A New Look
Happy April to everyone. This website is back up and running with a new look and feel and a new goal. I will be looking to start posting articles that are relevant to my job, new media and a special new category. Previously, I used this site as a place to journal my thoughts. I am going to start using some of my posts to share my thoughts on married life as well. I still consider myself a newlywed but I have always thought that there are lots of untapped resources to guide people to have a healthy, happy marriage. As part of a special project, I will be presenting my research on specific...
Read MoreNC Seventeen
Ryan and I just finished making this year’s promotional video for Nature’s Call. Check out our handiwork below: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyBjxKgHHlE
Read MoreDevotion to the Saints
One thing that I have really found useful is a program called Romcal. It is a website that has the liturgical calendar that you can download to your computer, which includes all of the memorials and feast days of the church year. It’s pretty neat to have the ability to look at your calendar and know which saint has that feast day. I also find it useful to learn the name of different saints and a little about their lives. There are a number of resources for doing that, including the ones mentioned in the video below. I have two particular websites that I use to learn about the lives of...
Read MoreBeing a Valued Customer
Yesterday afternoon, I went out to check the mail and was greeted by some junk mail from AT&T. Usually, I just take junk mail and enjoy some high-tech stress relief. However, for some reason, I actually looked at who the letter was addressed to: Valued Customer. This got me thinking about junk mail and marketing and how you can potentially turn anonymous people into customers. I don’t think that AT&T really went about things the right way. If the company who is sending me the materials pays money to buy a list with my address on it, I think that they should spend the time or pay...
Read MoreFacebook and Messaging
I’ve been thinking a lot about Facebook and its messaging features. In talking with a lot of people, they are all really surprised how the site has such lackluster features in their messaging application. I would also like to add my own voice to that mix. It seems that the messaging feature on Facebook really hasn’t had to many new features added over the past few years. Just to clarify, I’m talking about the Facebook Inbox messaging, not their chat application or status messages. Those have all gotten some pretty big upgrades in order to make them more integrated into their...
Read MoreFacebook Fasting
Here is a meditation that I will be giving on our next show of In Between Sundays. It started as a blog post but it ended up sounding great for a broadcast: Recently, I wrote a few blog posts about my intention to limit my exposure to social media. I wondered, out loud and on Facebook, what would happen if I cut my friends list to 100 and really spent the time socializing with those 100 people online. I haven’t taken any action to limit my friends on Facebook. In fact, what I thought would be a fairly outspoken response was, in fact, more of a murmur among about five friends online. I...
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