I’m interested in the back and forth between the Boston Unitarian and Southern “Universalist Church” History blogs about what Universalist works are available for the former’s Nook, the book reader released by Barnes and Noble. I confess, that if pressed to own a book reader, I’d probably get the Nook: it’s a better value than [...]
I’m thinking though useful ways for online meetings, but wanted to first know if you, dear readers, use instant messaging? And if you do, do you use it through a browser, a desktop client (program) or your phone? Or any or all of these? And if a desktop client, which one? Thanks. Share this article [...]
I wrote last at my infrequent, long-format blog Rev. Scott Wells that I was cutting back — cutting out, really — my meat eating, and less Google. I wonder what is more difficult. While I wasn’t terribly clear in my blog post, it boils down to an unwholesome dependence on a company that’s quickly becoming [...]
Dear readers — both of this blog, and readers generally — how many of you read long-format documents with a portable text readers in the ePub format? (The Amazon Kindle’s proprietary format does not count here.) By reader I mean “conventional” tablet-sized readers, phones or laptops? Or even desktop computers. And what do you read [...]
Federal offices in D.C. are closed today because of the snowstorm, and my office follows that decision. But with the year winding down, I still have work to do, and so I wanted to tell you about a tool I’m using that makes that possible. Dropbox synchs up for files between your computers and at [...]
So Google Wave is the big new thing, right? (Of course, the same was said of the Segway scooter-ma-bob-thingy and the sight of one still makes me giggle.) It’s a email-editor-chatty thingy, or in English, real-time communication and collaboration. For church people, the value is in holding remote working meetings. Work up a schedule, draft [...]
Hi, y’all. I think I’ve finally gotten video and audio on Skype to work. At the same time even. If you’re a regular reader and like to exchange Skype account names, please contact me. Share this article Hide Sites $$(‘div.d3398′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
For reluctant techies thrust into a position of responsibility, say at a church, I recommend http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/ for its helpful articles. Share this article Hide Sites $$(‘div.d3342′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Googling around tonight, I discovered UKUnitarian.org.uk “A resource about, and for, Unitarians” — and a wise, common use of a branded Web resource for (as yet) 31 mostly-small congregations and institutions. Plus, it’s a free service for the churches and simply-formatted sites are bright, cheerful and both better than nothing and better than something over-adventuresome [...]
I recently backed up my home computer, reinstalled Ubuntu Linux and decided the terabyte-sized external hard drive was a must. (I recall my younger self backing up with floppy disks. A quick calculation suggests it would take 7510 pounds of those old disks for my current data. And I’m nowhere close to using up that [...]
