technology

A Facebook User’s Primer to Twitter Statuses

One of the great uses of Facebook, Twitter, and other social network sites is the ability to share real-time information. From a Christian perspective, the social networking sites provide a means of, among other things, sharing prayer needs very quickly.
Many of these sites provide integration with the each other. Two of those are Twitter and More >

Social Media and Ministry

What’s your church doing with Twitter or Facebook? Are you using these resources for building the Kingdom?
Watch the video below. If you and your church are not leveraging all the tools the internet provides, you are going to get left behind. In a day when most people don’t want you knocking on their door, you More >

Read 100 Blogs in 10 minutes

I read the latest posts on about 100 different blogs every day. I do it in the morning, when I get up, in less than 10 minutes! What’s the secret? An RSS reader. In particular, I use the Google Reader. Interested? Here’s a video Google put together to introduce you to the Google Reader. If More >

Adding Friendfeed Feed to WordPress Content

I wanted to include my Friendfeed activity to my WordPress blog, but I wanted it to be a bit more prominent than a sidebar widget. So I put it at the top of my blog’s content on the main page. Here’s how I did it.
First I added the Friendfeed code normally used for a WordPress More >

How to Add Your Facebook Status Updates to FriendFeed

As much as I love using Friendfeed for my Twitter and blog updates on Facebook, there’s no way to import your Facebook status updates to FriendFeed. For whatever reason, FriendFeed doesn’t offer a Facebook option. I started digging around the web and found that Facebook does provide an RSS feed for your status updates. I More >

Twitter: How to Twit

If you’ve read this blog over the last two months, you know I’ve really been excited about Twitter. You see my last five twitters at the top of my blog’s main page. You can click “Rob’s Twitter” at the top and see a page with my last 25 twits. So what exactly is Twitter? How More >

How to Interact with Blogs

There are millions of blogs on the web today, with thousands more popping up each day. If you’ve surf the web for very long, it’s highly likely you’ve been on blogs. You’re here, so you’ve been to at least this blog! A blog can be part of a large company’s website, or it can be More >

Twitter Intro Video

Ya’ll know by now I’m really loving Twitter. I’m planning on writing a Twitter how-to for you. I think it’s a potentially strong church communication tool. Here’s a video to give you an overview of what Twitter is all about.

How To’s

In the near future I hope to write a few articles that might help you get more into the internet Christian social scene. I’m planning on writing how-to’s on getting started blogging, interacting with blogs such as mine, and getting started with Twitter. I’ll also cover more LifePointe specific how-to’s, especially how to use our More >

Twitter Moved

I’m really liking Twitter now. If you want see my latest twitters, I moved them from the sidebar to their own page. Click on Rob’s Twitter and you’ll see the latest 25. If you’re on Twitter let me know. If you want to know more let me know, too. I can see where Twitter would More >

Blackberry Rocks!

I picked up a Blackberry Curve the other day. How did I make it without it? This thing is not only a great toy, it’s got some productive value, which is always a plus for a toy. I’ve been sending and reading email, twittering, GPS-ing, texting, and web surfing. The Blackberry has got to be More >

Testing from My Blackberry

I’ve got a new toy and this is a test of my Blackberry Curve. I’ll get a Sunday recap up tomorrow.