Church Web Design: People vs. Buildings
Cup with a Cause
The 7-Eleven Coffee Cup with a Cause program brings limited edition coffee cups designed by high profile entertainers and athletes into 7-Eleven stores nationwide. Each cup will benefit a charity of the celebrity’s choosing, with the organization receiving a $250,000 donation from 7-Eleven. This means that the next time you help yourself to one of 7-Eleven’s great coffee options, you’ll also have the chance to help someone in need. Now that’s hot. Cup with a Cause. It’s charity, by design.
LA Nonprofits on Twitter
What I’m Up To: New Social Media Focus
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Weekend Update
- Erin was at school so I stayed home and did pretty much nothing. I thought about doing something, but settled on doing nothing.
- Erin was at school so I stayed home and did pretty much nothing. Wait, that's not entirely true.
- I had a leisurely breakfast at Starbucks, returned a pair of pants that didn't fit, saw Avatar, cleaned the house and prepared a nice dinner for Erin and I. It was actually a pretty busy day.
- We concluded the evening with a viewing of Rachel Getting Married, and dessert at Denny's.
- Church, followed by lunch with the in-laws at Acapulco, a quick nap, and Night of Praise at church. It was a busy day.
Anniversary Gifts
In Times of Catastrophic Disaster
Less than two weeks after converging upon the site of a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake, American anthropologists have confirmed the discovery of a small, poverty-stricken island nation, known to its inhabitants as “Haiti.”
Apple’s iPad
Well Apple seems to have done it again. They announced what seems to be another amazing product. And this time, in an almost un-Apple fashion, the price point of the product seems reasonable. Maybe I’ve just become accustomed to their pricing, but I really expected the iPad to start at $700 subsidized by a mobile carrier when you sign a multi-year data contract. I’m glad I was wrong. Apple seems to have pulled out all the stops with this device.
One of the features that surprised me most was the availability of the iWork office suite. I had been dreaming that it would be capable of running presentations and opening documents, but I never really expected it to be a reality. Bravo Apple. This seems like an amazing device.
I am anxious to see how the iPad fares in reviews once people have their hands on it. I know I have a few questions still about how it will accomplish certain tasks, but I’m really excited about the possibilities. I think Apple is going to give both netbooks and ereaders a real run for their money with the iPad.
Android Market Rant
I like to peruse the new apps added to the Android Market every day to see what’s new in the world of Android. I realize this is a little obsessive, but oh well. It’s just something I’ve done since I got my phone. Now, because I like to see all of the new apps, I generally use the All Apps category and filter it by Just In which mostly works great, except for one small thing. The All Apps category lists every non-game application, including all the wallpapers, themes, font packs, etc.
Now, if it were an actual program that managed wallpapers, themes or font packs I could understand why they would be listed as an app, but is wallpaper really an app? Also, when publishers add new wallpapers, or themes they sometimes publish 20 (or more) at a time, so you’ll see a Lakers theme followed by a Clippers theme, followed by a Cavs theme and so on. It gets really annoying. I wish the Android Market had another category for these types of files. It would make my daily habit much more enjoyable.
It’s not that I don’t appreciate the themes or the people that make them; I just think they should be organized differently. If they had their own category it would be easier to find them when you wanted them and easier to avoid them when you don’t. I think it would be a win win situation.