204 – Search Me
This week the WELSTech Podcast is all about searching the web as GoodSearch.com co-founder JJ Ramberg joins the discussion.
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The discussion:
Finding a world of information – Searching the information super highway is a must-have skill for everyone these days and certainly a skill that comes in handy in the ministry setting. Martin and Sallie share search tips from the biggies – Bing and Google – as well as other tools that prove useful when doing internet research.
- Mobile search – Google | Bing
- Search tips from Google
- Other search tools
- Quora
- Wolfram Alpha
- Wayback Machine
- Ask Kids
- Sweet Search 4 Me
The interview:
(19:17) Search for pennies – JJ Ramberg, co-founder of GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com, joins Martin and Sallie to talk about how the search tool has earned WELS over $8,000, one penny at a time.
- Get the WELS GoodSearch toolbar (IE and Firefox only)
- Set GoodSearch as your default search engine
News in tech:
(35:34) Amazon Launches $200 Tablet, Slashes Kindle Prices from Wired
Picks of the week:
- (38:39) Math, Math and more Math!!!
- American Math Challenge
- MathCounts
- MathMovesU
- MangaHigh
- Offline Google Mail via a Chrome plugin
Community feedback:
- (45:00) Jason Winget from Faith in River Falls, WI recommended creating audio CDs of worship for shut ins
- Shared this week in the WELSTech Diigo group:
- Parenting in a Digital Age
- MagicJack for iPhone Provides Unlimited Free Calling
- Encyclopedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App
- Bethany Lutheran College Ranked Eighth in Nation for Admissions Web Site
- Vyrso Christian eBooks
- Otixo Cloud Storage Access
- Ryan Rosenthal from Faith in Fond du Lac, WI shared info on a DIY stylus for touchscreen devices
- Jason Schmidt (jasonschmidt123) tweeted about offline Google Docs in Chrome
- Follow the WELSTech listserve copyright discussion
Coming up on WELSTech:
(58:36) Episode 205 – Martin and Sallie discuss the latest WELSTech book selection, Chapter 1 of The Church of Facebook. (Release date – 10/12/11)
The featured artist:
(59:28) We close the podcast with the music of Revelation, a music ministry of Wisconsin Lutheran College (www.revelationwlc.com) – Shine On Us from the CD titled “Led By The Light”
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[…] 4. You can also specify what Search tool is used in the “Omnibox.” The Omnibox is the URL bar at the top of the browser that not only accepts web address, but will do searches on non-web addresses. By default, of course, its Google, but you can change it to Bing or any other engine of your choice including Goodsearch — my favorite, which will also donate a penny per search to the charity of your choice. Listen to our interview with one of the founders of Goodsearch on a recent WELSTech podcast. […]
[…] 4. You can also specify what Search tool is used in the “Omnibox.” The Omnibox is the URL bar at the top of the browser that not only accepts web address, but will do searches on non-web addresses. By default, of course, its Google, but you can change it to Bing or any other engine of your choice including Goodsearch — my favorite, which will also donate a penny per search to the charity of your choice. Listen to our interview with one of the founders of Goodsearch on a recent WELSTech podcast. […]
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