Archive for Design

Where is Jason?

// March 27th, 2007 // No Comments » // Design, Ministry, Programming, Web Ministry

Everywhere and nowhere, that is where. In addition to some significant life changes I hope to blog about next month, I am in the midst of a big web ministry project at the church where I work. We changed our audience focus from insiders to outsiders, and are completely redoing our site visually and architecturally.

What Highrise from 37signals Means for Ministry

// March 6th, 2007 // No Comments » // Business, Design, Ministry, Web Ministry

Truth be told, that is just another one of my catchy subject lines to make you read the post (sorry to those seeking a trustful person, ’cause I am as depraved as any blogger). I have subscribed to 37signals news alerts by email and I just got one that summarizes something I have been looking forward to considering. You can read about their description of the product in the quote and at the links below, but let me just add that I am very excited to see how this tool could be used by church plants, smaller ministries, and those of us helping out ministries with technology. Looks to be a great way of keeping track of people in a low-footprint, agile kind of way.

How to design News & Events pages for Churches?

// March 1st, 2007 // No Comments » // Design, News, Web Ministry, Writing

We are in the middle of a new web project where I work as Web Ministry Coordinator. We are completely overhauling our site design and information architecture with the help of Chris Merritt and Nathan Smith. Of the many things we are trying to do, including creating a staff blog on the church site, rolling a News & Events page is top on our list.

Father of the TV Remote Control Dead at 93

// February 28th, 2007 // No Comments » // Business, Design, Miscellaneous, Programming, Television

I am a big fan of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Mainly because I get to hear quippy commentary from George Will during the round table portion of the show. But they also have a section of the show called “In Memoriam” which reviews the “important” people who died that week, and displays the total number and list of soldiers names who have passed away in Iraq and Afghanistan during the week.

NRB Reflections – Technologies Churches Could Use More Effectively

// February 24th, 2007 // No Comments » // Christianity, Design, Ministry, Web Ministry

This is another response to some questions proposed for my talk at NRB. Two previous posts about NRB were my Initial Reflections and What Ministries Need to Know about User-generated Content.

What are examples of online technologies where churches could be doing a better job?