December 15, 2007 – 7:36 pm
If you’re new here, read more about the More Good Foundation. We help members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon church) share their beliefs on the Internet. Learn more about what Mormons believe or talk with Mormons at LDS.net.Today Elder Ballard spoke at the BYU-Hawaii graduation and urged [...]
MormonWiki.com is our collaborative site where Church members can write articles on Mormon beliefs and doctrines. The potential downside of a collaborative site (a “wiki”) is that spammers and vandals can participate too.
Among the most prolific participants at Mormonwiki.com is Rick Willoughby, who has volunteered countless hours to write articles and combat spam and vandalism. [...]
After The Mormons aired, I contacted a fellow who had written a lengthy email to PBS complaining about inaccuracies in the show. He regretted sending the hastily written email because it lacked the tact and style that would have been more characteristic of him. But his email already had wings — it was being forwarded [...]
Here are a few more good LDS websites we haven’t mentioned previously:
1. WardSocial.com and Came2Pass.com — These two sites allow you to submit and vote on stories related to the Church. Like their predecessor Sustaind.org, these sites operate like Digg.com. In addition to finding interesting LDS stories on these three sites, prudence suggets [...]
In the last weekend in Salt Lake City The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had its 177th Annual General Conference.
Many talks were highly inspiring but thinking about MGF and missionary work online this is my take of the Conference (all personal opinion, obviously).
I can’t remember of any specific talk given about missionary work, [...]
Today we attended the eBusiness Day at BYU. Thanks to Steve, Jeff, and Dan for letting us come. We talked to several people and passed out flyers on 12 Ways to Share the Gospel on the Internet.
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February 27, 2007 – 10:08 am
Amazon and Google employ complex algorithms that generally deliver, respectively, relevant book recommendations and relevant search results. Here are a couple of exceptions:
On Amazon.com, the Doubleday version of the Book of Mormon is being advertised in tandem with a book about Freemasonry, as if they were related. (See screenshot.)
If you search Google.com for the [...]
January 25, 2007 – 5:56 pm
The Mormon church recently held “tech talks”, a series of talks on how the Church uses technology. By attending both the Salt Lake City and Provo events, I was able to hear 6 of the 8 talks and meet many employees. I thought both events were excellent. My notes follow.
CIO Presentation (Keynote) [...]
January 23, 2007 – 3:46 pm
Last week I attended the Mormon church’s Tech Talks in Salt Lake City. They offered eight presentations from which everyone could choose three. Tonight the Church’s tech staff will present another round of “talks” — this time in Provo. I recommend them for anyone interested in technology:
LDS Church Tech Talks in Provo
January [...]
January 19, 2007 – 12:17 pm
Announced at the LDS Tech Talks last night, the Church has just launched a new site for anyone interested in technology: LDS Tech. The site will allow Church members to communicate with technology employees at Church headquarters and each other, to discuss technology problems and solutions the Church faces. The site includes a [...]