“In Case You Missed It” Friday
I thought I’d try something new this week, which if I like it enough, I may continue in future weeks as well. Since it’s the end of the week and information seems to flow faster and faster around the interwebs these days, I thought I’d try to summarize and share a quick list of some things I found interesting this week which you may have missed.
So, here are this weeks links in no particular order.
- Facebook Chat can now be integrated with your AIM or Tokbox chat clients. I don’t know about you, but I have always thought the idea of Facebook Chat was a solid one and made sense, but the interface was clunky and tied to the Facebook webpage. Now you can still chat with your FB friends and not have to worry about having to keep you FB website visible to do so.
- Google Maps Goes 3D – A feature that was previously available in the downloadable Google Earth app is now available on online users as well. Very cool. (Note: Google Chrome Browser & Google Earth Plugin are required)
- Do you work on multiple computers? Looking for an easy way to keep track of synchronize your home & office and not mess with USB thumb drives to move files areoun? Three great solutions include Evernote, Dropbox, and Google Docs. Check out this overview.
- The floppy disk is officially dead – RIP – I’m starting to feel even older now. I can remember when the 3.5 floppy replaced the 5 1/4 disks.
- How to Get Confidence from God – A great post from Donald Miller this week. How do you get yours?
- Noah’s Ark (possibly) Found – If this turns out to be true it is the biggest story of our life time. Do you think it will matter or cause anyone to suddenly find faith in God?
- More and more schools are turning to Google Apps for their collaboration solutions. Why would any non-profit not take advantage of this robust free tool set?
- If you know me, you know I am an avid user of social media, but here are 6 good reasons why you should avoid it!
- There has been a lot of news this past week about the announcements and changes Facebook made at the F8 conference. What you may not have heard is this report on how Facebook CEO doesn’t really believe in privacy anyway.
- If you have tried YouVersion, you’ll be happy to hear they now have a Reading Plan Calendar to help you read through Bible. Earlier this year they released a major upgrade to the reading plans and now you can track your progress more visibly.
- Carlos Whittaker released is first full length CD “Ragamuffin Soul“. This is a great worship set that I’m sure that we will be singing in churches for years to come.
- Lala is shutting down – The online streaming music service will be shut down on May 31. I think this stinks as I’m a big fan of lala but apparently Apple (who bought them a few months ago), has other plans. There is talk and rumor of an iTunes.com site that will be based on the technology that Apple acquired through their purchase. I can only hope so.
That’s my highlights for this week. Let me know what you think!
