A new little link has crept into my sidebar: BibleWorks Seminars. For $10 (through PayPal), you can view two BibleWorks training seminars: Beginner-Intermediate: weeds through all the many tools to focus on just the ones you will use day-in and day-out. Advanced: goes...
Tech
Apple Announcement
I confess to being excited. I’ve been selling things off (even books, I’m afraid) to save up for what Apple might be announcing today. If prices don’t rise and they come through with a Retina Display, I think I’m in. The ability to access my Logos books and to preach...
Word on the Street: Logos Bible Software
I just received the following: Mark, Word on the street is that you're the local expert on Logos [at Bob Jones]. So I thought I'd get your input, when you have time, on the pros and cons of Logos. I have Bibleworks and have not seen the need for Logos until recently...
My Logos Library, Visualized
Some computer nerd across the pond made a cool site that will show you your whole Logos library in visual format. Here’s mine. Setting it up is a little involved, but it’s neato. You can even click on a cover and it will open up that book in your Logos library! A...
Neato Infographic on E-Mail Usage
I use Boomerang for Gmail and like it. Check out their really great infographic.
How to Safely Back Up Your BibleWorks Notes in Seven Simple Steps
How do you back up your precious BibleWorks user notes? 1. Install the excellent, free online back-up service Dropbox (click on this link and you and I both get free space!). 2. Open your notes tab. 3. Click the “Choose Notes Directory” button (see image below). 4....
Facebook Psychoses
Some great quotes from an insightful and humorous New York Times article on Facebook and other social media: How is it that activities we wouldn’t in a million years be roped into doing in real life—paging through an acquaintance’s baby album, suffering through a...
Toggl Desktop
One of the problems with using any time-tracking software is that you actually have to tell it what you're doing and when you start and stop. I mean, shouldn't it just know? Toggl Desktop has taken one step toward solving that problem for me: it lets me know if I've...
Greenville-Area BibleWorks Seminar
I will be putting on an area-wide BibleWorks seminar at Morningside Baptist Church. There will be two sessions: Beginner-Intermediate (Feb 11, 9:30 am–12:00 pm) Gain a solid understanding of how to use BibleWorks in real-life exegesis and sermon prep. I assume you...
Funny Quote on Technology Guaranteed to Make You Laugh or Your Money Back (If You Do Laugh, Would You Consider Giving Me Some Money?)
From John Dyer's From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology : When it comes to technology, each generation sees the issue from a slightly different perspective. Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, once grouped...
What a Great Idea!
This is why I bought a Kindle and not a Nook—Amazon has it together as a company, a lot like Apple but without quite the same visual panache. I can now more easily send any document on my computer straight to my Kindle. That’s real handy for someone like me who likes...
Make A List; Check It Twice
This is a good time of year for me to remind you and you of an important principle: don't listen to Logos when they let their marketing folks write the following: The sheer volume of content in Logos base packages makes them incredibly valuable. There's a fundamental...