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 ...
Pastors and graphic artists listen up: your user isn’t you
Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in Conversion Goals, Fast Five | 10 Comments »Unless you're writing a church website for a bunch of blogging pastors, frustrated graphic artists and/or "... burned out computer geeks, your user isn't you. ... This is very hard to get through somebody's head; it's very hard to get ...
5 things about Google Aps that concern me
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Disruptive Innovation, Fast Five | 2 Comments »I'm a Google aps kinda guy. Even so, there are some aspects of this powerful little office 'sweet' that concern me. Here are 5 things I'd recommend any church, charity or other community organization consider and be on guard about ...
Baptist Church Web Sites - Ye Shall See Witlessness
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Posted in Fast Five | 2 Comments »Baptist Church Web Sites provides a valuable directory service, but does so at great expense in terms of user interface, navigation and visual quality. Here are five things I would do to heal 'the Web's most comprehensive directory of Independent ...
5 tips for blogging sermons effectively
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 Posted in Conversion Goals, Fast Five | 4 Comments »Just publishing your sermon notes to your church's blog is not enough - not if you want anyone to actually read them. Here are five simple things you can do to make your sermon notes more visible to more readers ...
