Jul 07, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: There is nothing new under the sun. It’s true, and no big brilliant idea ever thought up has ever skipped over countless millions of people before us. The technology of today may allow for more of those ideas and practices to be practical, but the ideas themselves are not new. There’s always been a desire [...]No related po (Read More)

Jun 26, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: Technology is, as always, changing the way we live in ways none of us could ever predict. Whether you think this is the Biblical end of times or not, it’s hard to look at the events of the world around us and not wonder “What in the blue blazes is going on?”People can order television [...]No related posts.Related posts bro (Read More)

Jun 15, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: I know that I’ve been spending a lot of time on this church-sponsered blog talking about decidedly selfish and non-church related things. Twitter, social media, my own self…all things that most church blogs don’t (and shouldn’t, in my opinion) touch with a 10-ft. pole. I tend to obsess about stuff and not focus on other, [. (Read More)

Jun 13, 2009

Huffington Post Alan Colmes (former co-host of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes) makes a great a catch regarding the current feud between David Letterman and Governor Sarah Palin. While Palin has been blasting Letterman all over the airwaves for joking about Yankees star Alex Rodriguez "knocking up" her daughter, Jay Leno told an extremely simi (Read More)

Jun 15, 2009

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Jun 10, 2009

Steve's shared items in Google Reader The cocktail party conversations I have about what I do for a living reveal so much about the world. For example, if I say I have an Internet startup, people generally think: She’s unemployed. If I say I write a syndicated newspaper column that runs in 200 papers, people are impressed. If I tell people I’m a blogger, they s (Read More)

Jun 14, 2009

TechCrunch Google Voice, formerly GrandCentral, is a seriously heavyweight product. When it relaunched in March, just a couple of months ago, we gave Google Voice a glowing review. Once you’ve jumped in head first to the product it will straighten out your phone life forever. You’ll never have to worry about figuring out which phone (Read More)

May 18, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: This is a totally new world for me to dive into. The world I lived in before this is gone, and the world I’m living in now seems so promising and interesting that the old way looks fruitless. Before, my personal goals, desires and beliefs were kept independent from my “profession”, especially since my world [...]No related (Read More)

May 15, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: This should be fun. I’ll get back to this in a bit…but I’m quite excited, to say the least. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. (Read More)

Jun 05, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: When A + B > (A+B) No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. (Read More)

Jun 01, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: This Sunday, I spent a grand total of SIX hours researching and learning more about social media. I downloaded presentations, joined networks related to other networks and spent hours reading about stuff I never thought would interest me. Somewhere between signing up for Twitter directories, following experts and adding blo (Read More)

May 26, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: What does it say about a world where I can search for Twitter apps and come up with over 270?Today, I decided to just dive into as many social media applications as I can. So far, this has included Delicious (which I dabbled in way back in the day), 12seconds.com, Wordie, and basically just random [...]No related posts.Rela (Read More)

May 27, 2009

Financial Sense How do churches use social media well enough to make them worth the time?Sitting around here is all well and good when it’s just me, the intern, seeing what could work and the possibilities behind everything. The real question is getting the ideas out of my head and putting them into action at a level where BTCChurch.com wo (Read More)

May 25, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: Social media is, to put it mildly, all the rage. Twitter is booming, which is incredible considering that the vast majority of people who use it don’t fully get it. Facebook has grown up (or devolved, depending on your point of view) into a juggernaut that handles more than everything you need. Ning has turned [...]No relat (Read More)

May 19, 2009

Submitted by Ben Luttrull from blog: In my experiences with design, the main emphasis hasn’t been on pretty, flashy colors or crazy graphics. In J-Graph, if your work doesn’t tell a story, tell it well and tell it quickly, then it’s not as good as it could be. Functionality, in my world, tops flash. That’s why you don’t see very many [...]No related posts.Rela (Read More)

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