My Mobile Device
I’ve spent the last few months trying to decide what to do with my 3-year-old mobile phone and my 7-year-old iPAQ Pocket PC. (You’d think if I’m ldsWebguy techno-geek, I’d have newer gadgets, wouldn’t you?) They are both failing, and...Internet on Wireless Toys
Parents: Be careful that the toys you buy for your child this Christmas don’t have unlimited Internet access, or he/she could easily (an innocently) view pornography. Wireless handheld devices, such as video cell phones, iPods, iPhones, PDAs, and PlayStations...Search Engine Behavior: How People Find Your Web site
Getting on page one is more important than ever. Make sure you target keywords that will get you on page one. Many people will find your Web site by searching, using public search engines like Google and Yahoo! If you want people to find your content, how good do your...Podcasts and RSS Feeds of General Conference
We encourage you to try test podcasts of general conference and give us your feedback. The audio link is http://feeds.lds.org/ldsgccomplete_eng and the video is http://feeds.lds.org/ldsgccomplete_eng_mp4. You can also subscribe via iTunes by clicking Advanced >...Church Newsroom Videos Now on YouTube
Church Public Affairs now has a presence on YouTube. Eight videos of Elder Ballard answering common questions about Mormonism were first posted on the Church’s Newsroom site, then posted on the new YouTube channel: Elder Ballard answers questions like these: Are...Digital Smiley Face :-) is 25 Years Old
According to the Oct 1st issue of RCR Wireless News, the digital smiley face 🙂 is 25 years old. Scott E. Fahlman claims he was the first person to put a colon, hyphen, and right parenthesis together to form a horizontal smiley face. Mr. Fahlman is a professor at...Stake Technology Specialist Web Site
The Church has launched a new Stake Technology Specialist Web site. It is a resource for those called to oversee a stake’s satellite receivers, computers, and other audiovisual equipment. The Web site provides troubleshooting articles, a glossary of terms, and...Religious Social Networks
You may be interested in the following from VentureBeat by Eric Eldon: Religious-themed social networks may be among the more under-appreciated of web sites. Today, Comscore released numbers showing GodTube, a YouTube for Christians, to be the fastest growing site on...Use Technology for Good
Attendees at BYU Education Week were told that technology can and should be used for good. Ron Schwendiman, of the Church Internet Coordination Group, reviewed the wonders of the information age and cautioned that it must be harnessed for good. Some key points: With...15% of US Households Have Only a Mobile Phone
According to the PEW Internet and American Life Project: “A growing number of Americans rely solely on a cell phone for their telephone service, and many more are considering giving up their landline phones.” In my post of June 14th, I reported that 11% of...Watch Out Google, Here Comes Facebook
Six weeks ago, I blogged about Facebook’s announcement of a new business model that encourages people to develop and distribute applications on its platform. I also mentioned Paul B. Allen’s prediction that Facebook will become the largest social network...US Broadband Use Nearly Topped Out
Nearly half of US adults now have broadband Internet access at home, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. More than 70% of home Internet users have high-speed connections and 23% use dial-up. Given the demographics and logistics of those who...United Methodist Church Online Social Network
BYU professor Phil Windley points out that the United Methodist Church now has an online social network. Read Phil’s comments about the site. What are your feelings about the value of such a site for LDS people?Finding Religion Online
I’ve blogged before about Second Life. Read a report by PBS about religion in Second Life. (Be sure to watch the video on that page.) “One of the fastest growing sites on the internet isn’t a Web site, but a 3-D virtual world built and owned by...Follow on social media