I’ve got (at least) two worlds of audiences that come to djchuang.com — some here at the home page blog via bookmark or rss feed, and those who randomly surf in via search engines or deep linking. For the latter audience, I’ve [ . . . ]
spontaneous trip to New York City?
Booked 2 seats on Vamoose Bus to make a last-minute weekend trip with my son to NYC (New York City), leaving 5:30pm today. If I make it, I make it. Cancelled the bus, cancelled the trip. Had a little snag with hotel [ . . . ]
Leadership Network podcast
Leadership Network, described by NYT as a megachurch consulting firm, is now podcasting. There’s the official podcast feed posted on the FAQ page, and the podcast page is rolled up in an audio/video resources page. I love what they do, not so [ . . . ]
Ethics Conference in LA
For those who like (or need) clear answers to hard questions, this events for you [ht: D.J. Crawford]: Compass at the Crossroads: Hard Moral Questions, Clear Christian Answers This is an Ethics Conference happening on March 10-11 at the LA Convention Center. [ . . . ]
Growing Healthy Asian American Churches, together
To those of you tuned in here for my forthcoming stream-of-consciousness commentary about the new book Growing Healthy Asian American Churches, I’d like to expand it beyond my own voice–I’d like to invite you to a blog-based conversation about the book. Also, [ . . . ]
online fundraising strategies worth testing
Attending the DMA Nonprofit Conference triggered many a thoughts. The DMA Nonprofit Federation, who drove the programming for this conference, mostly come from a Direct Mail/ Direct Marketing framework of fundraising, accruing years of experience, perfecting their industry best practices, raising billions [ . . . ]
in the name of Rudy 2
I’m at a conference here on my home turf today and tomorrow, the annual DMA nonprofit conference. It’s largely direct mail in experience and perspectives, and there’s slow adoption to the online world and how that’s all rolled up as a part [ . . . ]
trying to remove AlfaCleaner
I’ve had to deal with strange and seemingly persistent software like PestTrap and AlfaCleaner during the past few days. I don’t know how they got onto my PC running Windows XP, purporting to be anti-spyware. Looked suspicious to me. McAfee described PestTrap [ . . . ]
first snow in 2006
snow 2006: snowball maker Originally uploaded by djchuang. Finally! Winter finally shows up in its snow white glory, February 12th, and not a day sooner. Church was cancelled. School cancelled tomorrow. Looked like about 10″ to 12″ here; haven’t found official measurements [ . . . ]