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Developing Ministry Apps with Speed

Posted by John Saddington on Dec 18, 2008

Praise God for software.  So much better than “hardware” because it’s “soft”.  (If this escapes you, sorry… but maybe you should research the origins of “software” and “hardware”…?)

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I also thank God for open source technology and the community that surrounds it.  Because it has enabled me to create applications with no money, little time, but with big impact.  I use a number of methods and I’m thinking about documenting the process I take from start to finish on one of my upcoming projects to give you, my fellow readers, an inside scoop on how fun, fast, and cool it can be.

But, before then, here’s a great read on how Tip’d.com built a social news app like Digg.com in 21 days.

I personally think it could have been done even faster, but, I’m throwing out the due-diligence and time for research, which can span days, if not weeks.

The obvious question then is “Why not build tons of apps if it’s so easy?”  The answer is because doing that would be “stupid”, for lack of better words.

We are called to be discerning with our time and how we use it.  We also want to be the most effective as we possibly can with the limited and valuable resources that we’ve got.  There’s more I could say here, but, I won’t.

Interested to go deeper?  I want to start creating project teams to engage in product development lifecycles for projects, some of which I’m interested in pursuing and some of which I know you are interested in pursuing… now, how to begin…

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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9 Responses to “Developing Ministry Apps with Speed”

  1. Leo Wurschmidt
    Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 2:48 am

    Sweet. Nicely said. The old adage – "just because you can do something does not necessarily mean you should."

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  2. Daniel_Berman
    Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 4:51 am

    Not only that, but we should be careful to understand our reasons why. Am I developing this application to contribute something for the Kingdom, or to satisfy my ego that I can do it better than the other guy? Collaboration is great, but we should be careful to make sure we are collaborating with purpose, not just because we can.

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  3. Daniel_Berman
    Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 4:54 am

    To elaborate on Leo's comment, we should be careful to understand our reasons why. Am I developing this application to contribute something for the Kingdom, or to satisfy my ego that I can do it better than the other guy? Collaboration in general is great, but we should be careful to make sure we are collaborating with purpose, not just because we can collaborate over time and distance previously unheard of before now.

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    • human3rror
      Friday, December 19, 2008 at 1:25 am

      ego-satisfaction is a big one… gotta kill that one daily.

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  4. rhettsmith
    Friday, December 19, 2008 at 1:22 am

    i'm not a developer, techie…but you know me…always game to strategize, think through, whiteboard and pray about them…

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    • human3rror
      Friday, December 19, 2008 at 1:25 am

      we always need those. that's why you're a cool kid.

      Reply

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