Josh Young

Back from vacation. Man, it was great.

Comments are now back on.

I’m taking a little break from the web during vacation. Comments are turned off while I’m gone.

See you all in a week or so!

While I’m gone, read some of the blogs in my blogroll in the right column. They’re better than me.

Google has added the ability to embed a flash slideshow of any of your Picasa Web Albums with just a couple clicks.

It’s not the fanciest thing I’ve ever seen, but if you’re looking for a quick flash slideshow of some images with built-in controls and captions (if you want them), then check it out. One thing I wish it would do is loop the slideshow…as of right now, it just ends. Booooring.

Official Google Blog - Oh, the places you’ll go…

Here’s a sample using some pictures showing the progress of our new house when get got it last year.

Sweet.

Google just completely redesigned Analytics. I love that they keep making their free stuff even more cool and more useful.

Over the next month, everyone with an Analytics account will get migrated to the new server, and for a month you’ll be able to access both the old and the new versions without any interruptions. In the meantime, they’ve set up a tour of what the new interface looks like. It’s killer.

Read about it on the Official Google Blog.

View the demo of the new interface.

Google Analytics

Read a great post over at eMinistryNotes this morning about explaining RSS in plain English. I’ve taken a stab at it on our church’s website before, but this video (from CommonCraft) does a great job explaining things.

Check it out.

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eMinistryNotes - RSS in Plain English

CommonCraft - Video: RSS in Plain English