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 | Jun 5, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
I recently read about yet another church losing a large amount of money to hackers. This particular church lost over $600,000 USD and is a reminder of why hackers love to go after churches: huge bank accounts with lax protection. In the past we’ve talked about...
by isaac | May 29, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
This week we continue our series on the online cult-like communities and groups that you will find making their way into churches. If you want to catch up on some of the previous you can find the whole series here. This week we’ll be looking at the flat-earth...
by isaac | May 22, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source
Ten years ago, we published a list of the top free antivirus solutions that had free licensing for business and nonprofits. It’s still the top article in Google search, but while we have made some updates to the list, things have changed over the course of the...
by isaac | May 15, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
A lot of people love ChatGPT, and as an expert in emerging technologies and their impact on the church, I get asked a lot about how churches can realistically use ChatGPT to improve their church processes without losing the human touch. Well, ChatGPT shines brightest...
