Apps & Tools I’m using at Orange ’11

We are 1 week away from Orange Conference 2011 and I’m really stoked.  This is going to be a blast hanging with other family ministry leaders, learning from each other and blogging about it.  The speakers, the seminars, the chill time are all going to be great.

In order to blog and share about this to as many people as possible, I have loaded up my iPhone and Macbook with a variety of different apps and tools to use this coming week.  Here they are and what they do.

Color is a new social media network where you can simultaneously use multiple iPhones and Androids to capture photos, videos, and conversations into a group album. There’s no attaching, uploading, or friending to do. Share together in a new, moving social network. Just look around.

I think it’ll be a ton of fun if all of us had this app and were able to share photos of the main sessions or breakouts.

WordPress – my blog! That’s right, each day on this site, Ministry Blackboard, you’ll be able to find out all that is happening at Orange.  I am hoping to blog about specific workshops and even have some interviews on here.

Twitter.  At @tapounder, I’ll be posting some cool facts, interesting insights that I’m learning and maybe even some pictures of what I’m doing during the week.  Follow me now or follow me later – either way, follow me 🙂

U Stream.  I’m an extreme novice at this app but I’m trying it out during Orange.  In fact, I even set up my very own Orange Show to post all my stuff here.  I’ll be filming different things and then posting them on my U Stream account.  Check back from time to time to see what I’m doing, what the other bloggers might be doing or even who I might be interviewing.  It should be fun or embarrassing…or both!

So these are the ones I’m pumped to use during the week.  Are there any other apps I should be looking at downloading?  If so, post a comment so I can.  If you’re going to be at Orange, look me up so we can connect.