Catholic Tech Talk

Here’s a few thoughts on what the Church can learn from the Netflix/Qwikster debacle. The blog post I mention is available here; Marc Cardaronella replied to it here and I replied to his reply.

Reflecting on Sunday’s big game (go Packers!) and the attendant commercials, I realized that there are some lessons for the Church and how we promote our message in the public square: Don’t be afraid to tag along. Using Twitter during a major even like the Super Bowl is always fun — but Amazon also used [...]

A catechetical colleague recently emailed me to ask about my use of social media — specifically, how much time I spend in social media and do I find it beneficial. Here is my (rambling) response: Yes I think it is beneficial, although I vacillate on just how beneficial. I get something different out of each [...]

At the risk of upsetting a number of good Catholic bloggers (including some friends), I want to talk for a minute about the practice of adding “emphases and comments” to someone else’s work and uploading it as a blog post. [2010-12-10 Author's note - I realize I was unclear here. I'm talking about copying most [...]

During my webinar on parish Facebook pages last week I quoted this passage from Bishop Ron Herzog’s address on social media at the recent US bishop’s meeting: Although social media has been around for less than 10 years, it doesn’t have the makings of a fad. We’re being told that it is causing as fundamental [...]