Eagles, Constraints, New Campuses and the Other Woman
It’s been a while since I downloaded what’s been on my mind. Here’s the scoop:
- Five wood out of a fairway bunker. One putt for eagle last night at Brookstone golf course. Jason was there to see it and celebrate with me.
- I believe constraints–financial or otherwise–make organizations more innovative. Mark seems to agree with that. He shared, "Choosing what not to do, the concept that you can’t do everything (or
at least not successfully), is at the heart of a good strategy." - Saddleback Church is launching 10 regional campuses by 2010. Looks like the first campus will be in Irvine. (via Josh)
- Being new to Facebook, I’m on the lookout for new, cool apps. Read/WriteWeb has a top ten list.
- I’m considering a switch from TypePad to WordPress. This must be what it feels like to get caught with "the other woman."
- I’ve operated without Microsoft Office at the home office for quite a while now. Too many other options that are free…and sometimes better. Metacool has some reasons why he prefers Google Documents.
- David has a list of questions he considers when finding a church to attend. I love it that his first question is, "When I enter do I hear laughter?"
- National Community Church (Mark Batterson) is launching their fourth campus in Georgetown. News like this makes me want to open the Greenville campus tomorrow.
- I’m craving a Barnes & Noble with a Starbucks. If you want to know how to pray for me, now you know.
I switched from typepad to wordpress about two weeks ago and I love it. The import feature imported more than 1,000 posts with ease, and the template and header were easily customized. It was a great time to simplify links and content and clean up the whole thing. And finally, it’s free.
I’m a big fan of WordPress, works great. Google docs and other things “google” work well too (I have some heartburn with their corporate attitude, but good products.) I didn’t believe the predictions of things moving to the web 10-20 years ago, but now I’m a believer in web-based stuff. (One must follow good security protocols when using online tools.) Great list by D. Foster. I’ll be thinking about that this week. -jw
One of the guys at our church wrote the official Sports Illustrated application for Facebook.
You can check it out here if you’re interested:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2406949334
I’ll add my vote for WordPress. Thousands of people are creating widgets and other geeky toys for WordPress everyday. If WordPress is the “other woman,” it’s a nerdy female scientist in a lab coat. So don’t feel guilty.
I’m an avid user of OpenOffice myself, Google Doc’s is quite nice too though.
I work for CedarCreek Church in Ohio, and we’re launching our third campus in the spring, it can’t get here fast enough.
mmm… venti cinnamon dolce latte with organic milk and no whip. Now I’m craving starbucks too.
Unfortunately, I’m on a quest to lose 200 pounds, and those don’t quite fit in my calorie budget ;-).
If you get bored and want to check out the journey, link is below to my (wordpress) blog where I’m video blogging the whole thing.
http://www.loveisthemovement.com/?cat=33
There is a great blog I just subscribed to that regularly reviews new and old facebook apps. Check it out:
http://facereviews.com/
Enjoy!
Hey Tony -
Gotta love WordPress!
Fred
A couple days late but I give my vote for WordPress as well. I just recently got my site back up on a new host. I haven’t styled it yet, but I’ve been a fan of WordPress for over a yea now. So easy to use and with a blog, that’s exactly what I want!
WordPress +1. I am working on a re-design for my blog and wordpress and widgets is a good choice. Biggest advantage for me was if you already own your own domain name you can install and host it there, no monthly fees and it is open source.
I’m probably going to get harrassed for asking this but since I’m a beginning blogger I need to ask: How does Blogger stack up against WordPress?
Be sure to check out Blogger.com too. It is backed by google and allows code level tweaking. That is what I am using for my blogging class I am teaching at church. Google (blogger) has built in feedburner integration too. Only more to come from that merger.