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title: 135 – Cash or Credit?
description: "This is book discussion week on the WELSTech Podcast as we wrap up our look at Shane Hipps’ The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture. The discussion: Wrapping Up – Martin and Sallie complete their discussion of Shane Hipps’ book, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church, looking at chapter 8, “Worship in Electronic […]"
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# [135 – Cash or Credit?](https://welstech.wels.org/2010/06/09/135-cash-or-credit)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jun 9, 2010 4:00:09 AM

This is book discussion week on the WELSTech Podcast as we wrap up our look at Shane Hipps’ *[The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture](http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Power-Electronic-Culture-Shapes/dp/0310262747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229374286&sr=1-1)*.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_135.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_135.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_135.mp3) (36.1MB)

### The discussion:

Wrapping Up – Martin and Sallie complete their discussion of Shane Hipps’ book, *[The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church](http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Power-Electronic-Culture-Shapes/dp/0310262747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229374286&sr=1-1)*, looking at chapter 8, “Worship in Electronic Culture”.

### News in tech:

- (16:35) [iPhone 4](http://www.apple.com/iphone/) and AT&T data rate changes
- [Skype to Skype over 3G](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype/id304878510?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2)
- [MindMeister for Google Wave](http://blog.mindmeister.com/2010/06/07/mindmeister-for-google-wave/) 
    - Try it out on the public WELSTech Wave – search for … with: public “WELSTech Ideas Mind Map”

### Picks of the week:

- (23:20) [Square](https://squareup.com/) – Accept credit cards with your mobile device
- [iWisoft](http://www.easy-video-converter.com/) – free video converter
- [Android](http://www.android.com/) 
    - [Droid Incredible](http://phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/incredible/)
    - [WELS app for Droid](http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-genwi-gwels-tnxC.aspx)

### WELS.net feature:

(33:50) “Like” WELS on Facebook – [facebook.com/welslutherans](http://facebook.com/welslutherans) – and you may win a $20 gift card to Northwestern Publishing House (NPH).  There will be one giveaway per week through August!

### Of interest:

- (35:00) FinalWeb Training in Milwaukee, WI and New Ulm, MN 
    - FinalWeb for Teachers – July 19 – [bit.ly/fw4teachers](http://bit.ly/fw4teachers)
    - FinalWeb for Dummies – July 20-22- [bit.ly/fw4dummies](http://bit.ly/fw4dummies)
- Martin is teaching “Mind Like Water: The Art of Productivity” at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Summer Quarter – July 5-9

### Community feedback:

- (39:12) Martin made use of the [WELSTech Diigo group](http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech) to share some cool links – 
    - A new online ministry book – *[Netcasters: Using the Internet to Make Fishers of Men](http://www.amazon.com/NetCasters-Using-Internet-Make-Fishers/dp/0805447849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276014349&sr=8-1)* (Internet Evangelism Day review)
    - [Zoom H1](http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/01/zoom-h1-audio-recorder-tiny-and-attractive/) audio recorder
    - [Mind Manager – the perfect tonic for curly hair](http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/04/mindmanager-%e2%80%93-the-perfect-tonic-for-curly-hair/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EndUserSharepoint+%28End+User+SharePoint%29)
- Pastor Rob Guenther from Gethsemane in Raleigh, NC wrote looking for an RSS to e-mail solution 
    - [Feed My Inbox](http://www.feedmyinbox.com/)
    - [Tabbloid](http://tabbloid.com/)
- Pastor Ben Kratz from [Our Savior](http://www.oursaviorbirmingham.com/) in Birmingham, AL likes [GQueues.com](http://www.gqueues.com/) for task list management with your Google account

### Coming up on WELSTech:

(48:04) Episode 136 – The WELSTech summer 2010 Road Trip gets underway.  Tune in to find out where we stop first. (Release date 06/16/10)

### The featured artist:

(49:14) We close the podcast with the music of Kevin Loersch – *When Love is Found* from his CD titled “Abide With Me”

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