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- Marcus, on my top 10 are the daily devotionals. I love getting those from you in the morning, always a thought provoking insight that challenges me to go deeper in my faith. Thanks for sharing...
- I am not sure what you mean by transparency online. A DISQUS profile is only as transparent as the creator of it allowed it to be...And an application like that encourages people to work harder at...
- Great list! Congratulations everyone :-)
- And... if we don't fancy ourselves to be poets? Um, what then? (I took the liberty to listen anyway and liked it. : )
- I love the internet for the volume of information I can easily obtain. I'd love to have something like the Kindle one day, just to save space when I need to have several books with me; for...
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At least that’s the implication of a recent article from eMarketer called The Growing Influence of Online Social Shoppers. (You can buy the full report for only $700…)
According to this report, people trust financial analysts more than bloggers. Only 12% of of res ... Continue reading »
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1 year ago
A lot depends on what the advice is. The people you listed up there I'd trust for book recommendations, writing advice, thoughts (challenges, encouragements) regarding ministry, music, art work (in other words, all things important to me personally), but I'm not sure that I'd take their financial advice. No offense intended, but if I don't know about your finances (and I'm not asking you to share), I'll probably trust someone who's financial situation I'm more familiar with when it comes to buying stock options.
By the way, I saw The High Calling table at the art conference I went to this past week. I was hoping to run into you and kept stopping by the table, but alas, no Mark. (The guy at the table was always chatting with someone--yay!--but I didn't want to interrupt to ask if you were there.)
1 year ago
That was Steven Purcell that you saw at the arts conference. He's the director of Laity Lodge and a great guy.
1 year ago
Thanks for including me as well!
Though we've only virtually klatched, we do need to have coffee the next time I'm in Texas.
As it just so happens, I'll be in and around the Hill Country later this week. Perhaps we should grab that coffee...
1 year ago
Which is what you're saying, I know, but what can I say? I'm an external processor.
(And I know that you wouldn't offer financial advice--or I assume as much since you've never spoken of it before. That was more of an extreme example.)
1 year ago
1 year ago
If someone makes an observation about a group of a million people, does it have anything to say to me, an individual within that group? Probably not much.
What is our concern about how "bloggers" are seen? What? What kind of a group are we? We aren't a group at all. We are a cross section of society, so vast and varied that comments about us are inherently...well...ignorant. Sorry but that's the truth.
I'm with you man. The trust we have in fellow bloggers is hard earned and hard given. And just as in real life, some people are wise with granting trust and others not so much.
1 year ago
I mean, I think everyone who surfs the Net has found several blogs and sites that they trust. If those sites gave them information, they would quite possibly believe it.
Don't we read on-line news and believe it? Granted we've come to accept AP as a reliable source. But they get their facts wrong from time to time, they have their worldview that can affect their "take" on a situation. We all have to learn to read between the lines.
So, I agree with the hidden conclusion: "Notice the number one source of credible information: 'People like themselves.'"
Thanks for pointing out this report to us!
1 year ago
I wonder if Christian bloggers have a leg up on social networks, though, since we are used to entering communities based solely on trust?
And, Robert, alas, I had to choose between SOBcon 08 and Mt. Hermon. Since Mt. Hermon was new and I had a chance to present... I'll think of you guys, though!