Wow is all I can say. At some point in might post about my moving from a postpaid to prepaid (gophone) account. Right now I’ll just mention that I purchased a used HTC Inspire which is 4G. As far as I know, you aren’t supposed to get 4G on a gophone account. While the speeds above aren’t awesome, they are a lot better than I thought they would be.
Too bad the speed test uses so much of my data plan.
I’ve been running this site on Drupal for quite a while. Back in March I decided to move the site to Drupal 7. While I really like Drupal, there are some things that I would like to do, but just can’t seem to be able to get worked out.
One of the main things I’ve wanted to do was use Windows Live Writer, or my phone to post to the blog. I’ve messed with Blog_api to no avail. While there has been some work in that area, it seemed like there wasn’t enough interest, so the only way I could really post was to go to the website….which I didn’t do very often.
After trying out the WordPress app on my Android phone I realized my best option was to move the site to WordPress. That is _much_ easier said than done. So, for those of you who want to move your Drupal site to WordPress, I want to outline the _basic_ steps. I do this knowing full well that my site isn’t completely functional. I will get to that in a moment.
Decided to move this blog to WordPress from Drupel. Mostly to be able to post remotely. The downside is loosing the stats and probably messing up Google links. Hopefully the move will cause mevto post more.
Here are some twitter hashtags:
Not sure why I decide to update the site on a Friday night, but I did. This site runs on Drupal. It was sitting at Drupal 6.3 and every time I would log in it would complain because the current version is Drupal 6.20. Well, one thing led to another and after getting the site to 6.20 I thought, why not just upgrade it to Drupal 7? After all, how hard could it be?
After about 6 hours (plus some time off for pizza and a movie) I think I have it upgraded. I still need to work on the theme, and I just got some errors, but hopefully it will be something I can either fix or live with for the time being.
N. T. Wright sat down with Logos to discuss digital tools for Bible study, the importance of original language study, some favorite books, and more. He has some very enlightening comments and calls for a bigger global vision. Check it out!
I just upgraded this site to the new version of WordPress. It went surprisingly smooth. Now I can post from my iPod. I keep thinking I should resurrect this now that I’m working on my dissertation.
I’m hoping this doesn’t get sent to facebook.
I signed up for Google Wave the day they announced it. I’ve been patiently waiting. Friday, I finally received my invitation.
From my limited exposure to it, I would say it is a service I want to use, but I’m not sure why. I can think of several collaborative projects where it would be helpful, but I keep finding issues with it. Of course this is still in the early stages and as Wave progresses I’m sure I will find more potential.
If you find yourself on Wave, look me up!
I have been a Twitter user since February 2007. At first I did not use Twitter too much. But after I found TweetDeck I discovered that Twitter could be a very useful too. I was able to connect with people, get news stories, and ended up discovering new things on the internet. Some of the webpages others pointed me to were of great help. Some of the conversations were good too. Yet, as of late, I am cooling toward Twitter.
I am not sure how long I have been using Facebook . It is a great service. I have been able to keep in touch with friends, family, and various church members. Yet, I am cooling toward Facebook too.
Why am I cooling to these services? One word: Distractions. Over time I began to realize how distracting these tools can be. While I believe there is a place for these tools, I am also finding that for much of what I need to be doing distractions are a killer. There have been various studies reporting that multitasking is a pipe dream. Even though we believe we are multitasking, the tasks we are working on all suffer.
So, I have decided to cool it on Twitter and Facebook. I am still trying to find a place for them in my life and from time to time I will check in with both services, but for the time being, I am going to focus…on focus.
Kevin Watson at http://deeplycommitted.com has started an experiment to see how much social capital Methodist bloggers have. This experiment was prompted by the feeling among some Methodist bloggers that United Methodism does not always do as good of a job as it could at getting the Wesleyan message out there, particularly on-line. So, he wants to see how many views a YouTube video can get if Methodist bloggers work together to promote it. The experiment is to see how many hits the video will receive in two weeks.
If you want to participate you can: First, watch the video below. Second, copy and paste this entire post into a new post on your blog and post it. Third, remind people about this experiment in one week.
Based on the results of the experiment, Kevin will get in touch with the folks at Discipleship Resources and let them know the ways in which Methodist bloggers are often an underused resource.