Thursday, February 24, 2005

Exchange of Words Paul Hoy and I had an "exchange of words" today. While you might think of this phrase as meaning an argument, we instead had a literal exchange of words. We traded new words. I told him about my word, techumenical, as in an a technical ecumenical movement that brings technologists together to build God's kingdom, crossing denominational boundaries to work on shared projects. I wrote about this word in my article on Evangelistic Serendipity. He told me about a new word that a friend of his, Ford Taylor, created: biznistry. Biznistry is a combination of business and ministry where professionals use their everyday job skills to serve others in a ministry capacity.

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BlogWiki Richard Hall over at connexions has started BlogWiki, a wiki about, what else, blogging. There are some interesting tidbits in the works, but much more can be done. Let's help out and contribute to the effort. I've already edited a page, DesktopBloggingClients. Here's a thought, how about some external links to the software mentioned on the wiki? I like his comment: This wiki has been set up to enable bloggers to share information and advice and provide a forum for the discussion of blogging issues. Of course, this already goes on in blogs themselves, but it's in the nature of a blog that discussions quickly "drop out of sight". On a wiki this doesn't happen. (emphasis mine) On wikis, the discussion is maintained in the "Perpetual Now" where a conversation is fluid, evolving, and represents the current state of affairs.

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A Christian Wiki Evidently, there is a Christian wiki called Compass. I'm a technologist, so my first thought was that the wiki being referenced was a wiki software implementation. So I wondered, how can you make wiki software Christian? On the same note, how would you make a spreadsheet or a word processor Christian? I suppose you could integrate a Bible verse lookup or include Christian clip art, but other than that, there's not much you can do with it to brand it in a religious manner. But, contrary to my initial impression, Compass is a wiki "document" containing introductions to the Christian faith. I hope that this will remain a civil exercise rather than descending into the pits of unwinnable dogma wars. I believe in absolute truth, but not everybody believes in the same absolute truth that I do. So a wiki could be very useful for interaction, but it could also be very controversial and divisive if the right people show up. Like I said, I hope that things remain civil and constructive in Compass over at connexions. Good show, man, good show! Bravo!

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