I know tomorrow’s launch of the new Mac and Macbook Pro will have a lot of people ooohhing and aaahhhing but the fact is, my Mac is still rocking after nearly 2 years and I dont intend to replace it. Even if I had the money to do it. Unless there was a spectacular reason…
Read MoreSocial Media Sabbaticals
[photo by andrew jones to make you say “I need a sabbatical!] UPDATED [Oct 13] with huge apology to my friend Rhett Smith who blogged some excellent thoughts on social media breaks and boundaries. ORIGINAL: Marcus Goodyear is taking a social media sabbatical, the Pyromaniacs are taking the month off and Darren Rowse of Problogger…
Read MoreFacebook Facts
10,000 machines run the facebook site 100,000 facebook applications in the UK 100,000,000 facebook users worldwide Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook at Future of Web Apps Expo. I dont use facebook very much. I started my account in 2006 because I was speaking at a Fusion student event and this was the way they were…
Read MoreTechnorati’s State of the Blogosphere
“blogs are a global phenomenon that has hit the mainstream.” Technorati, State of the Blogosphere I was in Las Vegas a few weeks ago at Blog World Expo and one of the highlights for me was the State of the Blogosphere presented by Technorati representatives. The whole session is up on their site. Totally worth…
Read MoreChurch 2.0 Tour
Greg Atkinson is setting up a Church 2.0 Fall Tour in preparation for a book in the near future on the subject. More on Facebook and DJ Chuang’s blog. Even though you might be getting tired of hearing about EVERYTHING 2.0, and the term is probably only continuing due to the O’Reilly conferences and their…
Read More10 Commandments of Blogging
HT: Clerical Whispers shares the story behind the 10 commandments of blogging loosely developed at the Godblogs event in England which was hosted by the Evangelical Alliance. The commandments were given in a “tongue-in-cheek” manner, a bit like my “Blogger’s Prayer” back in 2002, but they are pretty good nonetheless. The 10 Commandments of Blogging:…
Read MoreJon Abel rocked us
Listening today to a CD from John Abel called More Than This. Jon was the songleader at last weekend’s Summit in Tahoe. Lovely guy. Great worship leader. Christianity Today also liked him. Technorati Tags: jon abel, music, worship
Read MoreRetro: Sonseed and Jesus is my friend
This month’s header has a retro feel but actually I took the shot last weekend at Lake Tahoe. Speaking of retro, Prodigal Jon thinks through the 5 stages of emailing an unintentionally funny video like this one below on the Stuff Christians Like blog. HT: Bob Carlton. The band in question is called “Sonseed”. They…
Read MoreBlog Manners
UPdate: OOPS! This site I was talking about [below] took me by surprise and I thought a mindless political blogger was using my feed in a blasphemous manner. This is not the case. Sorry. I should have taken the time to actually read the blog in question and also I failed to extend grace and…
Read MoreBlog World Going Well
Lovin’ it!! Having a great time in a session on corporate sponsorship right now. Before this was Wade Tonkin of Christian Affiliate Marketers who did a session for Godblogcon called How to Support Your Blog ( . . and stay saved). I am about to run over to hear Roger Overton from A-Team blog do…
Read MoreStandalone Bloggers
“The future of the new media, in my opinion, is moving away from personal sites toward online collectives that are focused on particular interests,” Joe Carter Ted Olsen at Christianity Today contemplates the future of standalone bloggers, mentioning three of them [including me]. His post is a kind reference to Joe Carter’s recent thoughts on…
Read MoreNeue Media – Aaron Linne on Blogging
Good article on blogging by Aaron Linne from LifeWay. Although it might be a thinly disguised advertisement for Lifechurch and Lifeway, the look and feel of this ultra-cool e-zine is superb and worth a look. To read “Neue Media”, go to this premiere issue of Neue Quarterly, page 47, and then hit full screen. Enjoy.…
Read MoreYou Might Be A Faith-Blogger IF . . .
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 MoreNew Atheism – Reposted
UPDATE: I am reposting this because the old one got messed up and didn’t come up properly. Also, there are some new articles worth reading like Madeleine Bunting, and ZMag. There are also some books including a critical response to New Atheism by John Haught and a more cynical response by my friend Becky Garrison…
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 MoreIdeas4all – Launches Today
New website launches today called ideas4all.com. Share your ideas or your problems that need a solution. Easy. Teilhard de Chardin would be impressed with the global brain idea. Thanks Patricia for the heads up. I already posted my first idea (sunglasses with camera for streaming live video through phone networks to sites like QIK.com) and…
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…
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