I started a new adventure this week. After 4 great years at Simply Youth Ministry, I've returned to Youth Specialties. I'm super excited about the opportunity. When I was serving in a church as a paid youth worker, I used their resources all the time and recieved...
HouseKeeping
The hub for all things HouseKeepingQuick Tip: Use Spotlight (Mac)
For long-term mac users, this may seem ridiculous. For those converts from the PC universe, be prepared to have your world rocked. Spotlight is Apple's search feature built into OSX, and if you've converted from a PC throw all ideas about how search on large file...
Failsafe Backup (The 321 System)
Peter Krough has written an excellent article on backup in which he suggests the 321 system. It says that you should have three copies (one primary and two backups) on two different media with one off-site. Not only is this incredibly easy to remember, it really...
Backup and Portability Made Easy with ChronoSync
I have had an idea/problem that I have been percolating on for a while now. The basic idea was that I wanted to have copies of several specific folders on specific, different external storage solutions so that I could have them with me when I needed them....
Site Issues
We've had some runaway script problems on the site. I'm working on them now, but to make sure you are still able to access the content of the site I've reverted to a theme that won't cause problems. I hope to have everything back up and running very soon. As a...
Hard Drive Spring Cleaning
Maybe you have a once a yer cleaning ritual, or maybe you are just running out of space on the hard drive that you were sure was way bigger than you needed when you initially bought the machine. Whatever the case, you probably find yourself wondering where to start....
Youth Ministry Geek Authors Wanted
Are you a Youth Ministry Geek? Do you have something you'd like to share with other geeks? Are you looking for an outlet for your geekiness? We are looking for a couple of more geeks who would like to be contributors to this site. If you are interested, please email...
Welcome to YouthMinistryGeek.com
What is the all about? Youth Ministry Geek is a blog for those who are passionate about teaching students about Jesus and technology. It's about where they intersect. It's about finding technology that can help make your ministry better, more organized, and easier. We...