We talked a few weeks ago about the John Dyer’s book, From the Garden to the City and now we’d like to let you know of a blog tour that’s going on featuring several blogs – including this one.
Sparked and led by Church Mag, for the next few months, several sites will be taking a look at the individual chapters of From the Garden to the City and offering comments about the book and how it intersects with their efforts in ministry and/or technology.
The first post – the Introduction – comes from Church Mag. Following posts will be posted according to the blog tour schedule.
We’re glad that MMM can be a part of talking about John’s exciting new book and hope that you would also look into following along as we and others take an in-depth look at how we respond to this intersection of faith and technology.
Catching Up After Vacation
Monday, August 15th, 2011Church Mag: Clips is an iPhone/iPad application that enables small group leaders and Bible study teachers to use clips of movies for a teaching aide. Really neat project and one definitely a bit more than the conventional Bible app.
ReadWriteWeb: UCLA is offering a course in Digital Humanities. Not the first time we are seeing a course offering like this, but this is one that evangelists and missionaries might want to take a good look at this offering.
MobiThinking: Recently, Barcelona was declared as GSMA’s Mobile World Capital. In this article, MobiThinking takes a look at what makes up the DNA of a “mobile world capital,” and how some of these lessons can translate to other cities, regions, and mobile-infused industries.
Carnival of the Mobilists: The 251st Carnival of the Mobilists has been published at Mobile Web Company. Lots of insightful readings from around mobile. Be sure to have your submissions ready for the next submission time. Follow @COTMobilists on Twitter to be up to date on the next submission time.
Mobile Groove: Also in the Twitter-like mindset, Mobile Groove is taking the #FF (Follow Friday) format and turning it into an interview series. Catch up with the latest interview and if you are involved with mobile in any aspect, see about getting on the list to be interviewed.
Mobile Advance: Mobile Advance has continued its interview series with Tony Whittaker of IE Day and Allen Derksen of Telemensahe.
MeeBible: For those interested in lending a hand to an open source Bible application that looks off to a great start, MeeBible for MeeGo and MeeGo Hamarattan devices is underway. Check out the project page for more information and to join in the effort.
Aaron M. Carter: There’s another great article out there talking about using iPad devices in pastoral functions. Check out Aaron M. Carter’s iPad for Pastors article. Great tips and apps noted here.
WIP Connector: There’s an open survey that’s aggregating research for successful mobile applications over at WIP Connector. Please offer your responses as this contributes to a larger research project on successful mobile application development.
TED: There’s a conversation going on where a TED Fellow is looking at the effect of mobile internet on emerging economies. The conversation is open for a few days longer, so do check it out and contribute your insights.
There’s been more, and we’ve tweeted some. Stay tuned this week as we get back into the regular flow of things, and crack open some of the lessons learned in a (forced) vacation.
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