Though there’s considerable debate about the “social gospel,” there isn’t so much debate about the building of computing technologies which enable social, wellness/health, and economic progress in various communities. To that end, we want to draw your attention (just in case you missed our retweet of it on Twitter) to a great resource called Building Applications for Social Good. Here’s a snippet about this resource from its author’s initial posting of it:

“If you were thinking of designing or building a website, you’d be in luck. If you were thinking of writing a suite of financial management tools, you’d be in luck. If you were even thinking of creating the next big video game, you’d be in luck. Visit any good bookstore and the selection of self-help books and “how-to” guides leave you spoilt for choice. 

Unlike the plethora of self-help guides on the more established topics, if you were looking to do something with mobile phones you’d likely have mixed results. There are plenty of books available extolling the virtues of Java, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, C++, Symbian, Android and just about any other development environment or platform out there. Combine that with the growing field of mobile UI (user interface) design and you’d think that pretty much everything was covered. But there is one thing missing, although you’d probably only notice if you’re one of a growing number of developers turning their attention to the developing world”.

Read the rest of that post at Kiwanja.net.

This resource is available in a PDF format and has been noted with our other resources of a similar type on our Case Studies/Resources page. Much like we alluded to when we talked about potential tablet apps, you can put the product of your faith into practice by building those applications and services which level-up individuals and communities. Its very much part of your application of the Gospel and consideration for living peacably with one another.