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title: 082 – It’s A Small WELS After All
description: "This week the WELSTech podcast includes more discussion of the book Here Comes Everybody as well as an interview with a software consultant from ProCare Software. The discussion: Bonding and Bridging – Martin and Sallie revisit Clay Shirky’s book, Here Comes Everybody, and discuss chapter 9, “Fitting Our Tools to a Small World”.  Lessons from […]"
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# [082 – It’s A Small WELS After All](https://welstech.wels.org/2009/07/08/082-its-a-small-wels-after-all)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jul 8, 2009 5:00:37 AM

This week the WELSTech podcast includes more discussion of the book *Here Comes Everybody* as well as an interview with a software consultant from ProCare Software.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-07-08-09.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-07-08-09.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-07-08-09.mp3) (27.6MB)

### The discussion:

Bonding and Bridging – Martin and Sallie revisit Clay Shirky’s book, [*Here Comes Everybody*](http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225813491&sr=1-1), and discuss chapter 9, “Fitting Our Tools to a Small World”.  Lessons from the chapter illustrate the potential pitfall of congregations focusing solely on closed group, insider fellowship while excluding groups, cultures and ideas outside the “network”.

### The interview:

(16:00) Technology heads to daycare – Martin and Sallie talk with Shelley Spliethof, Executive Software Consultant with ProCare Software, about the information challenges daycare and preschool organizations face and how ProCare Software addresses those needs.

- [www.ProCareSoftware.com](http://www.ProCareSoftware.com)
- Follow [ProCareSoftware](http://twitter.com/procaresoftware) on Twitter
- Soup to Nuts – ProCare blog

### New Technology Showcase:

(29:40) [Firefox 3.5](http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/) – The latest version of the Mozilla browser

- [Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features](http://lifehacker.com/5295655/top-10-firefox-35-features) from Lifehacker
- [Overview videos](http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/) from Mozilla

### Picks of the week:

- (33:50) [SparkleBox](http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/) – A teacher’s treasure chest of free printables
- [Diigo](http://www.diigo.com) – Social bookmarking meets the writable web

### Community feedback:

- (40:35) Eric Mueller from [St. John](http://www.stjohnev.net/) in St. Paul, MN is a Drupal fan and is excited to see the [WELS.net beta site](http://beta.wels.net) built on Drupal.  He used Drupal to build both his [congregation site](http://www.stjohnev.net/) as well as the web site for the [Science Museum of MN](http://www.smm.org/), where he serves as webmaster.
- Jason Schmidt was busy tweeting loads of interesting links including 
    - [Noteflight](http://www.noteflight.com/login) for online music notation ([Video Overview](http://www.noteflight.com/info/video_overview))
    - Shareaholic Firefox plugin
    - [vozMe](http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en) text to speech tool
    - 6 Examples of Twitter in the Classroom from Emerging Internet Technologies for Education – Sallie shared an alternative view, Twitter with students? from Tipline – Gates’ Computer Tips
    - [Diigo Tutorials](http://www.diigo.com/annotated/7ec4e1e6dbe4cfcb1f9530bf2c13876a)
- LATTE Missionary Larry Schlomer is having difficulties adding the Through My Bible in 3 Years RSS feed to Google Reader.  Martin suggested subscribing to the audio feed instead.
- Following up on this week’s BWTG episode which focused on [creating Facebook Pages](https://welstech.wels.net/wpmu/2009/07/06/081-bwtg-facebook-pages/) … 
    - Pastor Dan Walters from [Our Savior](http://www.oursaviorspringville.org/) in Springville, NY added a link to his congregation’s Facebook Page on the WELSTech Wiki.
    - We have 55 fans on the [WELSTech Facebook Page](http://www.facebook.com/pages/WELSTech-Podcast/122419123915?ref=s).  Help us reach 100!
    - Nancy Thompson from [Victory of the Lamb](http://www.victoryofthelamb.com) in Franklin, WI shared a tech solution they are trying for online church management – [ChurchCommunityBuilder.com](http://www.ChurchCommunityBuilder.com)

### Coming up on WELSTech:

(52:22) WELSTech2 continues:

- Episode 083 – Join us for a summer “Picnik” of image editing tips on the latest installment of “Bonus WELSTech Goodness” (BWTG). (Release date 07/13/09)
- Episode 084 – Joel and Jeremy from the Youth Discipleship office share a recap of the International Youth Rally as we take a look at ways we can use technology to reach out to teens. (Release date 07/15/09)

### The featured artist:

(53:49) The music of WELS group Corban Creek closes this week’s podcast – We hear *Psalm 13* from their CD titled “Could It be Me”

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