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Archive for October, 2009

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Social networking links

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

A couple of short pieces from Harvard Business School about social networking

I particularly liked the quote, “Online social networks are most useful when they address real failures in the operation of offline networks”.

Posted by stepheng, in Cyberspace 1 Comment »

What’s Inside a Cup of Coffee?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Important to know this stuff :-)

See What’s Inside a Cup of Coffee?

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Another theological example on iTunes U

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

I’m intrigued by the various ways that different theological institutions are using digital media to communicate what they do, and also the content of some of their teaching. Recently I came across Fuller’s biblical studies courses taught by John Goldingay which are available through Fuller on iTunes U. While they provide audio of the lectures which is pretty typically, the course outline/curriculum is also uploaded which is an excellent idea, I think.

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Nationalism and Religion

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

One of the things we’ve touched on briefly in the Bible in Popular Culture course is the intersection of politics and religion in popular culture. This link demonstrates one particular way that might occur – One Nation Under God.

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In-App Sales and iTablet: The Killer Combo to Save Publishing?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

I don’t know if something like this (In-App Sales and iTablet: The Killer Combo to Save Publishing? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com) would work, but I really like something like that to buy and read comics and graphic novels on. If the screen was the same size as a printed comic book page and in colour then I’d be first in line to buy one. (Plus I wouldn’t have to worry about the plastic bags etc. for keeping the comics in).

Posted by stepheng, in Comics, Digital Technology No Comments »

Notes on Grant-Writing

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

You can put the number of possibilities for grant writing and theology in the NZ context down to a very small number. Outside of applying for grant funding within an institution or to a denomination there aren’t really that many opportunities (unless you’ve involved with an interdisciplinary project). But this piece by Lynne Clark on grant writing is still useful, as are her reflections on the US tenure system.

See lynn_s_clark: Notes on Grant-Writing and lynn_s_clark: Tenure!.

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