Merry Christmas!

For me Christmas is about Emmanuel, God is with us, in the midst of all we do:

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish. (John 1:14 MSG)

Neal Patwari, who conducted the study, tested a variety of consumer wireless devices to see what kind of impact humans had on the signal. He found that during inhalation, the wireless signals bent around his chest. This caused them to travel farther and become less powerful. While this research was conducted to find an unobtrusive, yet still accurate means of measuring a person’s breathing rate, it’s interesting to know that even the simple act of inhaling can reduce the power of your Wi-Fi transmission. Chances are you’re not going to hurt your Wi-Fi signal too much by staying alive, but these findings do suggest further implications of how other obstructions in your home—particularly ones that move—can affect your wireless signal.

Additionally, for those of you DIY-ers out there, imagine hacking a few Wi-Fi routers to track movement in a home (for security purposes, of course). If you’ve got the know-how, that could turn out to be a pretty amazing (multi-)weekend project.

Photo by Sakala (Shutterstock)

Wireless network can watch your breathing | New Scientist

1. J.K. Rowling on the Christian dimensions of the Harry Potter books
2. 6 Things To Do Instead Of PowerPoint
3. Books I have read: Dictionary of Christian Spirituality
4. About me
5. How to Delete Your Facebook Account and RIM’s & BlackBerry’s communications breakdown
6. Rob Bell leaving Mars Hill
7. Goal line technology
8. You Suck at PowerPoint and What is twitter? and How the Millennial generation use mobile
9. Liverpool FC Kits 2010/2011
10. iPad Head

My top refererrers for May were:

1. WordPress.com
2. twitter.com
3. Facebook
4. google.co.uk
5. bishopalan.blogspot.com
6. tbc-online.org.uk/Whoswho2.php
7. Google Reader
8. koinoniablog.net
9. hootsuite.com/dashboard and theyouthculturereport.com

1. Fake Martin Luther King quote
2. If I could pay volunteer leaders what they’re worth
3. Keeping the Volunteers You Have
4. Youth Ministry Vision
5. 28 Lessons from a 28-Year-Old Youth Minister
6. A six-year-old girl writes a letter to God. And the Archbishop of Canterbury answers
7. Archbishop of Canterbury on Osama bin Laden
8. Is jelly a solid or a liquid?
9. Liverpool FC Kits 2010/2011
10. Did Jesus Lead a Balanced Life?

My top refererrers for May were:

1. Facebook
2. twitter.com
3. google.co.uk
4. baptistunionofgreatbritain.emailmsg.net
5. bishopalan.blogspot.com
6. Google Reader
7. tbc-online.org.uk
8. Netvibes
9. linkedin.com
10. youthblog.org and api.twitter.com

The key to zooming in on purpose and usefulness within social channels starts with the realization that there is no one audience. Nor is there a sustainable market for branded messages, marketing campaigns, or “Tweet/Like to Win” contests. Indeed, every channel created to represent the brand must carry a purpose, mission and corresponding value. One of the most common questions I’m asked by businesses of all shapes and sizes is, “What is the right number of accounts we should have in each social network?” Or, “How many profiles is too many or too few?”

The answer is as simple as it is revealing. Create the number of channels that meaningfully extend the focus of your business. Only create channels that enhance the brand message without diluting it. And make sure you have the capacity to keep all the channels relevant.

So what are the best practices for creating an engaging social stream? Let’s take a look at the traits of some of the more successful and regarded brands in the business.

3. Mission and Purpose: Know the audience you’re trying to reach and design a communicable mission and purpose for each account.

6. Establish Conversational Workflow: Each account requires an information path and workflow. They also require bridges between them to ensure that every representative is informed and that the right delegates within the business are on point to engage or respond accordingly.

8. Initiate a Training Program: Representatives will require ongoing training to stay sharp and focused. Every engagement either reinforces or takes away from the brand experience. As technology moves faster than our ability to master its lessons, training keeps employees on track.

10. Draft a Social Media Brand Style Guide: Chances are a style guide already exists that communicates brand presentation, usage guidelines and other forms of brand-related marketing aesthetics. This guide requires a significant update to account for social media. Its primary function is to define the brand persona, characteristics, voice, and essence.

11. Compose Guidelines: Develop a social media policy that conveys the Dos and don’ts of social media. If one already exists, update it. Current laws may protect employees’ rights to express opinion about employers within their personal accounts. Additionally, many employees complain that the existing guidelines are either too extreme or ambiguous to define successful engagement. Design the guideline to serve as guardrails and also a roadmap to success.

12. Serve Customers and Prospects: Social consumers now expect brands to solve problems and answer questions in social streams. Each channel requires a service function or a dedicated channel to satisfy needs and promote appreciation and loyalty.