Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-09

by Theoblogical on March 9, 2010

  • Twitter needs 2 give us access 2 ALL of our tweets. Hasn't this gone on long enough? I cannot search for tweets older than about a month #
  • RT @trippfuller: "Theology After Google" will be streamed here!!! http://ow.ly/1fPex #tag10 // VERY glad to see this…I'll be watching #
  • previous tweet was a slight tweak/re-word/clarification of a tweet from 2 hours ago (now deleted)..hopefully a much clearer version #
  • Saying we're doing social media because we use the tools = saying my pet bird reads because he craps on newspapers in the bottom of his cage #
  • @knightopia Good quote from @jeffjarvis: "Do what you do best and link to the rest" in reply to knightopia #
  • Saying we're doing social media by using the tools = saying my pet bird reads because he shits on newspapers in the bottom of his cage. #
  • I'm broadcasting, from my iPhone, live on Ustream – http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • I'm broadcasting, from my iPhone, live on Ustream. Come watch! http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • when do the doors open tomorrow? #pcn10 #
  • Really good 30 minute episode of The #GillmorGang last night (at http://tinyurl.com/yh4cqyx) The Buzz problems & what are they waiting for? #
  • Is Gillmor Gang going on Thursday 3/4 and not Friday 3/5?…I thought it had moved to Friday as regular time #GillmorGang @stevegillmor #
  • Roku New Netflix Player | Wired.com Product Reviews http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_roku_netflix_player Actualy, this one is newer #
  • Roku Netflix Player | Wired.com Product Reviews http://bit.ly/9FTIJY I like it…hope I can get me one s #

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More on the Newspaper in the bottom of the cage illustration #wiredchurch #smchurch

by Theoblogical on March 7, 2010

Several minutes ago I tweeted: “Saying we’re doing social media because we use some of the tools is like saying my pet bird reads because he shits on the newspapers in the bottom of his cage. “

If you’re not using social media for conversations to get to know your audience,  what’s "social" about that?  You’re just using and being traditional media as a MARKETING and advertising bull horn.  You’re just dumping old media broadcasting into new media.  The church seems to have a real hard time learning this.  We may even say that we see that there is a new media out there,  and we bring it in and fill it with what we think needs to be “out there”— we use it as a tool for self promotion.  But what we should be learning is that the conversational nature of the Social Media enables us to go beyond pushing out our wares and to begin to represent by our presence what the church has to offer.  That is: our community and its mission to find in God’s gathered people that place to BE as a people a light;  a people set apart by our commitment to be a place where radical friendship is possible,  and where we work together to find what it is God wants to use us to do to BE the change that we say we seek. 

We do not represent change by trying to shoehorn old marketing into new “Social” media.  Especially this people called church.   Chris Brogan tells people curious about or involved in Social Media to tweet 9 good things that OTHERS are doing for every tweet that points to ourselves.  God IS active,  and the church IS experiencing can be found to be in the middle (indeed ,  the locus)  of such activity,  so there is are  lot of things to engage about.  We seem to be utilizing Social Media in order to appear “current” and that “we get it”,  but we continue to miss how the social web puts the audience up front as the way to find out what the conversation should be (and IS,  regardless of whether we actually get it — (ala Cluetrain Manifesto)  — if we aren’t listening ,  the audience gravitates to those who do.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-02

March 2, 2010
  • @tonysteward My shareditems to twitter hookup using that does not grab posts made within Buzz. Not sure why in reply to tonysteward #
  • RT @craigadams49: Raynor on McLaren http://shar.es/mXGi2 // A bit skeptical w/ one who assumes a smile of 1 they do not know is 'smirk' #
  • Looking 4 health insurance 4 the family : no fun. Nor is scrambling to try and think of ways to provide income. What's next? #wiredchurch #
  • RE http://bit.ly/bndwPT is from Amber Naslund, known as @ambercadabra "confessing" she is not a "marketing type" or even a college grad #
  • Just saw 1st sign that a Google2Tweet hookup that I did over a week ago is now all of a suydden working, which is what prv tweet is from #
  • My Dirty Little College Secret | Brand Elevation Through Social Media and Social Business | Altitude Branding http://bit.ly/dpggB9 #
  • RT @dangillmor: Torture and Obama // Not 2 make light of reaL torture; coming off yesterday , way too much time passed b4 we came to this #
  • RT @dangillmor: Torture now official law of the land, even tho Obama says he won't use it. // what, u mean on the Republicans re HC ?hehe #
  • So I guess it's time for another: I Need Work! Will help with Web and database for pay. A plus if it's church related.#webdev #
  • Feeling the sting this AM of the failure of my major fallback 4 deriving just a little income: contract work I thought was all but certain #
  • Republican feet dragging for a year & gutless Dems makes it tougher for 30 million of us . Just get it done. So fed up with this nonsense #
  • Dionne: "They sought not to emphasize their own ideas because their own bills are so much smaller…" http://tinyurl.com/yba36ew Tell em EJ! #
  • Dionne: "Now it is absolutely clear that the only way HC reform will pass is through majority rule in the Senate" http://tinyurl.com/yba36ew #
  • Dionne: "main lesson of HC summit: The Republicans simply don’t want to pass comprehensive health-care reform." http://tinyurl.com/yba36ew #
  • @bella07ella59 why 'd you send this 2 me (see the " in reply to" link) some1 sent me that msg 3 weeks ago, & it wasn't you. Just wondering in reply to bella07ella59 #
  • finally after over 7 years, I secured theoblogical.com and .net to go with theoblogical.org #
  • Will the Republicans Post Their Health Plan? http://r2.ly/2bvi /via @davewiner //here it is Dave: !(DemocraticPlan); #
  • Here is what the Republican healthcare "plan" is, expressed in C#: !(DemocraticPlan) #
  • This Web Developer/theoGeek wants to help church be a #wiredchurch Looking for work. http://theoblogical.org #
  • Prayers 4 @hrheingold who has cancer. Howard is author of The Virtual Community, which convinced me of the need for a #wiredchurch #
  • Hey! I'm live on Ustream from my iPhone – http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • I'm broadcasting, from my iPhone, live on Ustream. Come watch! http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • @digital_boy Hey, I discovered that Shareaholic actually DOES grab what you've selected on a web page and pastes it into the new post. in reply to digital_boy #
  • Excellent Friedman opinion piece in NYT http://tinyurl.com/ye7ges5 (thanks @timoreilly) "We simply do not have another presidency to waste" #
  • RT @stevenbjohnson: intro'd the 8yrOld 2 StratoMatic Baseball It's changed a bunch since I last played circa 1979. // former fanatic myself #
  • Video Chat: Or another reason to look forward to new iPhone capabilities….iPhone w front facing cam? http://tinyurl.com/ylrsu82 #
  • RT @mashable: Video Chat Coming to iPad and iPhone? [PICS] – http://bit.ly/aNoVkg //another reason to wait for iPad 2.0> Encouraging #
  • Hard to believe it will be a high of 31 by Wednesday when it is Soooo nice and near 60 now #
  • what a wild and exciting game at Memorial Gym in Nashville (Kentucky-Vandy) last night. Poor shooting by both, but Cats came out on top. #
  • Recently added @LynnSchofClark to my SocialMediaOlogists list at http://tinyurl.com/yz6urr8 – would love to keep adding to this list #
  • wow, @LynnSchofClark, really awesome article about parenting and Digital Media (http://tinyurl.com/yzwu25t) #
  • Teenager: "what I’d really like is if my mom would be off the phone while I’m playing soccer.” @LynnSchofClark at http://tinyurl.com/yzwu25t #
  • Tummelvision's Twitter bio: Tummelvision explores the art of social engagement in tech, business and culture. http://tinyurl.com/yl5gqsk #
  • watching a prev recorded episode of http://tinyurl.com/y8t8sln (Tummelvision episode 7) Good sociological stuff re: BUzz and Web #
  • sure wish there was such a thing as a DVR for live webcasts. I cant always be avail for live and hate waitring for the archived copy. #
  • @JeremyHoover Buzz comes ready to be a hub for several services. Just add them to your "Connected Sites" on your Buzz front page in reply to JeremyHoover #
  • @JeremyHoover did you ever try that link I sent you to post Buzz to Twitter? I tried it and it didnt work in reply to JeremyHoover #
  • Laura is @Pistachio on Twitter, w/ @scobleizer @kevinmarks @stevegillmor @ajkeen talking Buzz again (or still) http://tinyurl.com/lw39b7 #
  • Laura Fitton of oneforty.com a co. that does all kinds of Twitter related apps (on Gillmor Gang at http://tinyurl.com/lw39b7) #
  • http://tinyurl.com/lw39b7 has Dan Farber, Laura Fitton, Andrew Keen, Kevin Marks, and Robert Scobe w/ Steve Gillmor #
  • Gillmor Gang starts early Right now http://tinyurl.com/lw39b7 #
  • Gillmor Gang talk tech & the Social web Fridays at 3pm CST http://tinyurl.com/lw39b7. Never want to miss it. Very relevant topics & convo #
  • I'm broadcasting, from my iPhone, live on Ustream – http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • At tasti d-lite for #smcnash to have a taste of tasti's social media strategies and som vanilla yogurt #
  • Hey! I'm live on Ustream from my iPhone – http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • @stevegillmor thanks. Look forward to it as always in reply to stevegillmor #
  • Is Gillmor gang happening today? @stevegillmor #gillmorgang @scobleizer @kevinmarks #
  • @webdesignleads "employment , perferrably in a church … " should be "church related setting, most likely church organizatkion, 2 b clear in reply to webdesignleads #
  • @JeremyHoover here's one: Buzz 2Twitter via pubsubhubub: http://tinyurl.com/y88kbva in reply to JeremyHoover #
  • irony is, these last few tweets are going to take 5 hours to get toBuzz, if the last tweet to get out to Buzz is any indicator #googlebuzz #
  • I'm stayingi in and with Buzz though. If anybody can improve and extend, its Google #googleBuzz #wiredchurch #
  • Google Buzz = Google Noise…hard to find the relevant stuff amidst the clutter. Need collapse/expand, highlighting #googleBuzz #
  • I guess the clog from my writer/blogger/tweeter/buzzer block has come unclogged. Guess just doing it anyway acts as a plunger #
  • Just thinking :1 hope I had/have for Buzz is that it would make it easier to find Church/Sociologists of Social Media #wiredchurch #smchurch #
  • This made me laugh. Needed that. http://bit.ly/a840KA via @AddToAny #
  • Looking at the social streams today, feeling a little writer/blogger/tweeter/buzzer block, and wondering what's ahead in nxt few months #
  • THis Web developer/theology/sociology geek is still looking for employment , perferrably in a church related setting. #wiredchurch #
  • @digital_boy I would also think that if privacy settings did this, I w'ld have lost many people I follow as well. That didnt happen. in reply to digital_boy #
  • @digital_boy if it was privacy settings, then why didnt everybody else lose most of their followers? in reply to digital_boy #
  • @digital_boy not 40 of 46 and none of the people I contacted that were gone said they did so in reply to digital_boy #
  • On buzz, still trying to get my 40-some followers back- got all of them on day 1 of Buzz after following them #googleBuzz #buzz #
  • Hey! I'm live on Ustream from my iPhone – http://ustre.am/aH85 #
  • What would be the best hashtag or username to mention if I want the Buzz team to see my "Follower loss problem"? #
  • Anybody else have weird loss of Buzz followers? #GoogleBuzz #
  • Just today noticed about 40 of 48 Buzz followers are no longer shown as followers. 2 days ago I changed my profile URL to a numberID. Wha? #
  • Texas A&M panicked in the final 5 minutes vs Kansas with really poor offensive decisions #
  • RE http://bit.ly/ar7xGv @Flitardo No problem #
  • @knightopia Hey Steve, did you see him on Leo Laporte's "This week in Google" last night? they were discussing Buzz w / a couple of others in reply to knightopia #
  • @knightopia #Buzz will not worm its way into the FB/Twitter duo dominance right away, but it does look promising & disruptive #wiredchurch in reply to knightopia #
  • Audio TWIG (This week in Google) w/ LeoLaporte, KevinMarks, JeffJarvis, and Yri Engstrom at http://tinyurl.com/yfyle6b (video avail later) #
  • Recording of Friday's #GillmorGang discussing Buzz is up at http://tinyurl.com/ygwlt5t (YouTube) wih Gillmor, Marks, Scoble, Keen, Edo Segal #
  • @chrisbrogan think that is only for Sundays….I've been unpleasantly surprised by that a couple of times in reply to chrisbrogan #

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molecular age of information @scobleizer #wiredchurch

February 22, 2010

Today Robert Scoble posted something that has my wheels churning.  He asks several questions of tool makers (for the Web) as to why we don’t have tools that do things that make it easier for us to build molecular structures of information that more precisely fit how our brains work.  It is just these sorts of things that I want to help bring before my audience,  the church and its communications leaders,  and challenge our community to apply these insights to how we “handle” information and seek to help our people help shape the molecules that we need to think theologically about the social web.

Scoble’s summary

Someday soon these questions will be answered and then you’ll know we’re in the molecular age of information.I want to mix content together to make even more powerful content, but no one is giving us tools to create real-time molecules.

via Coming soon: the disruptive molecular age of information.

Look at the article,  and then think about what it is that we need to stick together (or what we are “keeping apart” that works together so naturally to provide something useful) to make our task of helping  the church BE the church ,  and in the process,  tell its story.  I for one sense that it is thinking like this about informaiton that we sorely need to utilize in the church to enable our “crowd” to become an effective crowdsource.   We need to enable each other to organize all of our creativity.

I think a step in this direction is a step away from TIRED to being WIRED (to use an old WIRED magazine analysis/meme)

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Using Facebook to “Host” stories?

February 21, 2010

This is something that chaps my hide about organizations that could do oh so much better. Here is a case of AP,  obviously one with many many options to HOST their stories,  linking to Facebook pages that mirror their stories.  It has the look and feel kind of feeling I used to get when I arrived at a site with an obvious Front Page built site.  Only this is worse.

The AP is using their Twitter feed to tweet out their stories — nothing new there, obviously — but every single one of them links to the story on their Facebook Notes page. It’s not clear how long they’ve been doing this, but Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan noted the oddness of this, and how annoying it is, tonight. The AP obviously has a ton of media partners, and they could easily link to any of those, or even the story hosted on their own site. But no, instead they’re copying all these stories to their Facebook page and linking there for no apparent reason.As Sullivan notes in a follow-up tweet, “i really miss when people had web sites they owned and pointed at. why lease your soul to facebook. or buzz. or whatever. master your domain.”

via Buzz by TechCrunch – from TechCrunch.

Even worse than the lack of “brand” and design is the fact that on Facebook you’re a bit more limited in terms of having access to the metadata and tagging and various other helpful meta-organization of that story or content.  Now in the case of AP,  they have that same content elsewhere,  but as Tech Crunch wonders,  why would they send people to that “copy”.  Do they feel that the “Social Links” tools offered by Facebook are better than they can (or are willing) to provide?  For an org the size of AP,  I would be ashamed of that effort,  which just seems downright lazy.

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