BibleTech 2011
I had to miss the first day because of another commitment, but today i’m here at BibleTech:2011 and looking forward to a great day of talks. Hopefully mine will be one of them: here’s my abstract....
View ArticleRob Jex: Visualization of the New Testament
They’re creating a library of videos projects to provide visual representations of the Bible story: 55 stories from Matthew. Created a Jerusalem set in the desert outside Salt Lake City. They expect to...
View ArticleAaron Linne: the Road to MyStudyBible.com
Core goals: create an environment for studying the Bible maintain feature set of bible.lifeway.com raise awareness of the HCSB sampling strategy for HCSB study notes Bad timing: started with...
View ArticleScott Magdalein: Volunteerism in Bible Technology
They have around 300 volunteers at some level of activity. Testing and UI translation are big areas of activity: also data management. Also user support: about 600 support tickets per day. They also...
View ArticleSteven Cummings: Bringing the Power of Search to Mobile
The mobile revolutions means the goal of software now must be to reach the user wherever they are. BibleReader 5 is their application: showed it on iPad. Originally used EverNote for note...
View ArticleAaron Marshall: User Adoption Strategy
It really changes things when the CEO gets on board with digital literacy. Book by Michael Sampson User Adoption Strategies. No adoption = no value: you have to plan for adoption. Rogers Bell Curve:...
View ArticleHoly Week Visualization
Just in time for Holy Week, which started yesterday with the traditional celebration of Palm Sunday in most Protestant churches … i love this subway-style Holy Week visualization from the folks at...
View ArticleBibleTech Talk Slides: Using the Bible Knowledgebase For Information Integration
Finally got my slides posted from BibleTech:2011 on Using the Bible Knowledgebase for Information Integration. Since i listened to good advice and went a little more toward graphics than bullet points,...
View ArticleLogos 5, Behind the Curtain: Introduction
I’ve fallen off in my blogging quite a bit over the last few years: my last post (a book review) was December 2011, and, other than conference reports and book reviews, it’s rather sparse for the year...
View ArticleBibleTech talk: Automatically Learning Topical Content
I’ve posted the slides from my BibleTech 2013 talk. Here’s the abstract: Continued work on the Logos Controlled Vocabulary (BibleTech 2010, “A Controlled Vocabulary for Biblical Studies”) has produced...
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