by Bret Capranica | May 12, 2008 | Blogging, Ordinary Pastor
Abraham Piper, over at the Desiring God blog, recently put up a post for those who are unfamiliar with the beauty and grandeur of RSS. I’ve been an RSS fanatic for a few years now. But what is RSS, how could it be helpful (or harmful) and more fundamentally, should a truly ordinary pastor bother with blogs or the technology associated with RSS? If you follow more than 2 blogs and are not using an RSS reader, you are wasting more time than you should as you waste time reading blogs. While I do have a Google-Reader account, I rarely use it. Instead, I’ve been a FeedReader user almost since I began reading blogs. If you don’t know what RSS is or how to get it set up, check out Abraham Piper’s step-by-step approach to Google Reader (link at the end of the post). Also see Tim Ferriss’ interview with Robert Scoble and see how he keeps up with over 600 RSS feeds a day. Google Reader seems to be an exceptionally popular means for feeding RSS. It is very simple and once you’ve eaten the Google fruit you tend to want to immerse yourself in all things Google. Here are a few benefits: It Won’t Slow You Down. The up-side of Google Reader is that it is not an additional software application running on your computer, so it won’t slow your system down regardless of how many feeds you follow. Go Mobile. Where I do use Google Reader is in connection with my Blackberry. I imported my OPML file into Google reader and using Viigo on my phone,...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 26, 2008 | Blogging
In a guest post on Justin Taylor’s blog, Abraham Piper describes rationale for blogging and ways to improve yor blog. Bret, take note! Between Two Worlds: 12 Ways to Improve Your Blog by Serving Your Readers: What I Didn’t Say at Band of Bloggers (by Abraham...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 3, 2008 | Blogging, Pastoral Ministry
Abraham Piper throws down the gauntlet and challenges pastors to blog. O.K., this motivates me to blog more. Well. . . we’ll see. 6 Reasons Pastors Should Blog :: Desiring God...
by Bret Capranica | Mar 18, 2008 | Blogging
I’ve been with Word Press for about two years now. I’ve never even been tempted to return to Blogger or look into another source. Early this morning, WP has indicated that 2.5, a brand new behind the scenes work-flow and dashboard will be released. For those of you who use WP – will you be upgrading, why and why not. For those of you who are still with Blogger, now is your chance to build a better blog. Should I, or should I not take the time to upgrade? The real question is, will I or will I not post more frequently. I’m not sure 2.5 will be the nudge that pushes me over the cliff. WordPress “º Blog » 2.5 Sneak...
by Bret Capranica | Jan 29, 2008 | Blogging
C.J. Mahaney has begun a blog – check it out: Sovereign Grace Blog – C.J. Mahaney’s View from the Cheap Seats & Other Stuff HT: Between Two...
by Bret Capranica | Jan 29, 2008 | Blogging, Miscellaneous
Noel Piper has some helpful thoughts about becoming a better writer. Ah, the reason for blogging! So You Want to Be a Writer? :: Desiring God...
