China May Pass U.S. in Internet Use
“The US remains the single largest Internet market in the world with 181.9 million Internet users in 2006, but China is likely to take the lead before the decade is out.” That’s the lead line from a recent eMarketer report. Although the U.S. Internet...Introduction to the New LDS.org and Newsroom
The More Good Foundation has produced a short tour of the new LDS.org and Newsroom sites in the form of a video screencast. The screencast gives an overview of the new sites and highlights some of the new features. See O’Reilly to learn how to create a...Dangers of Pornography
Meridian Magazine just published a story on pornography entitled “Pornography: If it Quacks Like a Duck” about the dangers of pornography. Hopefully, we’ll recognize the dangers of pornography individually and as a society before it’s too late....Church Launches Technology Site
I just realized I never formally announced last month’s beta launch of the technology web site for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On this site, Tom Welch and others from the Church’s Information and Communications Systems Department will...Utah Sub-Committee Passes Resolution
Friday morning, a subcommittee of the Utah State Legislature unanimously passed a Resolution (H.C.R. 3) Urging Congress to Stop Interent Pornography to Children and Employees. This resolution would put the US Government on notice that the people of the State of Utah...Getting Mobile Phones to the Developing World
In several previous posts, I’ve commented about very low-cost mobile phones for the world. If you weren’t at the Consumer Electronics Show that ended Thursday in Las Vegas, you probably didn’t see Motorola CEO Ed Zander ride onto the stage for his...Mobile Possibilities
I just read the new Gartner report “Mobile Collaboration Will Be Driven by Consumer Technologies and Behaviors.” Smart phones already have keyboards and fully functional HTML Web browsers. The price of cell phones is dropping dramatically, while at the...Digital Living Services
Nearly 2 weeks ago, I blogged about the Uses of Broadband, and commented that now that about half of US households have broadband, the issue to think about isn’t just high-speed connection, but what value-added services the broadband connection can use to increase our...Influence of New Media on Old Media
According to a recent survey of worldwide marketers by ICOM, some traditional media choices are on the decline as a result of new media choices. For example: 42% of marketers say they use newspapers less. 20% use radio and television less. 18% use magazines less....More DVDs than VCRs
According to the latest “Home Technology Report” from Nielsen Media, more U.S. households now own DVD players (81.2%) than VCRs (79.2%).Podcast Links on LDS.org
We have placed three podcast links on two pages of LDS.org for testing and evaluation purposes as we simultaneously develop a strategy and approach for podcasting. Two of the podcasts are audio files and one is PDF. We invite you to subscribe to these podcasts and...Uses of Broadband
Broadband is no longer about the size of your pipe, but how you use it. Now that about half of US households have broadband, the issue to think about isn’t just high-speed connection, but what value-added services can use the broadband connection to increase our...2006: The Year of You
Kevin Maney writes an article in today’s USA Today about new media and user-generated content. He talks about major events in 2006 around user-generated content, then wisely comments that the “flavor of the week” usually doesn’t change the...Church CIO Begins Blog
Joel Dehlin, the Chief Information Officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has begun a public blog. He plans to talk about the technology used at the Church, what it’s like to work at the Church, and random musings. He is planning to have...Follow on social media