Monthly Archives: June 2006

I am in North Carolina at the Web Empowered Church Conference

Last year, I brought Kasper to Texas and put together a little conference for church technologists around the Typo3 Content Management system. This is the main tool I use day in and day out in Web Ministry at the church where I work. Web Empowered Church has also been a major advocate for the use [...]

Running small teams… a different philosophy

Jason Fried Video
A plenary address at the Collaborative Technologies Conference on Tuesday was delivered by Jason Fried, the CEO of 37Signals. His lecture was titled, “Small Is Beautiful.” Here’s the lecture, in its entirety.
I am not a huge fan of Jason Fried in particular (has made some real blunders when commenting on his and [...]

History in the Making: PC vs Mac Churches

History in the Making: PC vs Mac Churches
PC churches approach ministry with rules, inflexible systems, illogical methods, death by meetings, etc. Mac churches share life together, have simple structures, and emphasize relationships.
Many of you know I love my Apple 17″ Powerbook Laptop as much as any singular piece of technology I have ever owned. Even [...]

‘Thirst for Knowledge’ Same as Opium Craving!

Neuroscientists have proposed a simple explanation for the pleasure of grasping a new concept: The brain is getting its fix.
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So, that is why I am constantly searching on google wanting my “google fix”. I am coming out of the closet and admitting my Google and Wikipedia addiction right now.
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What makes me sick

What makes me sick are oil company executives who justify their criminal profits by saying America has it good compared to other countries and that high fuel prices help curb demand. In the movie Failure to Launch How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days there is a really cute part where the two stars [...]

Four seconds is a L-O-N-G time in an NBA game, people!

[UDPATE: I sent Mark a message on this and he was kind enough to respond via email. Apparently I was not the only one to notice!]
Dirk doesn’t have to try an alley-oop pass last night for the Mavericks if someone watches the clock. I could be wrong, but at the time I felt something was [...]

Is it expensive where you live?

If you are buying a house soon, you should check out Zillow.com. Their doing great stuff. I especially liked their recent blog post of a heat map of silicon valley. I wish they would do one of Collin County/Frisco, Texas. As one of the fastest growing counties in the US (and most expensive) and is [...]

When churches close their doors

As an aside: This blog may end up being more of a rant page than a valuable blog
where you learn anything. Let me apologize to my two readers. Will try to do better.
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So, as the two of you know, I work at a church. I love the fact I am somehow contributing to the body [...]

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