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Excellent short article with essential IT management concerns and strategies for colleges and other non-profits, including  our synod, high schools, schools and, yes, churches. The same key questions and communication activities need to take place. The upfront costs of an IT system are only the beginning. The costs over the lifetime of the system (even a single computer with software) need to be included and budgeted. 

Good tool for churches and schools to easily test their wifi coverage. Mac only however.

I haven't listened to many, but the podcast topics look intriguing

A NY Times review of OnLive's cloud based virtualized Windows 7 PC with MS Office for which you pay a puny $5 a month and use from your iPad. Coming "soon" to smart phones, and, of most interest to churches and schools, to your local Mac or Windows PC. Faster than any physical desktop and using an ultra high speed internet connection, the OnLive PC will almost entirely eliminate the worst time and software costs of operating a Windows PC. Read David Pogue's NT Times review to learn about the benefits and draw backs of OnLive's implementation.

Looks very interesting Randy. Thanks for sharing. this looks very promising. Have you tried it? I just downloaded the iPad app and created an account so I'm going to give it a try.

Weekly hymn selections following the church year - From St. Olaf College

This seems to compete directly with Skype's various appliances, MS Lync, etc. Might be a good way for schools and churches to get traditional video conferencing setup.

I have not used livecode.com myself, but this video goes over the simplistic nature of the programming language and how well it works for student learning of programming concepts. Check out the impressive portfolio of real apps online out on the web. It might be great for development of church or school apps too.

A good speaker selection guide for public address systems. A good place to start if you are in need of updating speakers in church and school?

Laura Schwertfeger shared - lots of nice Christian photos, videos, etc. There are many available for free, others for purchase. Even the ones you have to buy do seem much more affordable than some of the istockphotos I have looked at lately.

Sallie, WELSTech Trainer, share the link to the article for PrintMyCal. Here's the link to the developer blog site and the download.

"Do you or your church, school or other organization use Google Calendars?  Are you looking for a printing solution for your Google Calendar? Print my Cal gives you a tool to print your google calendar... nice! Print My Cal is a Java-based executable program which allows users to add one or more Google Calendars, select a desired month and receive an editable, print-ready version of the calendar(s) in RTF format."

Good article us technologists can reflect upon to ensure we are using our given talents for the right reasons.

Shared by Cindy Krueger I've been following Jenn's Trends on Facebook for social media hints and tips. I'm sharing her recent blog post about protecting and recovering hacked social media accounts. One item of note is the LogDog tool to help protect your accounts. This topic is of special concern because I know a couple people with high profile accounts that have been hacked recently. Fortunately each was able to work with the social media company to get the account restored. Maybe less of a concern for churches and schools that have in person contact with followers but still something people will want to avoid if possible.

Good info for any church/school office to review.

Looks like a great tool for churches to use to figure out what network is good for what.