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  • 50% of Interbrand’s Top 100 Global Brands applied for new gTLDs

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    The Internet has already seen the launching of 250+ new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) this year and it’s estimated to be over 1,000+ new gTLDs by next year, 2015, even though a majority of people are not aware of them yet. Global brands may well be the biggest factor in changing that perception; .BMW has already launched. One…

  • Does character and integrity still matter in the 21st century?

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    David Brooks unpacks a counter-culture to the pursuit of happiness, using rich words like: depth, soul, virtue, character, integrity, love, sacrifice, obedience, grace. David Brooks is a New York Times Op-Ed columnist, a journalist, and culture commentator. And thanks to Bob Buford‘s email update “Museletter,” he included (some of) his notes from Aspen Ideas Institute 2014.First, Bob shared his musings about that talks…

  • Orange County is where many Asian Americans live

    Orange County is where many Asian Americans live

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    Orange County, California, affectionately known as the O.C., has the third-largest Asian American population in the United States. This statistic recently got some attention (in LA Times, NPR, Cal State Fullerton, press release) from the publication of a report titled “A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Orange County, 2014”…

  • Not all web hosting servers are alike, some are faster

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    As Internet adoption continues to ramp up at a brisk pace around the world, people want faster websites and search engines do too. With WordPress running nearly 22.4% of the Internet (at the time of this post n 2014; in 2021, over 42% – check wordpress.org for current statistics), having a compatible and speedy web hosting…

  • No more sexually explicit Google AdWords soon

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    Policy changes are being made to Google AdWords some time between late June 2014 and around September 2014 to prohibit sexually explicit content, aka “adult content.” Very few in mainstream media and tech blogs have drawn attention to this (yet?), except for: Google Basically Shutting Down Adwords On Adult Starting Later This Month (thedomains.com – June…

  • How to get the new gTLD domain names you want

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    With new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) launching every week this year and the next, there’s quite a feeding frenzy for potentially popular domain names. There are domain investors (aka domainers or cybersquatters, cf. domain name speculation) as well as individuals and organizations that want to get certain domain names. The thing is: only one entity…

  • What Peter Drucker said about pastors and churches

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    Peter Drucker has a living legacy as the father of modern management for his keen insights and observations about people and organizations that have revolutionized the for-profit and the non-profit sectors. Many multitudes of organizations have accomplished more results and become more effective by applying Drucker’s principles. One commentary about the most difficult leadership positions…

  • Why ads now after 15 years without

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    short version: this website needs an upgrade, and that means extra monthly costs for web hosting. long version: I’ve been blogging since June 1999, having started journaling online before it was blogging. I’m an early adopter like that, love experimenting with new things that are free. I think it’s, at least in part, inspired by…

  • When will more new gTLD websites go live?

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    Thousands upon thousands of domain names are being registered with new gTLD extensions, 746,000+ new domain names at the time of this post, with endings like: .guru .berlin .club .photography .email .link .today .tips .company (gTLD stands for generic top level domain) – but I’m finding less than 1% (guesstimate) of them have real websites up-and-running…

  • iMinistry 2014 is coming October 14-16

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    The best (and the only) social media church conference for advanced practitioners is coming again this October 14-16, 2014. It’s the kind of place that Social Media Church podcast listeners would love to gather around in-person and in real-time. The website is coming soon. This is all I can say about that. // [update 6/20/2014] the…

  • Which Kindles Have Text to Speech?

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    Quickly find the Amazon Kindle & Fire eReaders that have text-to-speech (because not all of them do), includes current and previous versions – this list is maintained and updated by DJ Chuang

  • Hard to Find Christian Support for Bipolar Disorder and Mental Illnesses

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    Yes there is hope and help for people that struggle with mental illness, but it is not easy to get help when there is so much social stigma about someone needing psychiatric help. Plus, even if stigma weren’t in the way, there isn’t enough professionals and resources to meet the overwhelming need–approximately 61.5 million (1…