On today’s Tech, No Babel, Fonts: You think it’s pretty simple to change the font in a document or even install a new font; that’s true, but it’s the “why” to using fonts that’s important. Do you choose a title or body font? Do you need a serif or san-serif…
My numbers continue to go up and to the right (as they say in business). Remember that each of you is a person to me, a life that I can help. I keep track of numbers because each is shorthand for a life, which can impact hundreds or thousands more….
There’s an episode of the original Star Trek series where the crew comes across a planet where the Roman Empire never fell and is dealing with a small religious cult. Kirk and the crew come to like the people who they hear worship the sun and oppose their oppression by…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Podcast Show Ideas There are literally thousands of churches that are podcasting their weekly sermon, so how do you stand out from the crowd? What can your church add? Here are some ways to add some things that most church podcasts don’t to engage…
“Let’s be honest, our website really sucks.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Our website is great, or so I thought. So, I clarified. “What do you mean?” “I couldn’t even find the service times,” he continued. I looked at our site on my iPhone. “Look here. Didn’t you…
We’ve all done it. You point the tv remote at the tv and press the button, but nothing happens. Immediately you think, “When was the last time I changed these batteries?” If the answer is long ago, you might change them, but if the lights on the remote light up…
This week’s questions: MW G+: When is the best time to evaluate your service, and how often? What is your current method? John Wood G+: Those of you that put sermons online, do you have any kind of prefix or suffix on the audio? Copyright info, etc? Just wondering what…
On today’s Tech, No Babel: White Space Have you every looked at a design and thought it looked classy or relaxed and looked at another and it felt cramped. That’s a difference in how you use white space. Subscribe for free: RSS feed iTunes one-click subscription For more questions, comments,…
How do you take a PDF newsletter and make it viewable on a smartphone and automatically emailed to your church members every month. The basic steps are: Copy the content from the source. Create a WordPress blog. Install the Responsive theme. Take the RSS feed from the site. Make an…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: What I’m Learning about Google+ I think I get Twitter (I literally wrote the book on Twitter for churches after all). FaceBook seems obvious for dealing with friends, but meeting new people is still hard for me there. Google+, however, has been a mystery…