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Tuesday, 13 January 2009
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how to post twitter to xanga
Here's the deal. Xanga has a premium level of service, for pay. If you want to connect with the insulated Xanga community, then you have to blog here, upload audios and videos here, use pulse, and as many of the modules and stuff that's here.
For those of you who connect with people in the open world wide web, through social networks like twitter, blogs on WordPress and/or Blogger, and so on, it takes more effort to connect into the "walled garden" social networks.
One of the ways to get content into Xanga (and many other web apps and social networks) is through email. And that's the opportunity to get Twitter tweets into Xanga.
From the Xanga help section, it says:To email a post straight to your Xanga site, first find your unique Email Posting address by visiting this link:
* http://edit.xanga.com/emailposting.aspx
But, when you click on that link, it will tell you to upgrade to premium. If you're already premium, good for you. If you have money to use for Xanga, then it's $4 for 1 Month, or $25 for 12 Month, of premium service. And that'll let you email to Xanga as a blog post.
And then, you have to find something that will take your tweets and send them into an email. And that email destination would be the unique Xanga Email Posting address.
Friday, 12 December 2008
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emotional immaturity vs. emotional maturity
Continuing the series on “Developing emotional maturity - part 5 of many”. [cf. part 1: what is emotional maturity? part 2: how to develop emotional maturity; part 3: how emotionally maturity is connected to spiritual maturity; part 4: emotional intelligence and emotional maturity]
I confess I’m not exactly sure where to go with this series. I don’t have a road map or content schedule planned out. So I’m going with what’s at my fingertips. This chart comes from Soulwork Systemic Solutions, a coaching system developed by Martyn Carruthers:
And, Guy Kawasaki twittered this online Emotional Intelligence (EQ) test over at about.com. Taking the test just now (there were like 15 questions; I lost count), it told me, “Your results indicate an above average score on emotional intelligence.”
The people there wrote that Emotional Intelligence “refers to the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while other claim it is an inborn characteristic.”
Notice the 3 parts: (1) perceive — being in touch with one’s own emotions; (2) control — which I think means one doesn’t have to impulsively act on one’s feelings, and is not saying that one could or should control one’s feelings; (3) evaluate — which is the ability to discern why one feels that way, or what I like to say, getting at the feelings under the feelings.
Maturity or immaturity isn’t such a binary categorization. One author describes 6 levels of emotional maturity (excerpted from “SELF-CONCEPT: The Enemy Within” by Kevin Everett FitzMaurice):
- Basic Emotional Responsibility
- Emotional Honesty
- Emotional Openness
- Emotional Assertiveness
- Emotional Understanding
- Emotional Detachment
Read the full article for descriptions of these six levels of emotional maturity.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
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Obama deserves mobile web access
While interaction is what makes the web more webby, I’d like to think there are more ways to use the web/ internet.
What I’m thinking of is inbound web content. That is, one-directional internet; you could even call it mobile broadcast.
For years, the President of the United States can freely turn on cable tv to watch CNN or Fox News, so why couldn’t the POTUS pull out a modified blackberry device or gphone or iPhone and get mobile web content?
Having worked at a telecomm company in the past, I’ve heard colleagues say that the said company provided customized telephony to the White House. So, it’s already been a business and government precedence set for custom services to be developed. And, there are cell phones now that get their built-in cameras turned off, right?
It’s reported that Obama will be the first president with a computer on his presidential desk [mobile ver] in that Oval Office. That computer is most likely going to be a MAC. Will Obama using a Mac accelerate its adoption into mainstream? This month was the first time that Windows dropped below 90% market share. [aside: this blog post was composed on 2 Apple products, iPhone and MacBook Pro]
I think he oughta have a unidirectional mobile smartphone to receive near instant inbound web stuff. That’ll keep the questions about the Presidential Records Act moot, and we can keep technological progress progressing. I’m with Bill Brenner, that Obama’s BlackBerry is no security threat: Taking it away could isolate him from the real world.
NOTE: I confess that I haven’t kept up with the news on developments with this issue, so I don’t know if it’s already been resolved. Someone can quickly fact-check and inform me in the comment section.
Yeah, there are possibly many more ramifications and implications that I haven’t considered. Want to voice how frustrating it is for me to see how the laws of the land isn’t able to keep up with the ever-changing ever-developing digital technologies. We’re in an increasingly paperless society.
Tuesday, 09 December 2008
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counting down 50 reasons to attend Innovation3 Gathering
There’s something to counting down the days to some big event: Christmas and the advent season — we’ve got this wreath on our front door
; end of the year lists for 2008; top predictions for 2009; whatever. (some even count down hours and minutes, especially if you’re an internet campus of a church).According to the calendar, we are now 49 days away from the Innovation3 Gathering on January 27-28, 2009 in Dallas!
Every day leading up to the Innovation3 Gathering, Leadership Network will count down 50 reasons for why you must attend, one reason for every day!
Reason #50: No stump speeches. Reason #49: not your father’s conference. Check the Innovation3 blog every day for count down of more reasons, or you can follow @innovation3 on twitter.
And, look at the website innovation3gathering.com for more details and you can easily register online. And, follow along with the count down.
[disclosure: I work at Leadership Network and that means I'll be at Innovation3 -- that can count as Reason #51, right? Todd Rhoades is Reason #52.]
Monday, 08 December 2008
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free webinar on top 10 church innovations
Churches and ministries are constantly having to make adjustments in the midst of a changing society to better serve the people in its surrounding community. It’s good to surface for air once in a while amidst the consumingness of ministry life, and compare notes with what other churches are doing. This Thursday is a free webinar for just that.
Innovation in ministry is any new change of practice that improves performance. It’s often developed within constraints, such as lack of money, personnel or other resources. Innovation — closely linked to creativity, ingenuity, and new ways of thinking — helps churches break through their “walls.” Innovation, when used wisely, helps you focus on and align better with your church’s God-given mission.
Join Leadership Network’s research director, Warren Bird, Ph.D., as he presents findings about innovation from a recent national study of America’s largest churches. This is the first public presentation of these discoveries, which are both stimulating and practical. You’ll gain new perspective on how to solve certain problems that your own church is facing.
The webinar, Top 10 Discoveries about Innovation: A Countdown of the Climates that Welcome Innovation, Based on a Study of the Largest U.S. Churches, is this Thursday, December 11th at 1:00pm Pacific / 3:00pm Central / 4:00pm Eastern.
REGISTER NOW at www2.gotomeeting.com/register/889742484
You know where I’ll be this Thursday; you can be there too!
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