My favourite quote in a coming WordLive activity

What about Christians who are so heavenly minded that they’re no earthly use? Hebrews would regard them as freaks.

I am currently editing material for April on WordLive and the above extract brought a smile to my face. You'll be able to see the whole quote in context in a couple of months, but I thought I'd share it with you now.

WordLive and the mobile phone

Now I need to make sure that I am not a little bitter in this post. You see, a couple of months ago I bought myself a brand new, shiny mobile phone. As we were developing WordLive I looked forward to being able to view it, where I wanted, whenever I wanted, through the power of the mobile Internet.

So imagine my dismay, when I logged onto the mobile WordLive site in January and got an error page displayed. My dismay grew when I noticed others, and here is the merest hint at bitterness, whose phones were older, but of the same make, getting perfect access. What was up? Was the world against me? Was my phone all design over content?

Fortunately, I soon found out that I was not the only one who was having difficulty. It seems that there are quite a few mobile phones that are having difficulty accessing the mobile version of WordLive. However, it is very difficult to say which phones have access and which ones don’t, because the problem is all down to the browser software each phone is using. It doesn’t matter what make of mobile phone you have, it is dependent on the software installed, and this is changed frequently.

But there is a solution. If your mobile phone is unable to access the site, but you can download applications to your phone (most mobile phones with Java can do this), then you should head off and download the Opera mobile browser. All the details can be found at the link below, telling you how to download and install. WordLive will then be totally accessible to you. Opera is possibly the best mobile browser currently available, and that comment is not driven by any personal bitternessJ.

So remember, WordLive is available for your mobile phone. All you need do is log onto www.scriptureunion.org.uk/mobilewordlive and you'll get all the text based prayers, Bible text and activities, whenever and wherever you want (network costs and restrictions apply). However, mobile access to the site can be a little patchy, this isn't anything to with the WordLive site, which is standard compliant, but with the built in browsers of the phones themselves. This can all be solved by installing Opera on your phone. Simply follow the link… Opera Mobile Browser.

Busy, away and a review

I suppose I should apologise for the recent lack of updates... sorry. There, now I have absolved myself I will offer the weakest of excuses. I was on holiday over Christmas, and just before, and since getting back into the office, I have been playing catch-up (that isn't a game, but work). I have also been away at a conference and struggling with getting out of the bed before 9:00am each morning, I suppose that teaches me for not getting up before 9:00am for the three weeks over Christmas.

I'd like to send a big thank you to Lesley who provided all the prayer items for the past few weeks, such a project as WordLive needs a lot of prayer and without the prayer we have received we wouldn't have got this far. However, there is a long way to go, a lot to do and 2008 will keep the whole team extremely busy.

We have also had a great review posted by Mark Brown in Australia. He makes some great points and I wonder whether he has seen our 'to do' list for 2008? I think everything he mentions in his wish list are things that we are thinking about, putting into the mix or are currently covering via Facebook. Anyway, you can read more about what Mark says here.

Now, where is that to do list...

It's live

Well, here we go