Despite the functionality of faxes being completely replaced by email, there are still those occasional situations that require you to send or receive a fax. There’s always the option of driving to your local Copy shop, but you might not know that there are web services devoted to sending and receiving faxes. Most of the… Read more
Not every ministry has the time, resources, or know-how to create a complicated web site. Thankfully, services have begun to pop up recently that allow for the simple creation and editing of fully-functioning web sites. Orbs is one such site, and it excels in one place its competitor Wix fails: the content is not Flash,… Read more
As crazy as it may seem, many campus ministries still haven’t created their first Facebook page. Yesterday Steve Tamayo shared with us One Convincing Reason to Use Social Media, and a few weeks ago we wrote about Creating a Facebook page for Your Ministry. But why Facebook? Mediaforministry has some thoughts about why: In case… Read more
It seems the biggest question surrounding Twitter (at least, from non-users) is consistently the same: “Why should I even use it?” It’s a fair question, considering the amount of time and effort learning new technologies can require. We should put that same question to every new technology, trick, toy, and web site. “What benefit can… Read more
If you’re interested getting started using Evernote, or if you have it installed and feel like you’re just missing something, Evernote has now released a step-by-step guide for getting started with using Evernote. We wrote about Evernote a few weeks ago in our “Synchronizing Your Notes” series, but we didn’t go as in-depth as this… Read more
Our friends at Lifehacker have written a series of posts helping new device owners get acquainted with their new device. They’ve detailed steps for getting started with each device, as well as linking to several of their compilations of “Best apps for doing _____ on a _____ device.” If you’re considering a switch to a… Read more
Here’s a bit of site-related business:Â Staffhacker will be holding a a get-together at InterVarsity’s Staff Conference ’11 (twitter hash #SC11). If you’ll be at SC11 and have time Saturday afternoon, please come by the Westmoreland room from 1:30pm-2:30pm and meet some of the contributors, learn more about Staffhacker, and potentially even help contribute to the… Read more
This post is Part 3 of a 3-part series. See yesterday’s post Plain Text With Simplenote or the first post Why Consider Simplenote and Evernote. Introducing Evernote Evernote is a web-based service that allows you to create, manage, and synchronize rich-text notes between its web site and your devices. Evernote is similar to Simplenote in… Read more
This post is Part 2 of a 3-part series. See yesterday’s post here: Why Consider Simplenote and Evernote Introducing Simplenote Simplenote allows you to create, manage, and synchronize an unlimited number of plaintext (meaning just text, without any formatting) documents between its web site and your devices. Simplenote is a fast, simple, and easy-to-use web-app… Read more
Now that we’ve talked about the basics of Getting Started with Cloud Storage, let’s talk about some specific ways we can store Notes (short-to-full length documents that are primarily text) in the cloud. This is Part 1 of a 3-part review: Today, we’ll talk about why you should consider moving your notes to the cloud…. Read more
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