In the world of blogging is there anything worse than the words Read More?
Read More usually follows an abbreviated version of a blog post. You, the reader, are expected to click those words, and wait for the page to reload so you can actually read the entire article. Never mind that you were already actually [...]
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Random Rant: Read More
Amazing Tools for Communication
The past few weeks have been pretty rough for me with the hospitalization and passing of my grandfather.
He was an incredible man of God and a loving family man, both of which can be evidenced by his 6 children and 25 grandchildren.
When he was in the hospital I spent a few days traveling back [...]
Digital (Fill-in-the-Blank) Recorder
Your home entertainment system likely has a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). It's pretty much standard equipment these days if you have cable, fiber, or satellite television. It's a wonderful invention that lets you record your favorite shows for later viewing. It also allows you to pause live television and rewind to catch that pivotal moment [...]
Random Rant: Click Here
I hate Click Here.
Click Here is a terrible way to link to a document or web page. It’s not descriptive or helpful. In fact, I would argue that it’s lazy and just wastes space.
The World Wide Web Consortium, an international community that develops standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web, is even [...]
Church Web Design: People vs. Buildings
I have been doing a little thinking about this topic lately. In church web design, should you feature pictures of your congregation, or just pictures of your building and surrounding neighborhood? I would like to hear where you stand. Here are my initial thoughts. Feel free to disagree or convince me otherwise.
In the world of web design [...]
LA Nonprofits on Twitter
While I was sitting around the house this morning, an idea popped in my head. The idea was simple. I should find local nonprofits on Twitter and follow them. Now, I agree this may not sound like a lot of fun, but when you're a nerd like me things like this sound exciting.
To my surprise, after a short [...]
What I’m Up To: New Social Media Focus
Over the past couple days I've been making tweaks to brianhimes.com. And while the transformation is not yet complete, I thought I'd share a little about what I'm up to.
I read a lot about social media, nonprofits and technology. It's the most prevalent subject in my Google Reader and it's what fills my email inbox at work [...]
Google Buzz
Odds are you have now heard about Google Buzz. And, if you're a Gmail user, you might have even seen it in your Gmail inbox. Google's been rolling it out to everyone with Gmail accounts since Tuesday. But what is Google Buzz? People are still trying to figure that out.
If you're only point of contact with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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