Archive for November, 2008
New Feature at Nerdlets: Better Comments, Better Conversations
Your Nerdlets are now conversationally super-powered. Comments are now threaded (you can reply to other people’s comments), easier to manage, easier to subscribe to, and better all around.
This is a long post, so let me give you the bottom line: Nerdlets.org values your comments, and hopes that you will participate in the ongoing discussion that [...]
Lost (and Gained) in Translation
Some ideas are easily represented in any language, but more often than not translation requires sensitivity to a wide variety of often competing influences.
I just listened to a nice little story on NPR about the “Art of Translation.”
Bea Basso, who came from Italy to the United States in 2000 to study and work in theater, [...]
Technology at SBL
Biblical Studies and Technology Tools has a run down of some of the new technology presented at SBL. Read about that here.
Bibleworks 8 Announced
The folks over at BibleWorks have announced the release of the eighth iteration of their software product. The announcement includes an extensive list of upgrades and new features. Read the whole announcement. Here are some highlights:
New Features
The biggest advances appear to be in the area of searching and analysis (rather than text handling or diagramming, [...]
Zotero Gets New Partners
A question came up in the Zotero Workshop I did last night: what are Zotero’s future prospects? Will development continue to be strong, or is this a passing fad? The question is a good one, particularly considering Zotero’s ongoing lawsuit with EndNote, but the answer is pretty easy to come by: development for Zotero is, [...]
Setting Up Zotero: Link by Link
The following is a set of links that will be useful for those trying to set up Zotero on their computers. (Not sure what Zotero is or why you would want it? Check out their site, and don’t miss the demo video).
Initial Setup
Firefox Web Browser. Zotero runs as a plugin within this excellent browser.
The Zotero [...]
Using OpenOffice as an Outliner
In addition to its basic word processing power, OpenOffice has fairly robust outling features. Check out a guide on how to use it here. This works very nicely in conjunction with the previously mentioned guide to the navigation panel.
Zondervan Acquires “The City”
Mars Hill Church developed “The City,” a Facebook-like Web site, in order to create a “Real, not virtual, community, for Jesus’ fame.” Zondervan has recently acquired this software system.
MarketWatch reports:
Developed over the past two years by Mars Hill pastor of technology, Zack Hubert, who spent eight years in management at Amazon.com, The City was created [...]
Some Recommended Fiction
In this post I extolled the importance of Fiction. Here is some recommended reading to get you started. The books range from Children’s literature to thrillers to some noteworthy classics to diamonds-in-the-rough.
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