The #1 Resource for Church Technology Creativity & New Thinking
Professional photographer Chase Jarvis said,
“The best camera you have is the one that is with you.”
It’s summer and now is the time to take our phones of family vacations, reunions, church picnics and more. In this post I share a few photo apps I really enjoy using on my iPhone.
What’s your favorite?
“Can’t innovate anymore, my a**”
With that statement, Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, Phil Schiller said what may possibly be the most quoted quote for this year (at least) during WWDC 2013.
With respect to iOS 7 however, whatever was unveiled in the event made the statement quite ironic. No matter how many times the word “revolutionary” was used by Tim Cook, even die-hard iPhone fans have to admit this is Apple playing catch-up more than introducing something that’s truly innovative.
The redesign of iOS 7 by Jony Ive is nothing but a new skin in Android parlance. The jury is still out on whether the redesign is better than the previous version though. Some absolutely love it, while it’s the target of online humor for others. As for me, while I’ve always loved Apple’s designs, the color palette of the iOS 7 looks a bit childish.
Most of the “new” features announced, together became one amusing puzzle titled, “Which OS/App Has This Been Copied From?”
[Read more…] about iOS 7 – Is it Really Innovative and Revolutionary?
The Apple App Store is celebrating 5-years by giving away their best apps away–for free!
Much to my delight, there were a number of apps here that I’ve wanted for a long time, but never dropped the coins on them. Download, complete!
Here are the apps Apple is giving away:
[Read more…] about Apple App Store Celebrates 5-Years, Gives Best Apps Away!
I love this idea!
The “Roots for the Journey” worship album has created a free mobile app (iOS and Android) as a companion resource targeted to kids. So, while you’re jamming-out to your music all day and you’re kids are soaking it up–whether you mean for them to or not–this mobile app is a great way to bridge the gap and make a connection!
“Through devotions, conversations, prayers and activities, parents have a new tool at their fingertips to help spiritually encourage their kids.”
Here’s a closer look at this app built by ROAR:
[Read more…] about App to Help Parents Teach Biblical Truths to Their Kids
Posting to multiple sites from your mobile phone just became easier. I tested an app called Everypost from your iPhone or Android can post to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, Pinterest, Linkedin and sync with Dropbox. Right now, you don’t have the ability to schedule a post, but it looks like it is on the feature list according to their twitter feed.
@seventy8prod we are working on the scheduling feature. Stay tuned! #everypost
— Everypost (@everypostme) June 25, 2013
Vine is a a mobile service that lets you create and share short six second looping videos.
Most videos are a little quirky, but there are many ways to use this app in ministry and missions:
