Comments on: ldsWebguy Rebranded as LDS Media Talk

By: S.Faux

S.Faux — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:04:17 +0000

LDS_Media_Talk is a very fine and formal name, but I still like ldsWebguy better. Presenting ourselves as normal humans is NOT a bad thing. Yeah, yeah, I know … LDS_Media_Talk will stay. Rats.

By: Larry Richman

Larry Richman — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:36:21 +0000

Sorry. We didn’t mean to exclude singles. It’s just that in an 8-word tag line, you can’t include every possible group. You’re certainly welcome here.

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:54:55 +0000

You’ve made a good change, but your sub-heading implies that your site isn’t for LDS singles.

By: Joel Dehlin

Joel Dehlin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:01:06 +0000

Thanks for the feedback on the design. Gilbert Lee (who designed the blog) is phenomenal. It’s actually his daughter in the picture, too.

My blog will still be there, but will me more focused on technology and business issues–what it’s like to be in I.T.

By: Larry Richman ("ldsWebguy")

Larry Richman ("ldsWebguy") — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:10:42 +0000

Yes, it will continue to be a place to talk about the Church’s Web sites, just like we’ve done in the past, plus more. See http://www.ldsmediatalk.com/about-this-blog

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:52:17 +0000

Good luck with the new site. How will this impact Joel’s blog? What motivated the change? Will this still be the place to talk about the Church’s websites? From the new title and description it seems to be a departure from your current audience and theme.

On a side note it was funny to see three names for your blog in less than a month. Is your blog having a midlife identity crises?

I look forward to future posts.

By: Connor

Connor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:38:24 +0000

Looking forward to your future posts here, this sounds like a great idea.

By: Tim Malone

Tim Malone — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:18:08 +0000

I know every designer appreciates feedback. While you haven’t asked for it, I’ll offer it. You’ve captured something special with the background image of the child’s eyes, open and innocent. Isn’t that what we as parent’s are most concerned about when it comes to the new media – our innocent children?

Well done and thanks for the continuing efforts in sharing ideas on using technology to strengthen families and to build the church. I look forward to finding future information on creating great Web content, using social networks and other kinds of media to promote the church.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:38:25 +0000

I know this isn’t the place to share this, but perhaps it could prompt a post. I have been very happy with the results from using opendns.org – free and I can administer it for multiple families (in-laws, neighbors, ward members, etc).

It is a great resource for families wanting to control the internet coming into their homes.