10 useful links (no. 6) - journalist chrome tools, online uk constitution, rural resources, stats mag back issues, sci-fi ambient sound loops, knowledge sharing, youthwork, messy church

chrome browser extensions for journalists - found via @PolisLSE

online debate on what a UK constitution should include - from 15/1/15 for 10 weeks


The Arthur Rank Centre - rural ecumencial church resources

Back issues of Significance - launched in March 2004 with a clear remit: to demonstrate the importance of statistics and the contributions it makes in all areas of life.

ambient sound loops from famous tv & movie sci-fi - found via kickstarter - i bet you didn't even know this was a thing did you?

creative church - "We hope this website will help and inspire those who plan worship in parishes, suggesting simple and workable ideas that people can make their own and adapt to their different situations. "

innovations in youthwork - free document - found via @revmaryhawes

the public domain project - 80,000 Videos, Photos, Audio Clips, and Other Media Made Available Online for Free Use - found via laughing squid

messy church (canada) February Newsletter - with loads of ideas & links to resources

knowledge sharing - slides (below) & blog post (by Kandy Woodfield) and a storify of tweets 

Sharing Knowledge Across Communities of Practice #LT15UK from Kandy Woodfield

Previous 10 Useful Links posts 

No.'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

10 useful links (no.1) - on advent, group activities, encouraging & unlocking sharing, soft power, baptism prayers, kid bible app

advent animations from @WordLive which you can view on youtube or download

celebrate advent using your camera phone 

advent wreath making http://www.buildfaith.org/2014/11/17/advent-wreath-making-survival-guide-btdt

peacemakers manual - which has some group exercises/handouts at the end of each module that maybe useful for other activities - by @iamcaritas

ways of encouraging people to share their time, skills and resources, as well as their money - by Helen Goulder at @nesta_uk

unlocking the sharing economy - an independent review by @DebbieWossk 

soft power report - by House of Lords

pressed for time: the acceleration of life in digital capitalism - 92 minute video with Judy Wajcman, Genevieve Bell (@feraldata) & Anthony Giddens via @LSEsociology

praying at christenings – two ideas to involve the family & friends - by @reverendally

reading the bible with children app - by @biblesociety

#sharing

found via victhevicar

what do we share online?

Aol & Nielsen content sharing study from Mitya Voskresensky

according to this presentation from rob medich (adweek), krisitin kovner (aol) and jon stewart (nielsen)  they used december 2010 data to look at how much of users communications involve linking to things and found:

- 23% of social media messages include links to content

- this goes to 47% when messages are specific to an industry

- sharing isn't age or gender specific

- and all the various platforms (e.g. email, blogs, social network) are used to share

- people mostly share with friends and family

- people are more likely to share content that is helpful or trustworthy or about popular culture

the internet is my religion - the future of sharing (g+)

Watch live streaming video from pdf2011 at livestream.com

in an extra-ordinary talk (not presentation)  - found via boing boing - jim gilliam says the following:  (but watch the 12m 08 sec video, its much better - ps - I had to provide an email to watch all of it)


- movements need stories, tools and faith  - and he wants to talk about faith.


- his background - born again @ 8 putting his faith in jesus, home schooled, an interest in computers @ 12 - what was great was being judged by brain not age - then christian college, but then he got cancer, then his mum also, he survived, she didn't, family survived, his faith didn't.


- then he moved to boston, new start, then the cancer came back, needed bone marrow donor, chemo treatment hammered him, he almost died a couple of times, donor eventually found, 2 weeks later walks out of hospital replenished by the donation of a stranger.


- determined to move on with life, 9/11 awoke the activist in him, helped make a film on afghanistan that changed perceptions on the war, all co-ordinated thru the internet, holy crap! this stuff works - faith restored, not faith in god, but faith in people connected through the Internet.


so - he went on to do things by telling stories and connecting people thru the internet


then - he ran out of breath - again - needed a double lung transplant (due to chemo damage to lungs) - but he didn't meet the criteria - he was really pissed at this - so blogged about it, in response emails start going to the hospital criticising,(e.g. you only do easy surgery to make your stats better),  so he gets an appointment


he meets with the surgeon who has been forwarded the emails, institutions like the insurance companies tried to weasle out of funding the surgery.  internet support for him continued which kept him on the list.


so when being prep'd for surgery he wasn't thinking of heaven or jesus but of all the people who had got him there. most of whom he hadn't met - and that that interconnectivity would be represented in his own body, all those different people virtually and physically coming together to keep one human living


and that is when he truly found god - humanity connected is god


he says the truth is we all owe our lives to countless people we will never meet, internet gives us a small opportunity to repay a small part of that debt. today we are the creators who each have a part in creating the kingdom of god.  we have faith  - people connected can create a new world


jim says in conclusion - i have faith in god, i believe in people, and the internet is my religion