Posts Tagged: software

October 21, 2009

Windows 7

Windows 7

Windows 7

Macs never interested me all that much. Personally, I think that Macs are terribly overrated. Maybe I feel that way because I started on Windows? Maybe. Regardless of the reason, I just do not find Macs intuitive, appealing, or so life-altering enough to switch from my Windows PC based platforms. I’ll be a Windows guy until technology outgrows our present work environment completely. I know that without doubt the company I keep will call me a technology heretic, but I have to be completely honest! I love Windows; I hate Macs. There, I confessed. Forgive me, my friends! Read more…

June 5, 2008

Church Management Apps

Friend, fellow Lancaster dweller, and awesome-design-guy Kyle Sollenberger just launched what promises to be a fantastic new blog called Church Management Apps. Why? Because he is fed up with how the church family communicates! I am too! So, I’ll be a regular at Church Management Apps for sure. If I were you, I’d subscribe to the feed too, because Kyle is well informed and excellent at what he does. This is a great blog in the making.

April 17, 2008

An Online Bible and Opportunity for Global Collaboration

YouVersion

YouVersion bills itself as a revolutionary online community! And it just may be! Its revolutionary potential finds a catalyst in the fact that it is a community built totally around the Bible and conversations about the Bible. YouVersion is a community built around the idea that online collaboration and interactive sharing can actually change the way we interact with the texts and one another in important ways. YouVersion is the epitome of “Open Source” theology and Biblical study. If there was ever a sign of the global decentralization of Biblical interpretation, this is it. Said differently, the work of Biblical interpretation has been freed from the ivory – and stale – towers of academia. The reformers would be amazed! This ‘aint the 16th century no more!

This is not your run-of-the-mill pew Bible. It’s not just another online Bible either. This is a fully interactive Bible that features 16 translations and community collaboration! The community collaboration is the most important feature of this virtual Bible. Users can add notes, commentary, stories and help decide if what others have added is relevant to the text to which it was added. Basically, this is an open source commentary that evolves, grows, and corrects itself in community. It is truly remarkable. Read more…

April 6, 2007

Mint Web Stats Application Use of Server Resources

Ben Gray just published a post re: his blog’s (Open Switch) use of Media Temple server resources. Ben is an awesome guy, as many, many people are aware. There is good reason for his standing in this community: he regularly helps us all do better! Ben outlined the troubles re: his site’s GPU issues at Media Temple and helped the community in the process, again! He helped me, to be sure. Thanks to Ben’s post and subsequent comments, I discovered that I too have a resource hog squatting on my server space at Media Temple. It’s name: MINT! Granted, I put it there, but I had no idea. Check out the resource graphic (Note: Media Temple customers can access this graphic and other important resource info by going to Urchin Analytics, “Pages & Files”, then go to “Page Query Terms” and then look at the top scripts in the list): Read more…

January 29, 2007

A Bible Atlas Built Upon Google Maps

HeLives.com has built another great resource for Christians: BibleMap! The motivation for building the site, according to its developers, was to “create a free Bible atlas which harnesses Google Maps … and to help make the living book of the Bible more alive in your life.” Read more…

December 16, 2006

Search Bibliographic Databases Online with Endnote

A chunk of long overdue credit: The first semester of my final year of seminary (M.Div) is officially over. One final and seemingly little (in contrast to the whole process) semester remains, so I thought it high time to thank God for the one software application that really made my entire education much more enjoyable. “What is this amazing app?” you ask. Endnote. Read more…

December 9, 2006

Koine Greek Windows PC Software

Here are a few must have Windows PC software applications for any beginning student of Koine – New Testament – Greek. These tools helped me immensely when I began my undergraduate Greek studies. I still use them to this day to constantly reinforce the basics. I personally prefer these space friendly software applications to a box full of thousands of cardboard flash cards … or the endless miles of paradigm charts I used to have Scotch-taped to my study wall. Read more…