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This book was so not what I had expected. When you read a title like 'Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends' it's clear that this book is about making sense of data you gather for marketing purposes. So what I was expecting was a bit of a how-to approach where the author showed how to translate big data (meaning cold hard figures and statistics) into small data (conclusions). Wrong. ... Read More
When the church tech team is asked to dress up... ...we be like: ... Read More
Here comes the weekly wind-up for the ChurchMag Church Tech Snack Pack. A little bit of babbly-babble. A slight attempt at humor. And don't forget the sentence with the exclamation mark! Pitched: ... Read More
It didn’t take me very long into the night to realize that I needed something to help protect me from the bad guys. I looked through all of the stuff I had collected and found enough iron for some boots and enough leather to make a hat and some pants. This wasn’t the best armor, but it was a great start. Eventually, I will have enough diamond to make the best armor available. This gave me enough protection to survive the cave I was exploring and the bad guys had no chance against me now! ... Read More
From Sofia, Bulgaria, Encho Enchev is a Senior 3D artist and designer for Ubisoft and he has created an awesome Batmobile concept design. Seriously. This needs to be used in some kind of Batman story – comic, movie, video game, somewhere! I also love where he's drawn inspiration from...check it out: ... Read More
If you are helping out with your church website, it can be exciting to begin coding and designing. However, there is something very important you need to do before you start implementing your incredible vision for the church website. It's not as attractive as getting your hands dirty in code and Photoshop, but it is far more important and it will save you time and hassle latter on. You need to sit down and chat with all the stake holders. You'll be amazed at how many people are (or consider ... Read More
Okay, okay...maybe “mind control” is a little bit too far. But it's close. Marketing is often spoken on the surface level, but there is a lot of human science that is applied to the process. This infographic on Neuromarketing is interesting for multiple reasons: ... Read More
My nephew is just over two years old. (27 months, in case you're one of those people.) He repeats what he hears. I called him a "punk" once—it was justified—back when he was just over one year-old. For a few weeks after, he would say, "Not a punk," whenever he saw me. The lesson here? Kids learn from adults. So who do robots learn from? I think I'll answer that question by telling you the recent story of a young chatbot named "Tay," and then I'll juxtapose—cool word, huh?—this with a more ... Read More
When I look at creating a social media platform, I avoid at all costs going for a cookie cutter strategy. There are "experts" out there doing analysis of data they have received from their top end companies which are backed by whole teams designed to create content, respond to social media interactions, design the perfect social media account. This is great if you have those teams and that money. ChurchMag does not. They have me, a small budget that we haven't even come up with all of the line ... Read More
Many factors contribute to success and effectiveness of tech. Tech users, are usually not the developers. We, as users, generally don't work on tech; our focus is its use. This means the only way we can get the most out of tech is mostly dependent on what we have control over. I know I'm not the only one who's got caught up in the hype and adopted tech with little thought. I've entangled myself and teams into something not not investigated well. Because I'm an early adopter, teams I lead tend ... Read More
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