14.03.2010
I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Theology After Google conference last week at Claremont School of Theology. As one of the presenters, I was challenged to follow the TED Commandments and present something original and entertaining and funny and succinct (I had 10-12 minutes). With at least one TED fellow in the audience, [...]
09.02.2010
No, I didn’t buy a new car. It’s something even better! I’m excited to finally be able to share that I’ll be starting my new job next week as Social Media Manager for the Halogen TV network, based here in Charlotte. Halogen’s tagline is “socially conscious empowering entertainment,” and all of the station’s content revolves [...]
22.01.2010
On Wednesday, I had the privilege of speaking with Luke Renner, the founder and president of Fireside International, a non-profit media company based in Haiti. He’s been in Port-au-Prince since the day after the massive earthquake there, reporting on the situation and sending back photos and videos telling the stories of what’s going on. Luke [...]
06.01.2010
I have a guest post up today at CatalystSpace.com. It’s called “Community Is Crucial, Especially Around the Holidays,” and, as you can imagine, I wrote it last month, reflecting on the suicide of my online friend Gideon Addington. I talk a little about the “weakness” of social networking in creating the kind of community that [...]
02.12.2009
I’ve been doing quite a bit of thinking lately about who I am and what I want to do with my life. This process of personal reflection began in March when an issue arose with my former employer that caused me to stop and reevaluate some things — and opened up some space to do [...]
01.10.2009
I had the opportunity to speak on theology and social media recently at the Christian Education 2.0 conference at Pfeiffer Unversity, which gave me a chance to think about three distinct challenges facing churches as they engage social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, blogs, etc.). I posted the presentation “The Theology of Twitter” on [...]
24.08.2009
Today when I see the word “networking,” it’s usually preceded by one of two words: “computer” or “social.” The “computer” kind being the stuff that makes most websites/software actually work, and the “social” kind being things like Facebook and MySpace. Back in the day, there was plenty being written on “networking” as an important practice [...]
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