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Friday, March 16th, 2007In January, in response to a question about how to engage a plugged-in generation, I wrote: 8. Embrace the open source culture of the internet and its ability to empower the masses. Like all great technological innovations, the internet was built by people who shared their knowledge with others who could improve upon it. Google, [...]
What’s the strategy?
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Concerts of Prayer wants more. Katie Sweeting sent the following question in response to the prayer summit. My response is an incomplete thought. … We need your help to fill in the blanks. Please offer insights and feedback in the comments section. You did an absolutely wonderful job with the prayer time. It was informative [...]
The Christian Post reports on Mooks and Midriffs
Thursday, January 25th, 2007CP: You talk about media being vital in reaching our youth today. It is important to speak their language to be able to reach them. Yet, among all the material that is found, for instance on the internet, how do you get them to look at Christian material rather than all the things they normally [...]
Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace & More 2
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace and More: Engaging a Plugged-in Generation Corporate profiteers produce and market media for a target youth audience they call mooks and midriffs — caricatures that exploit adolescent insecurities and hormones — a strategy described as “grabbing below the belt and reaching for their wallets.” The result: average teens now consume digital media [...]
“The Race to the Bottom”
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Has the New York Times become prophetic in its treatment of youth issues? Beside’s the library article, the Times also exposes the lure of “web sites without rules” to young people in today’s issue. Popular Web sites like YouTube and MySpace have hired the equivalent of school hallway monitors to police what visitors to their [...]
More internet gadgetry
Friday, December 29th, 2006One of the churches that supports the ministry monthly gave an extra gift for Christmas, which allowed me to upgrade my old-school cell phone to a new Treo 700P smart phone, which I used to record several video clips at Judah’s party. I pasted them together on iMovie (no fancy editing here) and uploaded the [...]
First Foursome
Monday, December 11th, 2006From the director follies: Rudy (LA), Jose (Harlem), John (East Palo Alto, CA), and I (NY) conducting our first iChat foursome. day pay virginia loans in faxlessdepartment federal loans of educationunsubsidized repayment stafford federal loans directpay loans grants federal to studentloan advance bank federal homeof dallas federal home bank loanlaw loans federal studentuse loans federal [...]
72 hours a week
Sunday, December 10th, 2006A grueling, if lucrative, work week? Or the amount of time average Americans ages 13-18 spend consuming electronic media? “Teen life has become a theatrical, self-directed media production.” Additional findings: + 1/3 of teens own iPods, up from 1 percent in 2003 + More than half own Sony’s PlayStation 2 + 1/3 own an original [...]
iChat with Rudy
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006Three minutes ago I used the MacBook’s built-in iChat camera for the first time. Scary what technology’s capable of. Look me up, using AIM: GenXcel. UPDATE, 12/6/06: Just got off my first threesome, with Rudy and Max Torres. Also video conferenced yesterday with the entire staff of UYWI (courtesy of Ben) and with Jose Humphreys [...]
Taking over MSM
Thursday, November 9th, 2006Though it doesn’t happen often, I’ve posted IM transcripts here and I’ve seen them posted from time to time throughout the blogosphere. But now mainstream media stallwart Sports Illustrated has jumped into the fray with a new interview style column by Mike Silver called “Rollin’ With.” His debut this week features an IM exchange with [...]
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