Archive for October, 2007

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Local Admin - “It’s all about choice over control”

Looks like our friend Nick Nicholaou over at MBS, has some company in the local admin debate (full article) - the Google Enterprise Blog highlights an interview in CIO magazine with Douglas Merrill, Google’s CIO.
A few quotes from the article:

Google information systems believes in choice, not control. The goal of choice is to let [...]

Comments Off - Posted in CITRT, Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Church Technology Search

I have put together the Church Technology Search Engine, a Google Custom Search Engine that searches about 60 church technology sites. I have placed search boxes on CITRT/IT Discuss Wiki and on the right side of my blog. If you would like to place the search box on your own blog or site, [...]

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Thursday, October 25th, 2007

RoundTable Notes

We had a great roundtable at Fairfax Community Church today, thanks to John Falke for some great smoothies, blueberry pomegranate anyone?
Here are a few of the items we discussed:

Spring MinistryTECH conference and adjoining roundtable.
Free Sharepoint training.
CITRT IRC Channel
Spiceworks - free, ad supported help desk and network management software.
GenControl - desktop remote control program for [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in DC CITRT, Google, Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Reminder DC CITRT Tomorrow

Thursday, Nov 25th, 11am at Fairfax Community Church, John Falke will treat us to espressos and smoothies from The Great Room.  We’ll probably head out to lunch afterwards.

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Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Complete Orthodox Study Bible Available February 2008

Just got word from Conciliar Press that the complete Orthodox Study Bible, including both the Old (Septuagint) & New Testament will be available February 2008. I have long been a fan of the New Testament version and I am looking forward to what I am sure will be a valuable resource.

2 Comments » - Posted in Bible Study, Orthodoxy by Andrew Mitry

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Upgrade

Last Thursday, I upgraded to Ubuntu’s latest release, 7.10 aka Gutsy Gibbon. Overall, the upgrade went smoothly and after a few hours of downloading (the servers were slammed on release day), I had successfully upgraded with one minor issue. I had tweaked my Ubuntu 7.04 install to coax dual monitor support with [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in Open Source, Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry

Friday, October 19th, 2007

DC CITRT this coming Thursday

We are planning our quarterly local CITRT for this upcoming Thursday, October 25th at 11 am.  John Falke at Fairfax Community Church has graciously offered to host the roundtable.  Please comment if you have special requests for topics.

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Friday, October 5th, 2007

RoundTable Roundup

I had an amazing time at the 2007 Fall Church IT RoundTable, connecting on a binary level - we laughed, we cried, we prayed and we were inspired. It was an honor and privilege for me to connect with so many gifted people that are passionate about using technology to reach people for Christ. [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in CITRT, Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Unity in the Body of Christ

This morning I read Ephesians 4:1-3:
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
I felt that it was [...]

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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Pre-RoundTable at COR

Earlier today I arrived in Kansas City for the Fall Church IT RoundTable at COR. Thanks to Clif and his team for a such a warm, hospitable welcome.

Pictures from the COR Campus Tour are up on Flickr. Make sure to check out the pictures of their ultra organized storage room and the WhatsUp monitoring [...]

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