Comments on: Biggest Personal Technology Advancement for 2009?

By: human3rror

human3rror — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:15:04 +0000

WOW. That's awesome! congrats and i'm excited for you in 2010!

By: jskogerboe

jskogerboe — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:02:57 +0000

I had no internet presence at all in 2008. 2009 is the year I finally realized that social media isn't just a distraction – it's the way the world communicates now. Things have changed. Information flow has changed. For me, as a Pastor and ministry leader and church "designer," I am swimming into the stream and learning to surf. Started a blog this year. Also used your DBC theme for a personal reference site using WP. Joined Twitter. Embraced my long-dormant Facebook account. 2010 will be a year for me to refine a clear strategy and purposeful utilization of tech. Both personally and for Living Hope Church. Thanks for ALL your help, John! God bless!

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Biggest Tech Advancement for Your Ministry in 2009? - ChurchCrunch — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:51:20 +0000

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By: human3rror

human3rror — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:41:09 +0000

Wow!!!!!! That's amazing! Congrats on the new gig and move to WP!!!

John

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:34:11 +0000

This year I started my own production company, and with that more or less switched to OS X. I'd always used it for editing at work, but all my home stuff was still windows. I'm still divided on which I like more. I miss knowing where everything is, and I still use the terminal more than most apple fans, but I love it most of the time.

The biggest change though is that I've converted all my sites (4-5 sites) to using wordpress as a CMS. I totally balked at the idea when a friend suggested it. It's the best thing I've done in a while. The plugins alone make it worth it. The change has also beefed up my php skills. I'm currently working on a vlog theme that's hopefully going to end up being more like a single-editor video wiki in the end.

Thanks for all your encouragement and ideas John. Thinking back, a lot of my decisions this year have been influenced by you.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:03 +0000

WOW! sweet! great goals, hope you stick to them!

By: Josh Wagner

Josh Wagner — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:53:54 +0000

For me, this past year I've really started to dig into HTML, PHP, and CSS. And I thank WordPress for that. I've become a decent theme designer, I think. Still learning from those much better than I!

For 2010, I've got to get into Javascript, and maybe AJAX. Maybe some more Python code too. If I can get my hands on some Adobe CS items I might dig into Flash, but who knows.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:31:33 +0000

i found this thing called twitter…anyone else on there?

By: human3rror

human3rror — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:28:04 +0000

kill it…!

By: stephenbateman

stephenbateman — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:59:12 +0000

I'd dabbled in HTML as a 13-year-old, but this summer I spent 3 weeks in Mexico pouring over CSS.
The biggest thing I learned is that comments have power, and that responding matters.

Next steps are more PHP, Javascript, particularly getting comfortable with AJAX. Lovin it though.