The impetus for my Mark Driscoll Ruined Facebook post was a post from elsewhere (linked in that one) suggesting that John Piper’s incredibleness had ruined Twitter because he spawned so many imitators.
I’m hoping this tweet doesn’t get repeated too much. There are some Bible verses that just aren’t really cut out for pulling out of context and moralising:
My neighbour is an engineer. And when he had a cocktail night a couple of weeks ago he pulled out this Engineering schematic for popular cocktails (from here – where it is bigger).
That’s all well and good. But these Flickr visualisations exist for the rest of us (ie those who can’t read technical drawings).
Mikey posted a bunch of reflections on the web and ministry the other day in a stream of consciousness bullet point diatribe. They’re tips that are worth reading – and a good perspective from somebody who is in ministry and thinking about how technology can be used as a platform for the gospel and for building relationships.
Blogs are definitely different now Part 1
Blogs are definitely changing now Part 2
Blogs are definitely changing Part 3
Blogs are definitely changing Part 4
Blogs are definitely changing Part 5
Once you’ve finished reading those and you’re all depressed about the internet and stuff…
I’ve recently started using Twitter heaps more. It seemed all I needed was a better app on my iPhone and the new Mac app. You can follow me @nm_campbell if you like. Let me know if you’re a Twit too.
I’m also getting close to having 100 fans on Facebook. Which is cool. I’ve started using that Facebook page to share links that I maybe once upon a time would have posted here (and possibly eventually will). These links appear on the top right of the blog proper, so if you’re a feed reader I suggest you join the masses and “like” St. Eutychus.
If you are a feed reader you might have noticed a bunch of new links on the bottom of feed items – these come courtesy of feedburner – you can now click a few different links to share stuff you like where you like. Isn’t that exciting. I like it when people share the stuff I’ve found. It somehow legitimises the time I waste on the Internet. So please do it.
And, I’ve installed a theme that I paid for (called Standard Theme) on my coffee blog and Venn Theology. I’m trying to decide whether or not to install it here too. Check them out. Especially my coffee blog – thebeanstalker.com. I’m pretty happy with it.
That is all.
This is a little old. But it’s an interesting comparison. At one point Farmville had more users on Facebook than the entire Twitterverse.
Via Walyou.
I like these typographic portraits, especially Mr T and Gandhi.
Image Credit: Captain Bone Daddy, Deviant Art
Image Credit: Dencii
I might even try to make one. There are some tutorials (one, and two) on that post. It looks amazingly easy.
Your regular Sunday afternoon infographic. File this for “stuff I’ll only really need if I’m going to build a blog/website using WordPress. Which I have, and will continue to do…
Via Mashable.
Interestingly – half of all english language wikipedia editors have no religion. No wonder the Christian Right wanted to start their own (see Conservapedia) More interestingly, wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (not to be confused with Jeremy Wales), thought that statistic was worth including in a ten year summary of the site.
And look. An infographic:
Via TechCrunch.
This is an introduction sentence.
This is a quote from that release.
“The science behind this Earth-shattering news release lies in its simplicity – no science, just pure old press release craftsmanship. It started with an incredible brainstorming session that asked a very simple question: “what makes a press release amazing?”
Elaborate notes from that brainstorm were then formulated into mesmerizing sentences, paragraphs and pages…all expertly designed to make you pause and reflect at the brilliance of this press release.
Every single word of this news release was track changed, stetted, then track changed again to its original draft. Upon final approval, it was spell checked, fact checked and printed for posterity. The result is a two-page, 1.5-spaced news release that is like no other news release in existence.”
This is a link to that post – which is a promo piece for a PR agency. It’s an interesting way to do it.
If you want to know about how to write your own press release, read this post. If you want me to write one for you, or have a look at one you’ve written. Please email me. We can talk.
Looking for a nice, simple, logo or symbol to express a universal truth. Look no further than the Noun Project.
Here’s the mission statement:
“The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world’s visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way.”
The important stuff is covered.
These infographics are a dime a dozen. But this is yet another reason that if you’re trying to sell a product, or an idea, you need to figure out how to use Facebook well to engage your potential customers/audience.
From both the US and UK. This is a nice little visualisation using one of my most favourite games in the world to put some financial figures into perspective.
These are awful. Just awful. They get the gospel right, but the packaging is just terrible. Dude. Dude. Dude.
The Christian trucker has crazy eyes. And Hell (at 5.39) looks a lot like a scene from Lord of the Rings.
“Let me shake you up dude. The Bible says Jesus created you.”
“Listen good dude. Your house is on fire. You’re going to hell in a grease bowl. And Satan’s laughing his head off.”
This “Four Icons” representation of the Shakespearian classic is one of three from Colt + Rane.
What would your four icons of the Biblical narrative be? I’m guessing something like two ways to live. What about for each of the books. That’d be a fun challenge. Wouldn’t it. Help me out in the comments.
When it comes to how to begin a new sentence, I’m a proud single spacer. I have been for as long as I can remember, even though I have vague memories of being taught to double space when learning to handwrite in primary school. Turns out I’m in the right.
Don’t believe me? Read this slate article.
“Every modern typographer agrees on the one-space rule. It’s one of the canonical rules of the profession, in the same way that waiters know that the salad fork goes to the left of the dinner fork and fashion designers know to put men’s shirt buttons on the right and women’s on the left. Every major style guide—including the Modern Language Association Style Manual and theChicago Manual of Style—prescribes a single space after a period. (The Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, used widely in the social sciences, allows for two spaces in draft manuscripts but recommends one space in published work.) Most ordinary people would know the one-space rule, too, if it weren’t for a quirk of history. In the middle of the last century, a now-outmoded technology—the manual typewriter—invaded the American workplace. To accommodate that machine’s shortcomings, everyone began to type wrong. And even though we no longer use typewriters, we all still type like we do. (Also see the persistence of the dreaded Caps Lock key.)”
Here’s another single serve Tumblog for you to check out.
Be warned, there’s a little bit of language on some of them.