5 Comments on Google, Tammy Faye, WIFI Security, Spiritual Abuse and Flashination
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Fast Five | No Comments »Here are 5 comments from visitors that I think are worth restating in a post as they each address larger issues facing many of us who design, develop, deploy and maintain church and/or charity websites. The format will be a ...
5 lessons we can learn from the Steven E. Hutchins Architects data sabotage
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Fast Five, Reading Room | 1 Comment »'Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data' is how the headline read last week describing an alleged incident of data sabotage where an employee, erroneously thinking a help wanted ad in the paper by her employer was describing her job, ...
When web page creation tools and novice church website design collide
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Fast Five | 4 Comments »One of the good things about the Web in 2008 is the number of free and easy web page creation tools to aid those novices involved in church website design. One of the bad things about the Web in 2008 ...
LifeQuest Church - a real turkey of a web site
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five | 3 Comments »Cute is a description I usually reserve for my 8 year old daughter - not a church website. Yet 'cute but no cigar' is the mangled metaphor that came to mind when I saw the turkey that is the church ...
Crossing Church’s Maddening Moving Mystery Meat
Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in Conversion Goals, Fast Five | 2 Comments »NOTICE: to all graphic designers doubling as web masters - your church's website ain't a stinking art project. If it were, then there would be no need to worry about such mundane things as conversion goals, usability, and accessibility - ...
10 things we can learn from the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies website
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five | 4 Comments »What does it profit a charity to have the coolest web site design of all time if it can't be found via a simple, context-related search on Google or Yahoo? Such is the case of today's example: the Royal Institute ...
New Page 1 v. 1st Presbyterian, Natchitoches, LA
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five | 4 Comments »Okay, in a fair fight between search engine inquiries - which <title> tag do you think wins? First Presbyterian Church, Natchitoches, Louisiana - or - New Page 1? Well of course the full church name, with denomination and location wins, unless ...
5 quick ways to spot an IRS refund phishing email scam
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Posted in Fast Five, How-To | 2 Comments »So while I'm packing to head out to Hashemite Kingdom - I find in my gmail inbox an email claiming to be from the IRS asking me to 'Click here to request your refund' of some $343.50 I overpaid in ...
5 Simple Security Tips for the WiFi-ing Road Warrior
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five, How-To | 4 Comments »As I travel to the Hashemite Kingdom next week, there are at least 5 simple things I can do to make my WiFi experiences a bit more secure. So can you, here's how: During my upcoming journey to Jordan, I'll have ...
5 Things WordPress 2.3 Brings to your Church Web Site Design
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five, Resource Filled | 1 Comment »In case you haven't heard, there's a new WordPress in town and his name is "Dexter!" A.k.a. version 2.3, this major release comes with five features every church and/or charity web master can't do without. Here they are in no ...
5 outside the box uses for Google Presentations out of the box
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Posted in Disruptive Innovation, Fast Five | 5 Comments »Five outside-the-box things you can do with the new Google Presentation application fresh out of the box, including breaking down physical, geographic and even denominational barriers. Last April at the SIIA and Web 2.0 conferences, several Microsoft pundits made fun of ...
5 love notes from the mailbag
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five, Reading Room | 5 Comments »I'm usually very responsive to comments and emails - as such interaction often results in long-term, online friendships with other developers. That said, sometimes I get 'love notes' that either request assistance when I'm mega-busy, or whose purpose is to ...
