I just got over a serious case of “geek depression.” It’s a state of mind/life which tends to come about when I’m posed with a tech problem for which I know there is answer, but can’t find it. Usually this happens when I hit a wall in my areas of understanding, and bounce off. “Geek…
Category: Geek
How about asking why?
This past Saturday I was privileged to lead a workshop on “Projecting Worship” at the Essex Association annual meeting. The folks who joined me at the seminar were a pleasure to work with, which made a rainy day a lot more fun! The temptation for technology seminars is often to jump right to the “how”…
Identity Confusion
There is another Wesley Allen who lives near me, who also happens to be a pastor. Our wives have the same first name, and we also happen to go to the same dentist. We’ve met and hung out a little, he’s a great guy. At the dentist this usually means we need to make sure…
Oh Microsoft, you’re a sly one
According to Cnet, Microsoft has just released a version of Office available for the iPhone. I haven’t used the productivity suite since around 2000, so not having it on my iOS devices hasn’t been an issue for me. For folks who want to use the productivity suite on their iOS devices this comes as good…
Door-to-door sales
Just got a visit from a Comcast “Direct Sales Rep.” Here’s how the conversation went: Rep [fumbles for badge] “I hope you can see that, I’m the direct sales representative for Xfinity in this area. Do we have your business in this house?” Me “Just internet” Rep “OK, just internet, are you…” me [shakes head] “No,…
Thank you!
I recently wrote a blog post which looked back at my connection to some of “pastoral ancestors,” for lack of a better description. I have another side of my personality, though, and therefor am the descendant of a whole other line of teachers. I'm not just pastor, I'm a geek-pastor! I need to thank the…
