What is the most streamlined way to use this blog?

(did you all hear my accent in that title?)

: )

I am signed into this blog with my gmail account, but i was really hoping to change that to either of my other two more regularly-used email accounts. Either way, even my gmail account has not been getting email alerts when blogs are posted...or is that, "posts are blogged?", so i'm still trying to feel around as to what is the best way to use this thing. Should i/we just keep the blog as a favorite on our web browsers? Should we subscribe to the RSS feeds? On that note, i haven't seen a way to do that subscription on my Comcast email account webpage (on my Mac), but with my mac.com email account there is a place for RSS feeds...and yet that email address (bigya@mac.com) is not the email account i use to log into the blog page....so there is a bit of confusion.

Also, i have not found the "BlogSend Address" list and the "Comment Notification Email"

as mentioned in an earlier post here.

My apologies as i know i have used vowels, and consonants, and too many of each, but hopefully my questions make sense and will also help someone else.

We're in!

Hey, after working on this for hours I think we are finally in! Maybe we will become technology savvy yet. See you guys in a few minutes.

Dick and Carolyn

New to Me!

This is all new to me, but I am anxious to learn whatever I can from all the experts I am surrounded by. Please be patient with my learning curve.....Pastor welcomed me to join this group, so here goes......

A Use for Twitter

Mark read this from USA Today:

JetBlue and United airlines are offering their Twitter followers first dibs on some discounted fares, using the uber-trendy form of messaging to quickly connect with customers and fill seats on flights that might otherwise take off less than full.

Go to http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-08-02-jetblue-united-twitter-airfares_N.htm?POE=click-refer to read more.

Good Definition for Twitter

I found this definition of Twitter from the International Children's MinistryInsight E-Mag - August 2009. Ryan Frank, Children's Pastor at Liberty Baptist Church in Sweetser, Indiana explained it this way:

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service (no, I didn’t use those terms with the grandparents). Here’s how I explained it to them. Instead of sending a dozen e-mails or text messages, you send one message to your Twitter account, and it goes to all your friends (or followers). You could also explain it as a service that functions like a giant bulletin board where anyone can stick a short note. (by Ryan Frank, Children's Pastor at Liberty Baptist Church in Sweetser, Indiana)

He goes on to give 10 reasons ministry leaders should Twitter. If you want to read the whole article, follow this link http://www.incm.org/resources_insight_0809_twitter.html

Deleted wiki

The wiki is dead. Long live the blog.

Media Materials

To download the materials from Dan's July 28th presentation, click the links below.

• Ranking the Top 100 Global Brands (pdf)
  
• Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (pdf)
  
• Social Media Basics (ppt)