Tag Archives: Trends
Twitter Trends
Posted on 06. May, 2009 by Kenny.
Since I use tweetdeck on my laptop, tiny twitter on my phone and twitter phone on my ipod touch, I don’t always know when twitter updates their main page. Just the other day I noticed that they’ve made some cool changes. First of all, you can subscribe to anyone’s twitter feed via RSS. That means someone who doesn’t use twitter could in fact follow your tweet through a reader. Pretty cool. Also, twitter has installed a search box on their main page. It makes searching for someone or any topic so much easier.
However, the coolest new feature is twitter’s Trending Topics. Basically it’s a top ten of what people are saying on twitter. I’m pretty sure you can find trends on tweetie and some other services, but if you don’t have that, just go to www.twitter.com.… Read the rest
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Watching the numbers
Posted on 22. Sep, 2008 by Kenny.
Something I’ve found to be true is that our “feeling” often deceive us. Too many times we also make decisions without taking an honest look at the data. One of my biggest pet peeves is when church leadership makes big (sometimes life-altering) decisions before getting all the facts. Looking at the data, interpreting the data and then asking some questions will help any leader really understand what is going on.
Last Sunday was a pretty full house here at Gateway. We’ve instituted the off-site parking shuttles and all the other things you do to “make room.” One of the things I learned last Sunday is that things were not as I had assumed. I learned an important truth. Because our attendance surged so high this last weekend, I was able to see something I hadn’t seen before.… Read the rest
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