Twitter has proved to be a useful means of communication in the aftermath of the China earthquake. The article rather briefly describes the ways that Twitter is being used to spread news and updates in the disaster area more effectively than traditional media channels.
When Web 2.0-ish tools like Twitter come along, it’s always tempting to [...]

Another item to file in the Cool Internet Tricks department: Bible Geocoding. Most notable is a Google Earth map of every location from the Bible; you can click on a location to pull up the Bible passages in which it’s mentioned. Pretty nifty.

Very useful the next time you want to trace a Bible story as [...]

Where have you found God today, and where do you need to find Him? Other6.com is a rather nifty website where you can report “God moments” and ask for prayer for particular needs you have today. You can comment on other people’s reports/requests, too.
The concept behind the site is to highlight the presence of God [...]

Iyov points out a new site called YouVersion.com, a web 2.0 bible commentary that begs the question: do we really want to hear everyone’s opinion.

In related news, godtube.com released the virtual bible, which allows you to tie videos to verses or passages:

The immediate comparison is wikipedia, which in my mind has morphed from a suspect [...]

Continuing our conversation of a few weeks ago I’d like to add this spin on the free wi-fi debate from Church Marketing Sucks.
How about opening your church up?
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What if your church had the sweetest wifi in the town, some really comfy chairs and a few friendly faces? How great would it be to have folks [...]

This is both disturbing and fascinating: a look at what suicide, grief and mourning look like when they’re played out in the arena of blogs and online communities. The nature of blogs means that very personal pain can be made extremely public if you choose; and it means that thousands of people you’ve never met [...]

Oh, you know, these quiz things are sort of fun. Sure, as much as she/he tried to not, the quiz author has injected each question with their own bias. And then there’s the whole issue of whether you slept well or not last night, or whether or not pastor was ‘on’ last week, [...]

This isn’t the most pressing ethical issue of the day, but it is something I (and probably you too, if you’re reading this) have bumped into: when you’re out and about with your laptop and need to check email, is it ethical to use an unsecured wireless internet connection without getting specific permission to do [...]

Looking through my email this morning, I came across this story about online giving for churches. I found it rather interesting. With the online donation option, the diocese joined a growing group of churches nationwide that are using technology and the Internet to make weekly giving easier.

Churches say high-tech donations are a response to [...]

For all you b-boys and b-girls that read this blog (any of you out there?):

(HT: Targuman)