Archive for the ‘Websites’ Category

12 Jun

Annual Conference is Almost Over!

Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet, Social Networks, Websites. Tagged: , , , , .

Annual Conference is over!  This was a very good year.  All of our systems functioned properly throughout and we had an extra day to set up our operations.  The extra day really helped us with making sure that everything was working before we got started.  From an operations standpoint I hope we never lose that [...]

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2 Jun

Google Apps

Posted by Douglas in Internet, Software, Websites. Tagged: , , , , , , .

We have been working over the last few months to set up and deploy Google Apps to all of our various e-mail users at work. In case you have never heard it before Google has bundled many of their online offerings (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Sites) into a company branded version that [...]

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9 Nov

Now That’s an Old E-mail (For Me Anyway)!

Posted by Douglas in Internet, Websites. Tagged: , , , , .

After writing my earlier post on the demise of Geocities I spent a few minutes poking around Google to try to find some of my old stuff.  I stumbled across this long lost e-mail!  Back in college I tried to start an online newsletter for aspiring writers.  The newsletter didn’t make it long term so [...]

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9 Nov

Goodbye Geocities

Posted by Douglas in Internet, Websites. Tagged: , , , , .

I remember setting up my first Geocities webpage back when I was in college.  In 1995 anyone who could make their own webpage was some kind of technical wizard.  I spent a lot of time hand coding html files with a text editor.  Creating a website is a completely different process now. This is the [...]

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21 Aug

The Digital Beyond

Posted by Douglas in Internet, Privacy, Social Networks, Websites. Tagged: , , , , , , .

My friend Evan Carroll is working on an interesting project called The Digital Beyond.  This project seeks to explore what happens to our online data after we die.  We spend a lot of time creating gigabytes worth of data on all of our favorite social networks.  What happens to that data when we pass on?  [...]

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7 Aug

Who Killed Twitter?

Posted by Douglas in Internet, Security, Social Networks, Websites. Tagged: , , , , , .

PC Mag Editor Lance Ulanoff writes about who killed Twitter.  The answer is that we are the ones killing it through a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The DDoS problem is a whale of a different color, however. All you people who I’ve warned over and over again to install or update your security [...]

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13 Jul

United Breaks Guitars

Posted by Douglas in Internet, Social Networks, Websites. Tagged: , , , , , , , .

One of the many ways in which the internet powers individuals is the ability to take concerns public.  Dave Carroll entrusted United Airlines with a $3500 guitar and they destroyed it.  Fed up with bad customer support he decided to take his situation public.  The speed at which information travels across the internet never ceases [...]

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14 Jun

Web Prescense Web Schmescense

Posted by Douglas in Websites. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Derek Leek (Conference Webmaster) and I were able to lead a technology workshop last week during annual conference.  The title of the workshop was “Web Prescense, Web Schmesence.  What the heck is a website and why do I need it?”  We had a very interesting discussion with approximately 75 clergy, laity and a few conference [...]

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