In the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy, I was just thinking up some ideas for my session at GodblogCon in a few weeks when I teach on the missional church in the internet age. You might be a faith blogger, I was thinking . . IF . . . – if you sit in the back…
Read MoreGoogle Insights for Search
Its another wicked cool tool from Google. Their insight for search tool lets you see word searches over time and within geographical regions. The search term “emerging church” for example, has been declining in use since its peak in early 2007 and South Africans come out on top as the top users of this term.…
Read MoreRoundtable for bloggers and church 2.0 geeks.
We are planning a roundtable next March in Austin, Texas during SXSW for some leading thinkers who want to see the blogosphere used wisely and effectively for mission. I will be there, Darren Rowse of Problogger said he will be there, and already a few others. Could you help me by recommending someone who should…
Read MoreOffending Blogs: Should they Stay or Should They Go?
"Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm" . . . said Paul to Timothy, without fully appreciating the legal ramifications of such a potentially slanderous statement should Alexander object and take action. A BIG conversation going on over the last few days regarding two men who are both occasional commenters here, Ken Silva and Richard…
Read MoreReaching the Online Generation
‘Who is God?’ was one of the top three sentences googled in 2007. says Paul Watson on his new website called Reaching the Online Generation, an initiative of City Team Ministries. My friend Joe Hernandez (formerly NAMB) is with City Team and we will be exploring ways to work together this year. What other good…
Read MoreBlogging for $$$$$$ (can you count to 6 figures?)
Today my Aussie mate Darren Rowse from Problogger spills the beans on how he made six figures a year when he started blogging and how you can make some $$$$$$ or some ££££££ out of your blog. Its a free video interview hosted by Blog Squad. Darren will promote his new book Problogger: Secrets for…
Read More1024 Window
I am working on a small presentation for tonight for a project I am calling the 1024 window. A billion people are online and they are viewing the world and finding answers through a screen that is most likely 1024 pixels across and 768 pixels high. The most popular display resolution in the world is…
Read MoreGraphing Social Patterns
Graphing Social Patterns East is a great Web 2.0 conference held over the next few days. I almost came over for it. Really . . . i was THIS close. But hey . . . another time. Watch out for the live-blogging on a new blog platform called Scribble Live. Could be a great app.…
Read MoreBlog World Expo 2008 – I am going!
Blog World Expo is the worlds largest Blogging conference. There will be about 2000 people there in Las Vegas, Sep 20-21 and I will be one of them because i am speaking at GodblogCon 2008, a smaller conference inside the larger that i will tell you more about in a few days. But since I…
Read MoreIndian Blogging Scene
Trak.in has the skinny on the blogging scene in India. Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, india
Read MoreDisturbing news from Google about my blog
Its really sad. According to Google Webmaster Tools, these are the top results of people reaching my site through the Google search engine and then clicking through (%) to my site. I was hoping for something a bit more uplifting. A bit more . . . well . . you know. . . less disturbing.…
Read More5 Web 2.0 Spring Cleaning Projects. Done!
Spring is upon us. Here are a few small Web 2.0 projects that I have managed to get done in the past week. 1. Set up Flock as my default browser. (done). Goodbye Firefox and Safari. Flock has been one of the favourite browsers in my harem but now will become my preferred browser-dashboard, Flickr…
Read MoreTypepad Themes Added
I like the Typepad blogging platform and have used it since converting from Blogger back in 2003. However, it has lagged woefully behind WordPress in the aesthetics department. Until now. There’s a few new pretty-darn-good-looking typepad themes available as the result of a recent theme making contest. The theme I am using today is called…
Read More344 links to the blogging 2.0 world
Just when you thought you knew everything about blogging. . . 344 links Technorati Tags: blog
Read MoreGoogle Webmaster Tools: Search Results from each country
Google webmaster tools now has a feature that lets you see what google searches people did to find your site FROM EACH COUNTRY! I had no idea they were so different. Its really worth a look. Here are my number one search queries in which my site appeared: USA – “andrew jones” UK – “habbohotel…
Read MoreOnline Communities and Church 2.0
The sandbox for iGoogle opened yesterday. Should be exciting to see new apps for Google’s Open Social. I am really interested in the idea of spiritual communities launched natively through phone and web apps and I think this one could be a part of the scheme of things. Are you also thinking about online spiritual…
Read MoreBlog Talk
I met up for coffee with Problogger Darren Rowse in Melbourne for our first face-to-face. We were talking about doing a blogging event together at next years SXSW in Austin. The Pope got blogged on his USA tour. Another badge for my collection from a new portal in town. “Wikio is Europe’s number 1 news…
Read MoreBlog Till You Drop
“Other bloggers complain of weight loss or gain, sleep disorders, exhaustion and other maladies born of the nonstop strain of producing for a news and information cycle that is as always-on as the Internet.” NY TImes explores the ugly side of professional blogging. Technorati Tags: blogging
Read MoreGodblogcon 2008
Godblogcon has released its list of speakers for its conference in Las Vegas, Sep 21-22, 2008: John Mark Reynolds of The Scriptorium Andrew Jones – Tallskinnykiwi (hey, DUDE . . thats me!) Wade Tonkin of Christian Affiliate Marketers Roger Overton of The New Media Frontier (and you will know him from the A-Team blog) Ken…
Read MoreProblogger Darren Rowse owes me a coffee!
Darren Rowse, of the ridiculously popular Problogger.net, owes me a coffee. After discovering my blog in 2002 and starting his own, he went on to make half a million dollars, pay off his mortgage and start one of the world’s biggest blogs. I reckon he owes me a coffee. In this mornings postings, Darren writes…
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