Miscellaneous

  • 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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  • UCC National Office in Cleveland. More Impressions from Cleveland

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  • Facebook and Social Media Strategy Posts for the average Facebook brand page are now being seen by less than 10% of their audience! For example, if you spent time, money and effort to build your Facebook following to 4,000 people, that means now each post you make is going to be seen by less than…

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