October 2007

Well, at least this one anyway.  Sometimes there's just no way to keep blogging.  With my server in San Diego, my church in Thousand Oaks, home, school and everything else in between, there's just no way to effectively blog this week.  Amidst family, friends, neighbors and power outages, there's just too much to do.

I appreciate all your emails, calls, etc.  Keep praying. 

Two weeks ago a woman from our church sent me this clip.  Although it starts our somewhat slow, it depicts perfectly the ongoing spiritual battle we fight.  What a great example of viral social media being utilized to spread the gospel.

HT - Amanda Minitello.

Reminder - Greg Atkinson. 

Well not exactly dead…

43 Things           Advogato           Amina           aSmallWorld           Badoo           Bebo           BlackPlanet           Blue Dot           Broadcaster.com           Buzznet           CarDomain           Care2           Classmates.com           Consumating           CouchSurfing           Cyworld           Dandelife           Dodgeball           DontStayIn           Doostang           eCRUSH           Experience Project           Facebook           Faceparty           Flickr           Flirtomatic           Fotki           Fotolog           Friends Reunited           Friendster           Frühstückstreff           Gaia Online           Gather           Geni.com           Graduates.com           Grono.net           GuildCafe           hi5           Hyves           imeem           IRC-Galleria           iWiW           Jaiku           Joga Bonito           Last.fm           LibraryThing           LinkedIn           LiveJournal           LunarStorm           MEETin           Meetup.com           MiGente.com           Mixi           MOG           Multiply           MyChurch           My Opera Community           MySpace           myYearbook           Netlog           Nexopia           Ning           OkCupid           orkut           OUTeverywhere           Passado           Piczo           Playahead           Playtxt           ProfileHeaven           Pownce           RateItAll           Reunion.com           Ryze           Searchles           Sconex           Sermo            sexi           Shelfari           Skyrock Blog           Snooth           Soundpedia           Sportsvite           Studivz           StumbleUpon           Tagged.com           TagWorld           TakingITGlobal           The Student Center           Threadless           TravBuddy.com              Travellerspoint           tribe.net           Twitter           Vox           WAYN           WebBiographies         WeeWorld           Windows Live Spaces           Woophy           Xanga           XING           Yahoo! 360°           Yahoo! Mash           Zooomr

Ok, pretty much thriving.       Care to guess what the membership numbers are?     Wikipedia has those, too.

(WikiTable from Wikipedia.)

Excitement is mounting for Imagine - Foursquare NextGen Summit '07.

The goal of the Summit is to spiritually awaken students so they are empowered to change their world today, both spiritually and physically.

More details here at the Foursquare events homepage.   In the meantime, think about this:

More importantly, come and pledge support for the Not For Sale Campaign like we did with the proceeds of Wikiklesia: Voices of the Virtual World.

Technology and the communications sector continue their spectacular collision morphing both new technologies and applications at a rapid rate.  Current trends indicate a continual migrating away from the traditional, proprietary, walled-garden approach of wireless networks towards an open source opportunity to use the mobile Web as freely as we do our personal computers.

Google has been working with handset makers to get Google's maps, mail and other applications on mobile phones.  This year, the news of an actual Google Phone (gPhone), following the introduction of Apple's iPhone, was released.  Google's development of phones will mean it is likely moving into position for a potential bid for licenses on the wireless spectrum, providing the US with a fifth nationwide wireless network. Thus, the next generation of wireless networks will likely be more Internet friendly and Internet-like.   

The electronic evidence of a computer user's activity becomes what's called their digital footprint (not to be confused with digital identity).  Obviously, if Google could move its search applications and other content onto mobile phones, it could command premium prices for ultra-personalized advertising using digital footprinting to track user's preferences.  And in spite of Google's big brotherly presence in our lives, most individuals would prefer personalized, targeted advertising over generic.

Thankfully, Kent McKeaigg reminds me often of all the goodies given away by Worship House Media. 

At Catalyst (the 2008 site is already up) in Atlanta, Worship House had a booth and they gave away 6 motion backgrounds from 6 different producers - yes, free! 

If you weren't able to go to Atlanta for the Catalyst Conference, you can check out all the other online resources for access.  Here are some options:

Main site: Catalyst Conference, Catalyst MySpace and the Catalyst Podcast.

Some of the previous podcasts include: 

Andy Stanley | Rob Bell | Erwin McManus | Donald Miller | Eugene Peterson | Tim Sanders | Craig Groeschel | George Barna | Louie Giglio | Rick Warren | Gary Haugen

Posting today at the Leadership Network's team blog here: digital.leadnet.org