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Ministries of Mercy

March 11, 2010

I just started reading a book by Timothy J. Keller called Ministries of Mercy: The call of the Jericho Road as a part of a new strategy group at my church, formed to explore the biblical principles and practice of the call to show mercy to others, especially exhibited in the life and teachings of Jesus.
The [...]

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ROI on Social Media?

March 8, 2010

This video was posted a few months ago on YouTube in the Socialnomics channel. Although it is not based on an authoritative study, it does gather together a lot of facts that help to put social media in context, revealing the power and potential of investing time, money and energy in it as compared to [...]

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WebSmart TV in the News

February 17, 2010

Headstand Media received a nice boost today on Ruth Ratney’s REEL CHICAGO website (Thank You!). The article entitled “Videos give “average Joes” basic web knowledge - Headstand Media boutique produces terminology Vblogs“ was written by Chris Shogren-Thompson based upon interviews with Benjamin Nelson, Headstand’s Creative Director, and background research. The article focuses on Headstand Media’s recent [...]

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A Biblical Perspective on Helping the Poor

February 16, 2010

My nephew-in-law, Chris Horst works for Hope International, a Christian based micro-finance and micro-lending organization. He lives in Denver, and has a WordPress blog site called Smorgasblurb, and I just noticed this recent post as being particularly good. It’s called Monthly Musings: Cocaine Charity. I encourage you to check it out.

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What is SEO?

February 16, 2010

Again, the creative team over at the Chicago web design firm, Headstand Media has produced another great WebSmart TV video answering the burning question, “What is SEO?“ These videos are meant to educate the average business person who hears terms like SEO, tagging, CSS, vlogs and many others tossed around, but really have no idea what [...]

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Life in Stages

February 14, 2010

I have a friend named Lee Hoffner whose wife Anne has cancer. I met Lee back in the days of my involvement with The Association for Multimedia Communications (AMC). We are still both involved in the Internet/Web industry.
Lee and Anne live in Wheaton and attend College Church, where they met in the choir about 5-6 [...]

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Viral Video

February 9, 2010

Have you ever heard someone refer to a “viral video” in a conversation, or in an email or text message, or on Facebook or Twitter? Does “viral video” sound like a video that might give you a disease?
Or, have you ever been in a business meeting where people were throwing around these new Internet web [...]

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IndyMac Slap in Your Face!

February 8, 2010

A friend just sent me this link to a video and blog site (Think Big Work Small) that I found very informative. This video explains in plain, simple English how the government (FDIC) gave a sweetheart deal to a bank called OneWest Bank, owned by Steven Munchen and investors George Soros and John Paulson. They [...]

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Tim Tebow Super Bowl Commercial

February 8, 2010

Well there it was, aired within the first quarter of the Super Bowl, the much discussed, much criticized and maligned Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad. As I watched it, I kept waiting for the hatred, the insensitivity, the objectionable content that so many said was offensive, outrageous and unacceptable for public viewing… especially during the [...]

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Sprint HTC Hero on Android

February 5, 2010

Well, earlier this week I went to my local Sprint store, and upgraded from my Palm Centro (over 2 years) to a new HTC Hero running on Google’s “Android” operating system.
This means that I no longer have a physical keyboard (the Centro’s was too small for my large hands anyway), and I no longer use [...]

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