The news that Twitter is releasing it’s “official” URL shortener, http://t.co,  is already sweeping across the interwebs and I think the move is both a strategic and helpful one. From their announce post they mentioned how this would provide an extra layer of security so that more “spammy” and harmful links would be filtered out: [...]

I’ll admit. I created email addresses for my daughter once we had “landed” on a name; she wasn’t even born yet! Now, how soon will I let her use it or create her own is another question… What’s your take?

Just in case you aren’t familiar, each year Google holds their I/O conference for developers. The two-day event typically consists of breakouts, development-related keynotes, and the developer’s sandbox (a showcase projects others have built using Google technologies). Unfortunately, I’ve not had the opportunity to attend one of the events in person. Luckily, Google puts all [...]

Thanks all for spending a few minutes last week commenting here and growing this community! You guys are the bomb!

I can distinctly remember when I worked in the bowels of hell (literally) in a collocation facility that after a long and dark night of working by myself with only the sounds of rotating hard drive disks to comfort me, the sound of a human being’s voice when I left was almost startling. I’m glad [...]

So, have you had any new IT Management hires lately? What are your thoughts? Feel free to comment “anonymously” if you like your day job.

Do you have your ministry website? An intranet? The default that came with your browser? What’s the first thing that you see when you boot up the ol’ internet? Love to hear them.

Unfortunately the majority of those that work in ministry are probably near the bottom…

I think we can all fall into the trap of being an jerk-face, even in ministry. Let’s try not to be though…

Geeks are notorious for being opinionated. But you knew this already, right? The fact is that geeks are just plain passionate about our technology – we know what we like and will oftentimes defend our preferred device/platform/language/etc. to the bitter end. As with anything else, this mindset can often be taken too far and the [...]