Catholic Tech Talk

Are you looking to improve the overall quality of your podcasts? While content is still ‘King’, the audio quality is an important factor that should not be overlooked. And while on-board laptop mics have improved in recent years, you really need to be using an external microphone.

“Then David gave to his son Solomon the pattern of the portico and of the building itself, with its storerooms, its upper rooms and inner chambers, and the room with the propitiatory.” (1 Chronicles 28:11) Technology and it’s uses within our parishes can be confusing.  It is often approached from what we should do, but [...]

eBooks are getting a ton of attention and are seeing explosive growth rates in terms of demand in the bookselling world.  Quarter over quarter and year over year, they are growing at rates of almost 200% amongst readers of all ages.  Not only are there huge benefits for readers, there are exciting new no/low-cost publishing [...]

There’s obviously a lot of discussion and news about internet technologies.  Many within the Catholic community are embracing social media and and social networking to share information, but many are missing the ability to reduce the costs of operating their parish.  Let’s face it, a Church is not cheap to run.  The revenue that comes [...]

A few years ago my parish started offering an electronic funds transfer option for Sunday giving: you sign up for the service and a set amount is automatically withdrawn from your checking account every week. No more envelopes! It’s a good system, and I’ve used it to make some one-time gifts, but I’ve resisted going [...]

Charles Hamilton at GIGAOM created a nice round-up of remote offerings for the iPad. He breaks them down into 2 groups – Proprietary Offerings and RDP/VNC clients. Now that the iPad2 has been released with extraordinary sales numbers coming in, look for even more offerings in the near future.

8 things you might’ve missed… Why Whitespace Matters – According to one report, good use of whitespace can increase comprehension by 20%. How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] – Great visual tool. One interesting factoid is that Facebook links were getting clicked at a higher rate than Twitter links. Windows Phone 7 Connector [...]

On March 24 at 7p (CT) I will be offering a follow-up to my previous webinar, Reaching Parishioners with Facebook. This free webinar will focus on constructing a social media strategy for your parish, school, or ministry: You’ve designed the perfect Catholic school web site, set up your parish Facebook page, and got your DRE on [...]

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