August 2013

  • Tomorrow I will  be presenting a program on “Challenges in Building an Online Congregation :Lessons learned, experiences gained, some thoughts from a German/European perspective”. Here is the link to the Prezi (It may take time to load)

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  • Die United Church of Christ hat beschlossen, eine Online-Gemeinde zu gründen. Einen Namen gibt es schon, nämlich Extravagance UCC, auch eine Pastorin ist schon benannt. Nun findet die Diskussion statt, welche Gestalt die Online-Gemeinde annehmen soll … View Post

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  • Reblogged from blogmatthiasjung: Neulich wurde ich gefragt, ob ich den neben den ganzen Social-Media-Aktivitäten überhaupt noch zur Gemeindearbeit komme, zumal von mir darüber so gut wie nichts auf Facebook und Co. zu lesen sei. Da habe ich gelächelt und… View Post

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  • Protection of Privacy – Different Views in the US and Germany I was surprised how different the perception is  in Germany and in the US. Sorry, this blog post is in German.

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  • Facebook Announces ‘Story Bumping,’ And Other Small Changes To News Feed Algorithm – AllFacebook Facebook’s News Feed algorithm is a living, breathing organism. It’s constantly changing, and Facebook noted in a media session Tuesday that the company wants to get better about informing users about changes. Facebook announced a couple small changes to the way…

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  • Orwell’s nightmare – Blogpost by Nick Baines “So, now, without really thinking a great deal about it, we live in a surveillance state, whereby the ‘powers’ can know where I am, what I am buying, who I am texting/phoning, …  – the mere fact of this coverage makes any idea of privacy seem a little…

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  • Greenshot – A Great Screenshot Tool Now I am all set. Today I installed Gimp. I was looking for an additional screenshot tool and I found Greenshot. It works really great. Now I can add screenshots to my presentation on Christian online communities in Germany.

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  • Religious spaces in/and transition arnisvanur: How can an examination of the spaces where religious practice takes place inform our understanding of religious communities? I think this is such an interesting way to understand religion today.

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  • How to type German Umlauts on a US keyboard on a Windows PC See, it really works for the Umlauts: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü, I still have to figure out how to type the sharp S character,  ’s “s ^s ~s won’t do. Does anybody have an idea how to get the sharp…

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  • My first full day in the UCC church house today. The UCC will launch an online congregation: http://www.ucc.org/news/extravagance-ucc-launched-GS2013.html I am happy to share my experience gained from German online projects. I feel quite familiar with online community projects of churches in other European countries (including Great Britain) through the European Christian Internet Conference network. Maybe…

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