Category Archives: Web/Tech

Speaking of going mobile… Wayfarer is here

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

So Monday I posted a note calling on Episcopalians to start thinking how we ought to be moving ourselves toward providing content on mobile platforms, since all the projections look like mobile internet use is going to soon eclipse traditional … Continue reading →

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Preparing the *Church* for a mobile-first world

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

There are very few Episcopal churches right now that have their own phone application. We don’t. I’m not sure that’s the right place to spend money for what it’s worth. But I do think we need to be intentional about thinking through how people will use their mobile devices on a Sunday morning. Continue reading →

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Who will say you’ve mastered divinity?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

We’ve effectively funded theological education for the past four decades by asking mid-life students to cash out the equity in their homes and use that to subsidize their and younger student’s educations. But the equity disappeared with the recent housing price collapse, and with it the business model of most of the seminaries in the Mainline denominations. Continue reading →

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Quick thoughts on iBook Maker and iTunes U

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

So earlier today Apple released two new tools for educators; a tool that makes creating a multimedia text book very very easy, and a publishing service that allows you to create a curriculum and distribute it and materials remotely. Both … Continue reading →

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The man in the machine

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Have you noticed how many people, as they reflect on Steve Jobs life, talk about their computing devices. One writer, noting this, says that it’s as if people feel that they have met Steve Jobs in the machines and gadgets … Continue reading →

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Steve

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

I got a push notification on my iPhone this afternoon that Steve Jobs had died earlier today. That in itself, as the President of the United States noted, was astonishing because so many of us learned the news the same … Continue reading →

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The new Amazon Kindle (quick review)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

I ordered the original Kindle the day it was released. I’d been dreaming of a device like that for years; a small, energy efficient tool optimized for reading long form writing. I’ve not been disappointed. I ordered the iPad the … Continue reading →

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Posting quick links to twitter

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

Just a quick note. Given the kerfluffle with Facebook and the magic super tracking they’re implementing, I’m finding that I’m using my twitter account more and more right now. That’s changed the way I blog. If there’s an interesting article … Continue reading →

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Getting an HP P1102w to work as an AirPrint printer

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Most of you will no interest in this post. But I’m tossing it out there because, if you like me, want to print directly to a laser printer from an iPhone or an iPad this is going to be helpful. … Continue reading →

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Feedback loops to help us pray

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

There’s a reasonably well understood phenomenon in human behavior called a feedback loop. You see the way it works every time you drive by one of the those auto-sensing speed limit signs. (The Speed limit is XX; Your speed is … Continue reading →

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