The Cathedral Blog celebrated its second year anniversary last month. Here are some blog facts for you: We’ve had: over 22,000 visitors over 300 posts over 70 contributors We average around 15 visitors per day. Our biggest day is Friday (when the e-bulletin comes out), when we may get 50, even 75 visitors. Not many … READ MORE…
Have you noticed that there’s not much activity on the blog this week? That’s because we haven’t heard from YOU! In 2009, when Chris Harris and I started working on the blog project, we named it All Our Voices because we wanted it to represent everyone at St Paul’s. I think we’ve been very successful, … READ MORE…
Recently, several of my Facebook friends found their facebook accounts highjacked and advertising posted under their names. It’s a useful reminder that for all the benefits of on-line life, it’s still a bit of a free-for-all, and there are nefarious characters trying to con you! These risks can be managed with a little bit of … READ MORE…
A very English Festival of readings and carols is provided by the eccentric English priest, Jonathan Hagger (aka “Madpriest”) at the online site, St Laika’s. This is a wonderful service that includes a variety of unusual English carols, as well as Fr Hagger’s sonorous tones for the readings. You can download a podcast, or stream … READ MORE…
In internet slang, a Blog’s Birthday is a Blogiversary. Our first “official” post was 11/2/2009. Since then, we’ve had more than 165 posts, nearly 50 authors, and more than 7100 visits to our blog. Although most come from San Diego, some visit from parts far afield, as you can see on the map below. Well … READ MORE…
Several of our readers have found commenting on the blog posts to be a bit convoluted. Don’t blame us, blame the blogger program! They don’t make it obvious. But here is how to do it. (You can click on the images for a closer view). When you click on the link for “comments” at the … READ MORE…
For those of you who are iPhone or iPod Touch users (or if you’re reading this while camping out in front of your local Apple Store awaiting the release of the iPad), you’ll definitely want to check out our Cathedral App. St. Paul’s Cathedral is the first Episcopal Church in the country to have an … READ MORE…
In Sunday’s forum, the team behind what we might call “The Digital Cathedral” introduced St Paul’s on-line outreach. There were some questions about blogs, twitter, and facebook, so here’s an introduction to these different ways of connecting on-line. Blogging: What is it? Blogs are specialized websites that allow frequent posts of writing, including video or … READ MORE…