Stealing from Obama
November 17, 2008
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu has stolen from President-elect Barack Obama. As seen in the screenshot below, the current candidate has basically plagiarized the Obama website (flipping the div structure though) and color/media marketing scheme. Its not a bad idea, shoot I even predicted that Obama’s awesome web 2.0 movement would make him president number 44!
A New Day
November 11, 2008
Will.i.am’s new video:
I have to say, I find the renewed patriotism and celebration of Obama’s election win to be fascinating. If you just landed in the U.S. from an alien planet, you would probably assume that We the People were previously captive under some totalitarian regime and were freed by this Obama character. It is obviously just another shift of executive power but the hype surrounding it proves that this election meant an awful lot to black Americans and blacks everywhere.
It is also worth noting how art and creativity as well as alternative forms of communicating (web 2.0) were energized over the course of this election cycle. I think history will remember it as a miniature renaissance for both indie art and grassroots movements.
We’re pretty awesome
October 31, 2008
…note false arrogance. Anyways, my church got another write-up on ChurchMarketingSucks.com about our current building/vision campaign and the web/web 2.0 communication behind it.
You can read the article HERE.
Visual Worshipper
October 29, 2008
I am adding a link to my blogroll, Visual Worshipper. I got directed to this site/blog by Mike Work and have wasted a lot of time the last few days reading archived posts and discussions about lighting, sound, and projection display.
Right now there is a great one going on about IMAG in worship. I happen to feel that it is too much and a distraction to the worshipper, but I do not mind it during message/drama.
Anyways, take time to check it out and feed your creative bid-ness.
The man is awake now…
August 9, 2008
Sneak Peek
June 20, 2008
Tomorrow we launch the new “church formerly known as Superstition Springs Community Church” website. The client (and my employer) asked for a simple and clean website that could provide detailed up-to-date info about the church as well as message download (mp3) and front-end communication. In the future the next step is a more web 2.0 typical site, but we want to make that culture change first.
So, Rethynk readers get a first look. This has been my life’s work for the last month, with major hurdles being maintaining the look and making it cross-browser friendly, as well as gathering content. Also, I had to use stock photos for about half of the page headers, which I hate, but I will be replacing them with originals in a few weeks.
You can view the new site HERE.
Tell me what you think and if you notice any bugs and what browser you are using. Thanks!
From ASBO
June 19, 2008
One of my new favs from ASBO.
ASP Formmail Script
June 16, 2008
Well, I am in the homestretch of the new SSCC site. It is clean. It is simple. I like it.
Anyways, today I had planned to make the contact and sign-up pages. This is easy. I started at 11 and I am just now finishing up (3:30). As it turns out, my host makes sending mail VERY hard because of spam restrictions. I can’t use port 25, can’t use ANY mail script that does not validate the server, and PHP’s mail() is a big no no. I spent the better half of the last few hours looking for an ASP script that fits my needs and makes my server happy.
In case you are ever in this situation, I wanted to share my day’s work with you to save you time. It validates and it works great. Enjoy!
<%
Dim f_name
F_name = request.form(”name”)
dim f_email
f_email = request.form(”email”)
dim f_message
f_message= request.form(”content”)Set oMail = Server.CreateObject(”SMTPsvg.Mailer”)
oMail.FromName = “from name”
oMail.FromAddress= “your email addy here”
oMail.RemoteHost = “your host here”
oMail.contentType = “text/html”
oMail.AddRecipient “”, “where it goes (must match FromAddress)”
oMail.Subject = “form mail subject”
HTML = “<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC”"-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN”">”
HTML = HTML & “<html>”
HTML = HTML & “<head>”
HTML = HTML & “<meta http-equiv=”"Content-Type”"”
HTML = HTML & “content=”"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″”>”
HTML = HTML & “<title>HTMLMail</title>”
HTML = HTML & “</head>”
HTML = HTML & “<body bgcolor=”"FFFFFF”">”
HTML = HTML & “Name: ” & f_name & “<br>”
HTML = HTML & “Email: ” & f_email & “<br>”
HTML = HTML & “Message: ” & f_message & “<br>”
HTML = HTML & “</body>”
HTML = HTML & “</html>”oMail.Bodytext = HTML
If oMail.SendMail Then
Response.redirect “redirect URL” ‘or you could write by using .write function
Else
Response.Write “Mail not sent, send failure. Error was ” & oMail.Response & “<br>”
End If
oMail.ClearAllRecipients
oMail.ClearBodyText
Set oMail = Nothing
%>
Why Barack will win
June 11, 2008
Going back to Dole v Clinton, I have accurately predicted each U.S. Presidential Election. I am undefeated. I am ready to make my prediction for 2008… Barack Obama, or barack HUSSEIN obama as the Republichristians like to call him.
Up until now, the knock on him is that he has been too dedicated to his home church, which is a bonus if you ask this pastor. He is younger, a new face, a great communicator and his opponent in the fall is none of these things. Not that it matters in American politics anymore, but I believe his positions on the issues are more in tune with where the majority of Americans are.
But none of these are the main reason.
From my perspective (a 15.1″ non-glare MacBook Pro screen), Obama is owning McCain. I spent some time lately on each candidate’s site and if the web department for each campaign were to fight MMA style, Obama’s camp would win by knocking out McCain’s at the starting glove tap. McCain’s website with its gigantic fonts, single color (blue), and grainy images looks like it was made by Uncle Ron’s Web Design in a strip mall in Boise, Idaho. Obama’s site is designed with the advanced digital age in mind. There are logos, widgets, syndicated feeds, even a Twitter account to keep his supporters rallied. I even found this gem of a graphic for the proud, Obama-supporting Republicans to flash where they please. The desktop wallpapers also impress and if I weren’t apolitical myself, I might just sport one because of the intricate use of layering and color styles. Its all very much the definition of Web 2.0 and running it all for him is Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes.
Polling numbers, even though they are unreliable at best, seem to agree that the younger generation is showing interest in this election like never before, and that helps Obama in a big way. While pundits and TV/radio blowhards will want to talk about fringe issues and make silly “guilt-by-associations” out of this election, common sense and a bit of pop culture intellect show me that we the people will have a President Barack Obama come 2009… or President barack HUSSIEN obama if you are a Republichristian.
Mid-day laugh
June 9, 2008
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