It’s late in the day Friday and we’re just now getting this “cake” out of the oven…
Enjoy this week’s Church Tech Snack Pack – and if there’s anything you’d like to see in the future – drop us a link and we’ll include it!
Now…on to the snackage:
The #1 Resource for Church Technology Creativity & New Thinking
by Eric Dye
It’s late in the day Friday and we’re just now getting this “cake” out of the oven…
Enjoy this week’s Church Tech Snack Pack – and if there’s anything you’d like to see in the future – drop us a link and we’ll include it!
Now…on to the snackage:
by Jeremy Smith
For those that have not gone deep into the world of LEGOs, there is a whole community of people that love to take photos of them. One specific genre is LEGOgraphy where you put your LEGOs in “real-world situation” and take a photo of it.
Honestly, I cannot stop looking at them, they are so cool! Here are five of them.
I’ve been using CreationSwap since it was CreativeMYK, and I hate how much of a hipster that first sentence makes me sound.
But it’s still true. It’s a service that my church has enjoyed and paid to use for the past few years, so my pastor and I were both interested to hear that a new service is being launched called “LiveSwap.”
Billed as a way for any member of a church staff (paid or lay) to work as a designer, LiveSwap is the solution to all those well-designed graphics that just don’t quite fit the context of your church or event. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found an amazing graphic that is almost perfect, except that you call your even a “Church Picnic” and this graphic says “Sunday School Picnic.” LiveSwap looks to be a way to tailor a series of templates to fit the context of your church.
[Read more…] about LiveSwap: Something New from CreationSwap!
by Eric Dye
Every profession and hobby has their own kind of “speak.” You may refer to it as “lingo” or “technical terms.” It’s a special language shared by those who are active in a particular niche or subculture and sometimes the depth of your vernacular communicates to the listener how deep or how high you are invested in the space.
For those active in radio or broadcasting, things like “cutting some wraps,” “laying down some VOs,” or “using a donut” are very clear ways to communicate to one another. To the outsider, however, much is lost in these meanings. Much like gamers use terms like “min/max,” “OP,” or getting a chance to “pwn some n00bs” on a free weekend. Again, you may know exactly what I am talking about or you are completely lost.
The same can be said for Church tech. This isn’t much of a problem unless you try to use these terms to someone outside the Church tech circle. It’s important to initially recognize and acknowledge who your listener is, and use language the listener understands. It’s up to you, the Church tech, to translate your message – no matter how simple of terms you have to use.
[Read more…] about Be Careful When You Use Church Tech Speak
I’m not sure if this will become a regular bit of coverage for me or ChurchMag, but I saw two bits of WordPress news that I had to share. And, as always, if you’ve heard any great WordPress news, please share it in the comments below!
Now, before we begin, these two updates have to do with the WordPress plugin Jetpack, which links a WordPress.org site with a WordPress.com account, bringing with it tons of features and such.
And sometimes, bloat.
[Read more…] about The WordPress Word: Coming Back to Jetpack
This week on the podcast we talk about the dynamic of church tech products and services being marketed and sold to churches.
If you have some thoughts on this, we would love to hear from you!