BibleTech:2009 is a two-day conference designed for publishers, programmers, webmasters, educators, bloggers and anyone interested in using technology to improve Bible study.
Are you looking for ways to pump life into your church website? Do you want to get the most out of your blogging community or social web interface? Maybe you’re more interested in Bible translation software or what’s in store for the next generation of Bible technologies. Wherever your interests lay, be sure to secure your seat at BibleTech:2009, where you’ll learn from the experts!
BibleTech:2009 will consist of fourteen sessions split between March 27 and 28. Each session will give you the option of a high-tech presentation or a low-tech presentation. The high-tech presentations will discuss the latest developments in Bible software platforms and the use of computer-based technologies for Bible translation and Bible study. The low-tech presentations will handle issues of design sensitivity, current trends in Bible technologies, and the integration of the Bible with internet-based communities.
A list of conference speakers is available on the conference website. Get acquainted with the speakers and catch up on their preparations for BibleTech:2009 by checking out their personal blogs. You can also view the official BibleTech:2009 schedule and plan ahead for your BibleTech experience!
A while back I posted on my personal blog about scores of other free ebooks (complete list) available for WORDSearch/Bible Explorer/Bible Navigator. For a while e-Sword has been the largest source of free ebooks, but Bible Explorer is on track to take the lead.
I shared this tip on my personal blog. I thought I’d post it here as well for anyone who might find it useful.
I’m getting downright tired of the junk on the web. I’ve been frequenting hundreds of blogs and news sites each week at work to find helpful material for our new PastorBlog. I’ve been disgusted with all the stuff you see on major news sites—obscene immodesty and sometimes even complete nudity (apparently the standard of what’s acceptable is lower in the UK). Amazingly, even some Christian news sites and blogs have this kind of σκύβαλον. That really burns me up, but I digress.
Well, I’ve found another good use for the Web Developer add-on for Firefox. I hit five key strokes, and all the images on the page disappear: alt-t-w-i-n. Alt takes you to the toolbar menu. T takes you to the tools category. W takes you to the web developer tools. I takes you to images. N makes all images invisible. It even conveniently spells a word so it’s easy to remember and type! (Alt-t-w-i-m and alt-t-w-i-r both work as well, and the latter might be most useful in that it replaces the image with its description, but twin is the easiest to remember and type. Take your pick.) You can undo it with the same keystrokes, and it will be applied only to the current page. The one downside is that it doesn’t disable flash. Anyone know a way to do that?
Next time there’s a news article that you’d like to read without some girl showing you her body, you might consider this handy little trick. (It also works in Google Reader and Bloglines.)
Update 2: I just found a way to disable flash. Install the Nuke Anything Enhanced Firefox add-on, right click just below or above the flash object, and click “Remove this object.”
The folks at Logos Bible Software have created a neat little tool for notetakers. If you’re always jotting stuff on sticky notes or a notepad, then you might find this program helpful. The free version allows you to create a maximum of 10 notes at a time. The full version allows unlimited notes and is $20. Watch the demo or download the free version (Vista or XP). If you’re using XP, you will need to first install .NET Framework 3.0 runtime.
BibleTech:2009 is a two-day conference designed for publishers, programmers, webmasters, educators, bloggers and anyone interested in using technology to improve Bible study.
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