The World Has Changed
I've had two conversations in the last two days that got me thinking. Looks like I'll be podcasting with www.wiredparish.com. It's a novel concept that delivers content via podcast on a variety of topics. Some of the other podcasters are Len Sweet and Brian McLaren. I love the concept.
Today I had a discussion with a former AP reporter, Ron Fournier, who is helping launch www.hotsoup.com in October. It takes social networking sites and blogs to another level and creates an amazing online community. Ron and I talked about me being a panelist on the site talking about faith issues.
I can't help but think about how dramatically life has changed. Sometimes it just smacks you across the face. People used to walk to the office next-door when they wanted to talk with someone. Or they'd write a memo. Now we use email or instant messenger. People used to have real encyclopedia collections that sat on shelves. Now we have wikipedia. We used to check the card catalogue instead of google. And that is the tip of the iceberg.
We are redesigning out theaterchurch.com website right now and I really think we've got to push the envelope to facilitate more online community like a myspace. I think the tectonic plates are shifting. I'm not sure what they'll look like, but give it a decade and church websites will look nothing like they do now.
Today I had a discussion with a former AP reporter, Ron Fournier, who is helping launch www.hotsoup.com in October. It takes social networking sites and blogs to another level and creates an amazing online community. Ron and I talked about me being a panelist on the site talking about faith issues.
I can't help but think about how dramatically life has changed. Sometimes it just smacks you across the face. People used to walk to the office next-door when they wanted to talk with someone. Or they'd write a memo. Now we use email or instant messenger. People used to have real encyclopedia collections that sat on shelves. Now we have wikipedia. We used to check the card catalogue instead of google. And that is the tip of the iceberg.
We are redesigning out theaterchurch.com website right now and I really think we've got to push the envelope to facilitate more online community like a myspace. I think the tectonic plates are shifting. I'm not sure what they'll look like, but give it a decade and church websites will look nothing like they do now.
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