Stuff, Music, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »Update: I've been Snoped. Ouch. It appears the stats in this video are of questionable accuracy. They're not denied outright, but there are significant questions. Despite all the rhetoric (my own included), perhaps the real question this post should raise ...
Ethiopia Twitter is a Go
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Technology | 6 Comments »OK, never mind yesterday's post. Looks like I will get to be a techno-geek while we're in Ethiopia picking up our son. At least a little bit. A friend has stepped forward and offered to pay for my Twittering. They shelled ...
Testing E-mail Posting
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Technology | 2 Comments »We're furiously trying to get ready for our trip to Ethiopia next week. While I'm quite the tech-addict in my day-to-day life, I'm not a very good techie when I travel. I didn't get a cell phone until 2006 and ...
Nothing is a Secret
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Internet | No Comments »There are no secrets in the Internet age. Everything you've ever done can come to the glaring light of day. That can either be a blessing or a curse. Marketing guru Seth Godin describes a friend who googled the applicants for a ...
25 Things About Billy Graham
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »The '25 Things' note has been spreading on Facebook like a computer virus. Or one of those lame forwards from 1998 about Microsoft charging a fee for every e-mail sent. An estimated five million people have taken part, and it's ...
Enjoying the Inauguration with Twitter
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Technology | No Comments »I watched bits and pieces of the Inauguration today and caught much of Obama's speech on NPR. But I really enjoyed much of the festivities through Twitter and the various reactions, comments and snippets. Apparently I wasn't the only one ...
Billyspot!: The Billy Graham Blog
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »I finally did it: I started a Billy Graham blog. I've talked about this idea years ago, but I'm finally doing it. It's called Billyspot and it covers all things Billy Graham. It got started just before Christmas, so it's definitely ...
Updating My Squidoo Lenses
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in Internet | No Comments »I'm not exactly the lensmaster I used to be, but I've been working on some of my Squidoo lenses lately (what's a Squidoo lens?). It's kind of a weird little distraction, but I've got a few fun lenses going: How to ...
Seth Godin Defines Blogging: Drip, Drip, Drip
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Business & Marketing | No Comments »I love how Seth Godin explains blogging in this little nugget from an interview earlier this year: "Blogging lets you drip ideas, bit by bit, to people who want to hear them. There are two crucial ideas in that sentence, so ...
