by isaac | Sep 16, 2023 | Churches
Last week we talked about how I’ve changed my stance on digital advertising and why they are important for churches today. Now let’s look at the process of getting started with online advertising for your church. We are going to be starting off with...
by isaac | Sep 7, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology
In the past I wasn’t all that keen on spending on digital advertising for the average church. These days I’ve softened that stance quite a bit. I’m still a huge fan of creating hyper-local content and resources for the people you are trying to reach...
by isaac | Aug 28, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Nonprofit
Alright! It’s time for that all-time favorite debate…Windows vs. macOS! Specifically, I want to look at the hardware put out by each company and how well it fits into a church office. Look, I’m not going to pull punches on this one, people have an...
by isaac | Aug 11, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology
Hackers never stop with their antics. One antic that I’ve suspected would become an issue eventually was the addition of website toast notifications via subscribing to a website inside the web browser. You’ve likely seen it before: the website has an...
by isaac | Jul 31, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology
While there are some great church websites out there, there’s a whole lot of really lousy ones. Go ahead, hit up Google for “church in <<city name>>” and browse to a few. Usually there’s just nothing that says “oh, I could see...
by isaac | Jul 24, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
I have a confession: I’ve always hated virtual private networks (VPNs). They’ve been popular in tech for a very long time, but to me a VPN always seemed to be a kludge solution… even in the heyday of on-premise computing… now, with it making so...
by isaac | Jul 21, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, PDPA
There are many legitimate concerns about personal data being leaked via AI tools. This week at Microsoft Inspire, Microsoft announced a move to solve that with the release of Microsoft Bing Chat for Enterprise and has made it immediately available as part of the...
by isaac | Jul 10, 2023 | Churches
So Meta, owners of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, released a new social media app this week called “Threads” that is amassing users by the millions per day. At this point, you are probably wondering “good grief, another one, does my church need...
by isaac | Jul 3, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Nonprofit
I don’t know about you, but I don’t make all that many phone calls these days. Still, having a phone is just not optional for a church. I’m not a fan of old-fashioned land lines and PBX systems: they are old, they are expensive, they only work in the...
by isaac | Jun 26, 2023 | Churches
Every now and then I’ll jump onto “Christian Twitter” which is mostly a collection of people taking the most polarized Christian positions possible and sprinkling in anger, snark, and rage-bait. None of it is particularly fruitful, it mostly just...
