Gavin is a social media guru and makes many good points in this article about church use of Twitter. Enjoy.
Technology moves fast. According to Moore’s Law, it doubles about every 18 months. This can be frustrating for those of us who try to stay on top of all the latest trends but don’t have disposable income. I have found myself in this predicament many times. The goal is to stay one step ahead of the game. This can be achieved by looking at current specifications and the history of specific technologies and companies. In short, this means the most for your dollar.
A few years ago I was lucky enough to land a Grandcentral account just before it was sold to Google. Grandcentral was (and continues to be under the Google Voice brand) a service which allowed one to get a universal phone number which could then be forwarded to other phones and devices. It also included an expanded voicemail service for that number, and more recently, as Google Voice was rolled out, great integration of SMS messages, including transcription of voicemail messages which are then texted to your cellphone.
Today Google announced that they were making the voicemail available to ANY number, allowing one to use Google’s service rather than their standard phone company provided voicemail. I switched over, and so far it seems real cool, especially since my voicemails are texted to me, allowing me to check them under the table to determine their importance. I encourage you to check this out.
Official Google Blog: Use Google Voice with your existing number
Livebrush Makes Design Creation Simple - Design - Lifehacker
Looking for a cool drawing application? This is an Adobe Air program that does some cool things. I would lean toward the paid version, which allows you to export the images as vectors, but all and all this will allow you to do some things that only a professional artist could do in the past.
I’m not sure this is really worth the expense, but it is very interesting for larger congregations that have a high percentage of IPhone users.
