There's an App for That...Even Church?

So it turns out that when you have a job that requires you to mostly sit behind a computer all day then you don't really feel like sitting behind a computer when you go home. Imagine that. So that is one reason my blog has been sparse lately. But I'm back with another fun-filled post.

Today I've been in the office working on an intro video for our Pastor's new live internet TV show that we are launching. My office is connected to our Youth Pastor's office, so we get to interact and talk alot during the day. He asked me what I was working on and I told him about Pastor's new show which he thought was really cool. He then proceeded to tell me about an iPhone app that he saw a commercial for last night from Nationwide Insurance. Apparently if you get in a car wreck then you can use the app to fill out a form, take pictures of the car and send it to your insurance company all in a matter of minutes. He was amazed by this.

He then asked me a very stimulating question. What is something that the church can do that no one else has done before? Something that is very simple and easy to use, but is very effective in helping people. It doesn't have to be an iPhone app, although the iPhone is the future, but anything that is very easy to use, and very effective.

This is interesting to think about. There are almost endless possibilities with the power of the iPhone so I think that writing an app for that would be a good place to start. But what else can be done? I think interactive text messaging is one of those things.

We also must think about our target audience. Obviously something like this is going to be targeted at the younger generation. Anyone age 60 and above probably isn't going to understand the purpose of these type of things, and might even end up getting upset over it.

Here at Calvary we must be very aware of this. It is definitely not right for people to get upset over such things, because they are definitely effective tools, but we must be able to reach out to all age groups. But sometimes we just need to forget about the people who might get upset and continue to use the tool, whatever it is.

What does your church do that is unique?

Do they use any effective tools that implement interesting technology?

There are some things I just Don't Get

There are some things that I just don't get.

I just don't get how you can move on from one person to the next and it doesn't even phase you.

I just don't get how you can be so close to a person for a large portion of time in your life and then all of the sudden drop them.

I just don't get how you can grow so close to someone and then replace them with someone else in your life in such a short amount of time.

People have value!



It seems ridiculous to me. But then again, I think I was doing the same thing about 2 years ago, so I guess I have should have some understanding of how you do it.

This post comes somewhat out of loneliness, somewhat out of frustration, somewhat out of sitting in an office all day, and somewhat out of just complete surprise and awe at the actions of different people.

This is one of those posts that no one will know what I'm talking about, but thats ok, because I know what I'm talking about. Sometimes that is all that matters.

My 100th Post: My iPhone 3GS Review

For those of you keeping track (i.e. No one) this is my 100th post on my blog. I started this blog just a little over 9 months ago, and it has slowly taken shape into what could be a successful blog. I've learned alot about different aspects of blogging. Writing, layout, keywords, titles, etc. I originally started this blog just to give me an outlet, a place to share my thoughts and emotions, but at first I didn't want to tell anyone about the blog. And I didn't tell anyone for literally months. I just posted updates in my life, mostly just for my own personal goals. But eventually I did start to tell people about, and promote it more, and I started to write about stuff that people might be interested in, rather than just redundant updates in my own life.

So that is where my blog has come from. And now I have the privilege of writing my 100th post, and o what a time to do it, because this post is going to be a short review of the iPhone 3GS. Now you may be asking, "Josh, how can you give a review of an iPhone 3GS? Do you even have one?" And the answer is yes. I have gotten an iPhone, and it is amazing.

I got the Black 32gig iPhone 3GS. I wanted a white one but all they had in stock was black so thats what I went with.

Yesterday was my first full day with the iPhone and it felt like the battery was dying pretty quick during the day, so whenever I was in my office I just kept it plugged in and charging, and it lasted me all day, with about 50% left at the end of the day.

Today, I decided to test the battery going on a full day without charging and see how it does. I am 3/4 of the way through the day and it is down to 57% so far. Not too bad for shooting and emailing a video, texting, and IMing. So, so far so good on the battery life.

The camera is absolutely amazing. The video is awesome quality, if you wanna see a good example check out this music video shot completely with the iPhone, its pretty crazy.

I'm going crazy with twitpic now since before I wasn't able to upload and tweet images from my phone, so now I can do that as much as I want.

So that is as much as I'm going to review right now. This is only part 1 of I don't know how many parts of my iPhone 3GS review. Keep coming back to see more review updates.