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Social Media plus Gaming: Twitter or Facebook + Xbox = ?

Rich Kirkpatrick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:30:55 +0000

It is true. On November 17 Xbox 360 will now be able to interface with your Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts. Imagine, in the middle of your Halo 3 match you feel like tweeting the world about the color of paint on the wall or update your Facebook status on how your achievements fall short as far as your gamer scores. Sound ridiculous? Perhaps. But, I have found Xbox and other gaming systems to be a real place to hangout with people. I enjoy playing with my son, nephew and friends whether online or in person.

Will adding more social features to gaming be an enhancement or ridiculous? Please chime in.

HT: www.crunchgear.com

Worship Recap & Set List: August 16, ’09 – Staci Frenes guest artist

Rich Kirkpatrick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:54:07 +0000

RECAP: Staci Frenes was our guest worship leader and artist this past Sunday. Its safe to say that Sunridge loves Staci! Her songwriting and singing are known quantities to me over the years but I also learned how adept she is at leading people into worship. Since I was preaching, it was a treat to be led in worship be Staci and our Worship Band.

To watch the sermon or download the sermon notes, go here. You might find it interesting that I had people sign up for twitter during my sermon. Check it out.

I am going to post on Tuesday a special video blog interviewing Staci. Her new CD Meteor is outstanding! I will give you some behind the scenes about it.

SET LIST:

Marvelous Light – Charlie Hall
Everlasting God – Brenton Brown
What I Won’t Leave Without – Staci Frenes
Hosanna – Brooke Fraiser
offering: Know Your Voice – Staci Frenes

LINKS:

How was your worship weekend? What did God speak to you about?

My Message from Sunday: Profit & Loss – Investing in what matters most

Rich Kirkpatrick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:02:27 +0000

2009-08-16, Profit and Loss, Rich Kirkpatrick from Sunridge on Vimeo.

This message was delivered at Sunridge Church yesterday. One noteworthy thing is the use of twitter and how hundreds of tweets were coming in. All of that is experimental, but helpful in us connecting. As a teacher its always better to be in dialog more than monologue, right?

The books I referenced:

The Hard Sayings of Jesus, F.F. Bruce
The Jesus I Never Knew, Phillip Yancey
Once An Arafat Man, Tass Saada
The Principle of the Path, Andy Stanley

DOWNLOAD: sermon_outline

Is losing your life, as Jesus asks us, a good investment?

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: David Crowder Band Exposed! Twitter Will Kill You? #nwlc09

Rich Kirkpatrick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:18:27 +0000

The above video had me really concerned about my use of twitter and for the health of the general twittering public, so I had the opportunity as a power blogger to ask during the National Worship Leaders Conference the David Crowder Band personally about the issue with twitter (follow their tweets @crowderband). I am not sure what my SPECIAL INVESTIGATION really exposes, but I report and you decide.

BTW…you can follow me on twitter at @rkweblog

Iran Election and green twitter avatars #iranelection

Rich Kirkpatrick — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:52:47 +0000

If you are wondering what the green avatars all over twitter means, go to http://www.helpiranelection.com and you can with a click get your profile to show support.

If you are looking for twitter hash tag aggregates, the best I know of is http://twubs.com/iranelection

#iranelection

So many choices but some are winning out: How are you connecting with social media?

Rich Kirkpatrick — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Social Media seems to be a broad term now for anyway we connect using IM, Twitter.com, Facebook.com and so forth. I enjoy the platform of blogging because I get to interact with real people about things I care about. Twitter, Facebook and other modes are enjoyable to me as well for that very reason. Here is how it works for me right now, subject to change.

Twitter: I get to find out about the news, and with those closest to me, I get to be invovled in praying for their lives. Twitter opens up the world and tightens the circle of people I already know. For some reason, people are interesting in the micro-blogging of my life. By the way, you can follow me here at @rkweblog.
Facebook: I connect with family, old friends, and interact with people at my church. My personal Facebook seems to be a place to share affinities with mostly. Our church has a fan page. (Sunridge Church Fan Page).
IM: people who read my blog or who I have met may choose to chat with me (either Facebook or AIM, etc.) and it can go from anything like questions back and forth with worship leaders or pastors to discussing a project with a ministry volunteer. (My AIM, MSN, Yahoo)
Blogging: This blog has been an amazing place for important discussions for me. I have met and continued conversations with people I might have never met otherwise. It is a place to influence and be influenced.

The rest: MySpace is dying, but is a place that bands still use well. I have Virb, Tokbox, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Youtube, Flicker, Picasa, and more with FriendFeed being a great place to hub all the stuff I post.

Well, that was my summary of my current usage of social media. How are you connecting with social media and what is working for you?

Uhm, should Twitter, Blogging & Wikipedia really be goals for primary education?

Rich Kirkpatrick — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:57:06 +0000

There is an article in the UK Gaurdian talking about new curriculim for primary school kids that will replace teaching WWII with Twitter and Wikipedia. Imagine, you can now learn about ABCs while you Twitter from your phone. This sounds useful for kids aged 6. NOT! I love blogging, Twitter and such but there has to be some limit. Right?

Your thoughts, please!

Potpourri of Interesting Web Posts: cell phones, Old Yeller, and fundamentalists

Rich Kirkpatrick — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:32:12 +0000

Here is another potpourri of interesting web posts…

Mobile Phones Are Changing Our Behavior says Phil Cooke
Mark Lee of Third Day is Pulling an “Old Yeller” on his blog… stop him!
CNET News says Twitter might make me some dough with news that Twitpay brings micropayments to Twitter.
Shawn at Lo-fi Tribe is making buzz with his God Loves Fundamentalists, Too thing.
Yes, Perry Noble, Church Really Is That Important, but you say it better than I can.
If you are in the Dallas area, PLEASE check out Church Tech Camp’s site.
FREE Christmas CD from Tony Guerrero on his blog. Gotta love that!

Twitter and prayer: Thanks for spreading the word about Randy Miller

Rich Kirkpatrick — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:37:04 +0000

I am with the Miller family this weekend and was searching twitter and know that Randy and family are grateful for the support from my fellow tweets:

@imagedesigns
@kayoodle
@mattmahermusic
@stonestreet
@sambam87
@SpiritCoach
@loswhit
@RKWeblog
@wethechurch
@donavanhill
@joymark
@scbubba
@tonysteward
@nickhoss
@mufan96
@steveb7
@kmueller62
@BillGiovannetti
@trevormeier
@tehillamusic
@theworshipcomm
@locustfist
@cwdaniels
@aboutCCM
@absolutepunk
@a_skart
@RocktheCrossWes

BTW, you can find me on twitter here @rkweblog. Prayer works… and twitter surely helps in that process!

Twitter a tool for terrorism says the US Army: how can a social media tool help Jihad?

Rich Kirkpatrick — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:56:57 +0000

Some how the US Army believes that Twitter can be used as a tool for terrorists. I do not buy this out right, but conscede that they have a point.

Here at CNET you can read the full story: US Amy warns of twittering terrorists.

What is your thought: does Twitter frighten you or is it simply microblogging–as good or bad as any kind of blogging?