Let me round up this year by reminding myself (and you dear reader) what I set out to achieve in 2010. My end of 2009 resolution was:
To put my Church onto a more professional footing in their dealings with all things technical.
Whilst I’m not 100% happy with where we are now I can confidently say that as a church, we are starting to head in the right direction in terms of tech.
The biggest stumbling block has always been our lack of a formal IT budget. That’s now changed and starting January 2011 we get a monthly budget!
More importantly we, and I have to say we, because I am now more than a me, have started to get the church and in particular the pastor to understand the importance of IT in all that the church does. In short the pastor now understands that he’s been a bottleneck (to use his words) and that the key that got through to him was “just remember, everything you do is impacted by IT”.
So what did I write about in 2010?
January saw a few good posts on:
- Not really technical but 13 Life Lessons.
- I answered a readers query about setting up Free Church Wi-Fi
- I also brought you How To Create a PDF
February:
- I introduced Safer Internet Day
- Again not techy but involved tech – I UStream’d my friend Mike Warnke
- Also I broached the subject of ho would your loved ones access your data when you’ve gone?
March:
- The start of my 3 part series of whether to spy on your staff or not?
- I promoted How2Network site via a we don’t do adverts post.
- Another of my irregular Windows 7 Tips series.
April:
- I explained the mystery that is NOH.
- I gave a shout out to some of my fellow church tech bloggers.
- And probably the most visited blog post ever of mine about nLite for Windows 7.
May saw me join fellow bloggers from around the world and start working through ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Some excellent posts (even though I say so myself) including data security, how to get started on Twitter and so on – do check them out.
June, along with May were probably my busiest two months at ChurchTechy and most of that due to the ProBlogger course I was undertaking. However June also saw my first ever guest post written by my blogging friend Kevin Weatherby.
I won’t bore you with the whole year but I’ve written reviews; promoted products (for no gain or recompense); discussed being safe on the internet; produced tips; responded to fear mongering and much more besides.
What I do know is that after the excitement and scrutiny that was the 31 Days course I went into a blogging freefall and produced far fewer articles. Part of that was my own choice, part of that was struggling for ideas and part of that was a lack of enthusiasm.
But all that said, I’m still here, still blogging and still plan to be here through 2011.
Will you join me?
Sure will! I'll be reading and have a new bundle of posts on my blog as well. Looks like you've been busy this year. :)
Mike
My recent post The Brinks Indoor Outlet Digital Timer
Thanks Mike and I appreciate the time you're taking to comment and respond on Twitter – I'm still trying to sort out my RSS feeds so that I can get back to a regular read of my selected blogs.
Of which there are far too many at present!
Totally understand. I just have about 20 blogs I try to keep up with and I already am having trouble with it. :)
Mike
My recent post The Brinks Indoor Outlet Digital Timer
Thanks for all the great posts in 2010, Stuart! It's been awesome reading your posts and connecting with you on church technology! Blessings in 2011!
Lauren – thanks for taking the time to comment and even more time to read my humble postings.
If you ever have a topic you feel doesn't warrant your blog then please consider guest posting here – would love to encourage more guest posts. Equally if you have any suibject matters you think I could / should cover then do shout.
Lets hope you have another great year of blog posts, guest posters and new readers.