Fri
Jul
18

2008

Papal humour?

WYD

Papal humour… so much (good natured) opportunity…

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Fri
Jun
13

2008

A win for the little people

Ebay: holding us to ransom

After posting a rant here, it’s very good to read that the ACCC has rejected Ebay’s attempts to force PayPal on users in Australia.

Excellent news indeed.

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Sun
May
25

2008

Your know you're home when...

You know the feeling: You’ve been away on holiday or a another trip, you head home, the car (or for us, car and trailer) is loaded up, you reach your driveway, pull in, open up the house and start unloading.
But you know you’re really home when … what is it for you?

For me it’s when the espresso machine (all 35Kg of it) is back in place in the kitchen, the water supply hooked up, the Mazzer grinder is in place, and the whole kit is warming up, ready for the first ‘spresso back home.
That was today for me. Returning ‘home’ after eight weeks leave…

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Tue
May
20

2008

More on technology, ministry and relationships

Kev McCord has written up a really helpful approach to using email in a ministry context

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Sat
May
17

2008

'Spooks' returns

Last night was a good night! Spooks returned to ABC1.
Along with the return of ‘Silent Witness’, it made a great night’s TV viewing.

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Mon
May
12

2008

Springwood Street Champions

Street Champions

It’s good to see that things have pushed on at SWAC while I’ve been away, and that we are among the first to launch a key part of the Diocesan-wide Connect 09 strategy.

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Mon
May
05

2008

Technology, relationships and minstry

The old ‘technology is impersonal’ argument has been raised again over at Solapanel, and it has succeeded in stirring me to words…
I could have left a comment on the blog, but preferred to write more fully here…

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Sun
May
04

2008

Xobni - interesting Outlook addin

I live a good part of my life by Outlook.

For work it is absolutely indispensable. We don’t have Exchange or anything fancy like that, but it keeps my entire calendar, an extensive task list, and all of the 200-300 emails I receive in a typical day.

I use email a heap for work and pleasure. While email doesn’t replace talking with someone in person or by phone, email still greases the wheels of relationships and keeps organisational issues under control.

Which is why I’m rather interested in a new add-in for Outlook called Xobni. It appears to help organise and and ‘connect the dots’ with my email…

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