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204 – Search Me
This week the WELSTech Podcast is all about searching the web as GoodSearch.com co-founder JJ Ramberg joins the discussion.
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The discussion:
Finding a world of information – Searching the information super highway is a must-have skill for everyone these days and certainly a skill that comes in handy in the ministry setting. Martin and Sallie share search tips from the biggies – Bing and Google – as well as other tools that prove useful when doing internet research.
- Mobile search – Google | Bing
- Search tips from Google
- Other search tools
- Quora
- Wolfram Alpha
- Wayback Machine
- Ask Kids
- Sweet Search 4 Me
The interview:
(19:17) Search for pennies – JJ Ramberg, co-founder of GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com, joins Martin and Sallie to talk about how the search tool has earned WELS over $8,000, one penny at a time.
- Get the WELS GoodSearch toolbar (IE and Firefox only)
- Set GoodSearch as your default search engine
News in tech:
(35:34) Amazon Launches $200 Tablet, Slashes Kindle Prices from Wired
Picks of the week:
- (38:39) Math, Math and more Math!!!
- American Math Challenge
- MathCounts
- MathMovesU
- MangaHigh
- Offline Google Mail via a Chrome plugin
Community feedback:
- (45:00) Jason Winget from Faith in River Falls, WI recommended creating audio CDs of worship for shut ins
- Shared this week in the WELSTech Diigo group:
- Parenting in a Digital Age
- MagicJack for iPhone Provides Unlimited Free Calling
- Encyclopedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App
- Bethany Lutheran College Ranked Eighth in Nation for Admissions Web Site
- Vyrso Christian eBooks
- Otixo Cloud Storage Access
- Ryan Rosenthal from Faith in Fond du Lac, WI shared info on a DIY stylus for touchscreen devices
- Jason Schmidt (jasonschmidt123) tweeted about offline Google Docs in Chrome
- Follow the WELSTech listserve copyright discussion
Coming up on WELSTech:
(58:36) Episode 205 – Martin and Sallie discuss the latest WELSTech book selection, Chapter 1 of The Church of Facebook. (Release date – 10/12/11)
The featured artist:
(59:28) We close the podcast with the music of Revelation, a music ministry of Wisconsin Lutheran College (www.revelationwlc.com) – Shine On Us from the CD titled “Led By The Light”
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