Regnat Populus: the people rule. E Pluribus Unum: out of many, one. This past week, I have had the amazing opportunity to be a part of a group of young adults from the Arkansas Conference who went to Washington, DC to participate in the United Methodist Seminar program sponsored by the General Board of ChurchContinue reading “Where Regnat Populus Meets E Pluribus Unum”
Author Archives: Jacob Turner
Exactly What It Claims To Be: A Review of the Twenty One Pilots “Emøtiønal Røadshøw” Concert
NOTE: This post originally appeared on KHDX.fm in March of 2017. To call “TWENTY ØNE PILØTS” musicians would be very appropriate, but nowhere near accurate. However, calling it the “Emøtiønal Røadshøw” tour was certainly completely accurate.
Welcome!
Welcome to my Mountain Sky Views blog! This blog will officially start in May of 2017.
View from the Mountain Sky: An Odyssey Experience
As you may know, I have had quite the wild ride these past eight months. I went from a Computer Science student not sure of his career path to a Religious Studies student with a plan to become an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church as a communicator and technological advocate and educator, andContinue reading “View from the Mountain Sky: An Odyssey Experience”
Short Update, With A Lot More Data
As some of you may have noticed, I did not post anything last week, and this week’s post won’t be too terribly long. However, what I do have to share this week is my second set of social media data, which will now be publicly available starting today! Not only that, but this data focusesContinue reading “Short Update, With A Lot More Data”
One Week In
For Americans, and truly anyone around the world, it’s been…quite a week, to put it nicely. Donald Trump has officially been President for a week and a day, and in that timespan, he has managed to: focus a considerable amount of attention on his inaugural crowd size, prevent several US government agencies from posting onContinue reading “One Week In”
Emoji Are 👌 For Communicating (Just Don’t Overdo It!)
Emoji: once a Japan-exclusive addition to text messaging, emoji have now become a universal method of communication that people from all generations have picked up on. These little pictures are now standard on smartphones, and they’ve even made their way onto desktops and laptops. Not only that, they’ve also become an easy way to shorthandContinue reading “Emoji Are 👌 For Communicating (Just Don’t Overdo It!)”
A Short Update On Everything
Hello, everyone! As you may have seen, the posts have lightened up a little bit recently, due to my return to Hendrix for the Spring 2017 semester. However, I’m not letting that stop me from writing on here, and in fact, I’ve got a few updates! Thanks to a new program that I’ve written (calledContinue reading “A Short Update On Everything”
Let’s Talk More About Websites
As I previously mentioned in my “Does Your Conference (Or Church, For That Matter) Really Need A Mobile App?” post, I am a firm proponent of “responsive” web design. However, while I did highlight some excellent examples of some websites that look great on mobile devices from the Minnesota, New Mexico, and Pacific Northwest Conferences,Continue reading “Let’s Talk More About Websites”
Best Practices for Social Media Account Identification
In developing the “The United Methodist Church in the US – Social Media Presence” spreadsheet, one of the first things I had to do was find each annual conference’s social media account on either Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. However, this actually proved to be a bit of a time-consuming process (two hours, according to Google Sheets)Continue reading “Best Practices for Social Media Account Identification”
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